"Ah look I came to accept the National Party just like to sort of whinge & moan about things. It's difficult to have a contest of ideas with them when they don't seem to have any.."
Ha classic & perfectly summed up Chris Hipkins.
Labour's far from perfect but their intentions are worthy, how could anyone but a fool support the current National party who offer nothing.
They've undermined & stuffed the Income Protection Scheme by framing it as a tax when it's really good policy & fixes the unfairness.
A person who loses their income from breaking their leg on a ski holiday gets income & treatment supported under ACC, but someone who loses their income from a severe illness or cancer while undergoing treatment gets nothing.
And the Hate Speech laws again so desperately needed in this age of violent rhetoric, conspiracy, grooming & misinformation, & National have undermined that instead of providing some constructive cross-party support.
And the Water Reforms which surely no one can be left in any doubt are needed after the disastrous floods the top half of the North Island have suffered, again National have buggered those by muddying the issues.
They've undermined & again muddied the conversations we need to have around Climate Change, trying to have a bob both ways, "we will repeal the clean car discount" (which has been great policy) & "NZers need to support the farmers like they support the All Blacks" - what the hell that's supposed to mean.
And their tough on crime policy is the reintroduction of the 3x tried & failed Boot Camps, really?