I decline to accept the proposition that the Labour Party caucus and Labour’s Council are so divorced from reality so as not to recognise the Jacinda Ardern has now become the equivalent of Jeremy Corbyn of New Zealand politics. She is toxic, the electorate is laughing at her, very few believe anything she sez, the phone is off the hook. Never so true the old adage that you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. The chickens have come home to roost and that is borne out by the findings of the latest ANZ Business Confidence survey.
Two months ago I would have argued the chances of Jax throwing in the towel were minimal. No more. Labour MPs and the movers and shakers in the Labour Party will be contemplating their (non) future with Ardern remaining at the helm. So, who to replace her? Not the ‘nice’ Mr Robertson … Ardern and Robbo are the Hansel and Gretel of the Labour Party … she is ‘Him’ and he is ‘Her’. Failure incorporated. No, if they are to stand any chance at all come the election it has to be someone in their power elite … personable and not overly tainted with failure.
That person … https://www.labour.org.nz/michaelwood
Hat-tip to my Labour Party source.
No Minister 
NOOOOOoooooooo
Please say it isn’t so. This is the man when he first stood in Pakuranga as the sacrificial Labour candidate said he went to university and did the politics degree Helen Clark did so he could become a politician and run the country. God save us.
Don’t bet on them losing Vet, a lot of foolish people out there.
A friend said to me the other day that Jacinda was the dumbest person in NZ.
I told her that she was wrong and not even close about that. She said name someone dumber.
I said that’s easy, for a start there’s every silly bugger who voted for her.
BTW Vet all the best for Christmas and New Year in case I don’t see you. Also after the rush it would be nice if you and your lovely lady would join me for dinner one evening.
I guess he will just attempt to brush aside the ‘river of filth’ comment about the wellington protest.
https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-northland-age/20220224/281638193647660
just remember that 30% of the population agreed with the protesters.
As for the validity of his statement, thats easily destroyed.
Michael Wood personable?
Have dictionary definitions changed?
If he becames Prime Minister will his first move be to ban penis shaped lollies?
I believe his current nickname is – brylcream.
slimy suits him better. wood for brains.
Michael Wood
“River of Filth” Man (how will he live this down?)
Looks like a vampire
At least he has worked on his speaking voice & doesn’t sound like his surname anymore.
That’s actually quite funny. It is a bloody awful question if smug river of filth boy is they answer.
MPs are standing down because they can see change is coming. Nobody likes opposition.
I take the Ardern standing down rumours with almost as much salt as Clarke shagging the nanny. Ardern is simply too full of herself to see the writing on the wall. She refutes that.
Like Helen Clark, she will ride Dapple the donkey into the ground , not believing the adoring crowds are a figment of her imagination.
Like Putin there is no exit plan, and her Kerch Bridge is down to one useable lane, shortly to close.
My money would be …….Robbo. Its his for the backstabbing, and he cant wait forever
Good post Vet
If it’s Robertson or Wood, the result will be about the same as if Little or Cunliffe were standing. Around 20% IMHO.
If that is the best they can do?? Heaven Help Us
A bit like who the American people chose to stand as their President!
Chris I dont think it was the American people who chose their President to stand, it was the Democrats in the Primaries, followed by the deep state.
The same deep state who decided President Kennedy wasn’t up to the job.
With Labour , Helen Clark “killed off” anyone with the remotest abilities and intelligence from the Roger Douglas years that threatened her ability to reign supreme.
That policy has played out in the present with a whole party that is full of dumbfucks.
Well done Helen, your legacy has resonated down the years to a manifestation we see now both in the Labour Party and the country as a whole. A failure in excellence.
It must grind her gears that Roger Douglas created something wonderful and her, just ashes.