And National has never done the same?
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[QUOTE=fungus pudding;952032]That doesn't seem likely. Once ythe trend shows - it usually sticks.
What an interesting thing to say - trends do change otherwise, we'd have the same Govt forever.
[QUOTE=dobby41;952128]Of course trends change, otherwise there would be no such word as 'trend'. I was referring to the trend in the polls for the period leading up to an election. The last couple of polls point to a Labour loss. Barring major unforeseen happenings , National will lead the next government.
Of course elections are usually determined by who will lose, leaving the other mob to take it by default. So considering it in that light, even ignoring the polls, it's quite easy to predict the 2024 result.
Fran seems to agree with me
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...JZLBBDMZ73X4Y/
"Christopher Luxon must be kicking himself after recent gaffes, which would have seen his performance marked down if he was subject to the same performance reviews as his MPs.
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He has exhibited an impulsive — and somewhat impetuous — streak, which has led to an embarrassing run of gaffes."
Remember I only said
"It seems that with Luxon you have to wait a while to check he hasn't changed his mind - a bit impulsive in his speaking.
He has 18 months to get that sorted or he will be mince meat on the campaign trail. "
You seem a bit sensitive to the criticism.
Hopefully Luxon will treat this as a learning experiance and be more carefull in showing what he really thinks.
As opposed to this from Ardern & her team of nincompoops (used to feeding from the taxpayers’ funds) :
5 years of planning for implementing Kiwibuild - a total & complete flop. That’s what you voted for - incompetence and incoherence.
But you love to swallow all the spin though from them.
As opposed to Luxon making gaffs - so says another.
Policy without thought - just what we need.
Hopefully, he doesn't delve into diplomacy.
He needs to reign himself in before other MPs follow his example.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...NDIIFJHRTV3SE/
"Christopher Luxon is developing a bit of a habit of shooting from the hip in interviews and it's causing headaches for his party.
This tendency was on full display this week with Luxon's pronouncement that all public transport should be expected to make money on its own without any Government subsidy.
Except, it turns out public transport is already heavily subsidised – the clue is in the name after all – something Luxon had to have pointed out to him by journalists, forcing him to admit that he "hadn't thought too deeply about it, to be honest".
That was clearly not politically tenable, so Luxon spent his round of interviews the next day back-pedalling fast, trying to claim he was really talking about wasteful spending in public transport like the Auckland Light Rail plan. That didn't track at all with his Tuesday comments and Labour pounced on the gaffe, pointing out that Luxon's position would mean huge price increases for commuters and no more Gold Card rides for seniors."