Originally Posted by
Blue Skies
Outstanding leadership?
That's a bit of an exaggeration isn't it!
When the Supreme Court announcement came, all our political parties came out with swift strong condemnation straight away with the exception of one.
There was nothing from National, just silence.
Commentators all agreed this was poorly handled, allowing speculation & rumour to spread & for Simon O'Connor's post to be interpreted as the National party position. (according to both Luxon & political commentators).
As a result of poor judgement, Luxon's been on the back foot 'explaining' ever since & in politics explaining is losing the battle.
Further to this, although O'Connor had to take down the post, it hasn't stopped him talking about the divide in the National caucus between the religious conservatives & the progressive liberals.
And now this has blown up into a big issue & we have Amy Adams going on RNZ talking about it, its on TV1 News, Newshub, & a group of National women voters in Tamaki saying O'Connor can't represent them.
Look for many esp men it won't make much difference, but for younger voters & many women voters, it's a big deal & Luxon knows this & that's why he's trying to fix a problem he should have avoided & would have if he had more experience that being a 1st term MP.
He's being labeled 'equivocal' too often on too many things, trying to have a bob both ways & this contradiction between personal conviction & party policy will only reinforce that view in the eyes of many.