So Peter Goodfellow is rich and wonderful and after two successive failures to get National even close to the treasury benches in the Big House he remains the top dog of the National Party. The holder of the nominally fourth most empowered position in NZ unwritten constitutional structure behind the Gov Gen, the head of government PM, the Chief Justice who stands in for the Gov Gen when absent The speaker of the house who historically was to speak for the parliament to the monarch is now in reality merely the Chairperson for the assembly Inexplicably holds the pivotal protectionist position where he protects the most inept administration ever that makes Noddy of Blyton fame look competent.
Any president of National who oversaw any lost general election and wished to remain President would be in a dire place indeed. Is Mr Goody is indeed a special needs one as after two failures he remains.
Farrar has posted at Kiwiblog some thoughts on the actions proposed in response to Goody’s second failure that totally eclipsed his party in the shambolic electoral rarity of MMP delivering a clear majority to one party and it weren’t national!
I have not done an indepth study of the KB post but a quick scan sees no mention of serious tactical nous from the party hierarchy, yet it does seem rather obvious that therein lies some of the failure.
John Key was often given an image as a teflon man in a weaponised attack on him, Goody must have a well oiled brand new teflon coating or have the party leaders just become a nothing bunch of losers living in a woke world where all get a prize and there are no winners.
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