Labour, when in opposition, along with National’s coalition partners, voted against efforts by the National Party to reform the RMA, and also prevented new major housing developments which by now could be home to thousands of people. This was due to their inherent hatred of anything National suggested, even when the benefits are obvious. They are like the Democrats in that respect.
Only Grant Robertson can take the kudos for any wrecking ball action by the last Labour-led government. He took one to the economy when he inherited a 6 billion dollar surplus and a 4% growth rate at the end of 2017. And voila, by March 2020 as the lockdown was beginning, we saw that the surplus had disappeared, as if by magic, and the growth rate reduced to around 1.6%. Not bad eh?
Before the election political commentators kept saying what a great manager Grant Robertson is. The oafish deflector and spin doctor extraordinaire managed to fool them all, even Fran O’Sullivan. She was part of the propaganda machine, who seemed besotted with him, even after the Mood of the Boardroom 2020 delivered the lowest ‘mood’ ever, since it began in 2001. But I digress…
David Parker will struggle to deflect his lack of RMA action with a charm offensive as his nasty side is too often on display, as we have seen with his impatience and negativity towards farmers to date.
All those foolish farmers who voted for Labour will be regretting it when reality rears its ugly head in the form of more costly regulations, masquerading as ‘Climate Emergency’ mitigation. With milk prices currently buoyant James Shaw will have his eye on the greedy landowners who don’t need all this extra money coming their way.
In keeping with Shaw’s socialist agenda, redistribution of money is the right thing to do and of course like Ardern he wants us, as the fully fledged good socialists we now are, to be ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
Translation: Doing what those on the left ordain is right. No questions asked, curtailing freedom of speech will see to that.
Now dear sheeple we need to be very fearful as with no Winston handbrake, she means business and our imbecilic journalists lack the fortitude to delve deeper.
National’s plans to override the RMA in the first part of their term and get large urgent roading (and other) infrastructure projects under way, will now, of course, not eventuate.
Labour do not have the spine, or desire, to stand up to strident opposition and do the same, even though that is the correct approach to get our economy back on track. Parker has announced only three major infrastructure projects thus far, which were likely far enough along in the planning process and will not scare the horses too much.
In the long term Parker will struggle to get traction. In particular, Maori interests and the Greens’ human rights and environmental issues will hold up reform. We all remember the Taniwha under the Waikato Expressway (which National grappled with when in power). It got built eventually but after much cost and time-wasting.
Now we have such utterances as ‘the tyranny of the majority’ assailing our senses and logic.
Maori party co-leader (and bully boy) Rawiri Waititi is setting the agenda and will have the full support of Minister Mahuta who is currently pushing through changes to the law to enable council Maori wards despite majority public opposition in referenda.
With Stuff on board for the ride with apologies all round for our nasty treatment of Maori through the ages, and the disappearance of freedom of speech, we can look forward to a bumpy, woke journey over the next three years. Lots of drama and tinkering around the edges, but no real transformation. Same old, same old…
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