ynot, Dont you know " the left is a lie " applied to all lefty parties !
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...eering-failure
Live: Refloat plans for Interislander ferry Aratere put on hold until Saturday night
And the usual clueless spiel as can be expected being emitted by the backwards facing Greens
Of course Geenter has been out there on her backwards facing bicycle mounted on a pontoon trying to assist in pulling itback afloat ;)
Darling - your backwards facing Green mob were bad news for New Zealand sending everything light years backwards and your best response is Greens were prepared to swallow out of control cost inflate after another inflated cost up with new ferries ;)Quote:
Green transport spokesperson slams 'reckless' Government
"Nicola Willis's reckless decision to cancel the contract for new ferries without an alternative plan in place is disastrous for New Zealand. It's unbelievable really, and yet a hallmark of this coalition Government.
Nothing like advocating spending taxpayer money like there is no tomorrow, until your mob get unceremoniously kicked out of anywhere near the steering seats by the majority of voters sick & tired of the chapters of mindless Green BS they have seen ..
How are the Green plans going for a bicycle or wind powered ferry going ? Too hard or everyone asleep in the long grass after trying to get their confused heads around your little rants ? :)
No wonder your lot got grounded facing backwards and will likely stay that way for the next 150,000 years ;)
Joe Public just doesn't take kindly the sort of retarded screeching that has characterised the real cluelessness of the Green cause across past decades .. Even James of many Degrees has seen common sense and abandoned the grounded Green pontoon for brighter pastures .. perhaps the growing trail of the clueless & unfortunate Greens trying their luck & being outed for their various serious sins in public one after another was just too much for the poor boy to handle ;)
Aratere grounding & losing it's steering has a similarity to the Green's trajectory .. but at least the ferry can be refloated & rescued .. shame about the other, which continues to confirm firmly stuck holed on the rocks,
a few manning the wreck waving & screaming loudly, abusing & criticising potential rescuers... after having lost direction / steering ... with no signs of rescue or recovery expected anytime soon :)
I see Helen Clark had a pop too. Couldn't help herself.
The new ferry cancellation had zero input/impact on this grounding. Zilch. Shameless, bad faith politics from the pair of them.
I note "steering failure" has been the early identified cause. An assumption that means some sort of mechanical problem could well be misplaced.
Let's just all be very very thankful that the "steering failure" occurred near Picton with only a few people aboard.
A "steering failure" in Cook Strait with a full complement of passengers would have been potentially bad, even in fine weather, and a failure in the approaches to Tory Channel or Wellington Harbour would have been horrendous. Add some moderate (for Cook Strait) weather and you are looking at potentially huge loss of life.
Simeon Brown had been recently concerned over maintenance by the SOE Kiwirail.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...-grounded.html
NZ infrastructure is increasingly not fit for purpose - not fit either for the population growth both major parties have curated. Who will have the gumption to curate the megabucks needed in so many areas. Either public taxpayer money or a melange of private-public partnerships are needed. However there needs to be a concerted coordinated plan.
Labour had its social priorities but it is time to knuckle down now and sort things out. However it will take money from somewhere. On paper Luxon, with Air NZ on his resume, should be a good choice to take the bull by the horns.
I think it's more simple than that, the Green's have lost their way, they have lost their focus and been caught up in general politics rather than fighting for their fundamental cause.
In opposition which they should be most familiar with based on their history, they should know how to pursue their base agenda. But after 6 years of a coalition in power they seem to now be confused, having lost power, that they have no influence whatsoever anymore, and becoming irrelevant politically.
Harping on about things that have little to do with their manifesto, while simultaneously fighting against numerous internal conflagrations melting their party down into insignificance, the Green's are consigning themselves to irrelevance.
It must grate on the Green faithful. No one wants their vote to be wasted.