Originally Posted by
Baa_Baa
Labour and Adern are consistently getting beaten up in the polls, they must be very worried this short distance out from the election, although it seems a way away, it's not enough time anymore to turn around rapidly declining sentiment across almost every sector they're trying to reform. A lot of it is vulnerable to being easily revoked and unwound by any incoming Government.
I mean, what could Labour do anymore to really boost their rapidly declining support? They've tried to kill every 'haves' advantage that the 'have nots' might vote for, but failed to delivery of much of it, so the 'have nots' become more and more disillusioned and a whole raft of lower to middle income voters who are now being seriously screwed by this governments' inability to address their needs, will be at least considering their options.
I find it incredible really, that a landslide election that wins control of Government, could lead to a turn in Government only three years later, which all the polls are forecasting. It is a clear and obvious sign that the incumbent has over stretched their optimism and powers to introduce change that is now backfiring because they failed to realise how long it takes to implement broad change, and are frankly powerless to remediate any of it in the remaining time of their governance.
Any new Government wlll reap the rewards of anything the current Government did that was actually good, but could not possibly have been implemented in one, or even two terms. People don't realise that the Government doesn't literally implement anything, they just make laws and throw money at stuff.
It's the government agencies and business that are charged with implementation, and neither are capable of swallowing untold new laws and billions of dollars because none of it can be realistically implemented within the term of Government, or even two or three terms.