Grant Robertson seems to have performed a reverse ferret on the announced bike bridge that Michael Wood was pushing so hard. He won’t commit to the bridge moving forward, using weasel words to signal that Michael Wood’s legacy project is goosed:
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson wants the Government to bring forward work on a second Waitemata crossing, likely to be a tunnel.
It is understood that the Government is also considering scrapping its $785 million walking and cycling bridge over the harbour.
On Tuesday, Robertson would not confirm that the walking and cycling bridge would definitely be going ahead, only that the bridge was the current proposal.
When asked whether he would renege on building the bridge, Robertson said “we continually look at the network and the programme to make sure that it works well”.
“We do want to find ways of connecting the North Shore and the isthmus for people on all different modes of transport – the exact way we do that, we’ve come up with a proposal, and we’re working that through.”
Robertson would not say whether the bridge would definitely happen, however it was the current proposal.
“That is the proposal we are working on,” he said.
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These idiots couldn’t organise a root in a brothel. The focus groups must have been scathing.
Now when the Government makes announcements, they are actually kite flying the idea to see what the reaction is. If it is negative they promptly perform a reverse ferret.
Reverse ferret is a phrase used predominantly within the British media to describe a sudden reversal in an organisation’s editorial or political line on a certain issue. Generally, this will involve no acknowledgement of the previous position.
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The above definition of reverse ferret describes most if not all of Ardern’s announced policies. And if they don’t fail there, they fail on the results.
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