In response to I would quote the Rt Hon James Bolger- "bugger the polls' and by implication ,the pollsters.
Polls are being used by an increasingly polarised Media to create doubt for the one and approval for another,and for that reason alone are now untrustworthy.
It is difficult to find clear unvarnished and accurate reporting on any Political movement at the moment.
Thank you for this post Grant - most insightful. May I suggest that the reason most people don't trust Christopher Luxon is that he is and will be campaigning in this election year on the basis of the Big Lie of New Zealand politics: that National-led governments are better for our economy. They simply are not. Data from 28 years of National-led governments and 26 years of Labour-led governments, show that per capita GDP growth has been double under Labour, and the country's GDP growth is around 5% greater under Labour. Also his comments that this Labour-led government has been 'catastrophic' for New Zealand are also clearly incorrect: with four different international agencies calling our Covid response and economic recovery the best in the world; with the country repeatedly being acknowledged as the easiest in the world to do business in; with NZ regaining the top spot in the world's transparency index for the least corrupt country in the world (after having slipped during the John Key Dirty Politics years) etc etc. National and Luxon have every right to say their piece as opposition politicians. But there's no mana in trying to lie your way to leadership. Let us all remain vigilant in this election year, aye.
In response to I would quote the Rt Hon James Bolger- "bugger the polls' and by implication ,the pollsters.
Polls are being used by an increasingly polarised Media to create doubt for the one and approval for another,and for that reason alone are now untrustworthy.
It is difficult to find clear unvarnished and accurate reporting on any Political movement at the moment.
Thank you for this post Grant - most insightful. May I suggest that the reason most people don't trust Christopher Luxon is that he is and will be campaigning in this election year on the basis of the Big Lie of New Zealand politics: that National-led governments are better for our economy. They simply are not. Data from 28 years of National-led governments and 26 years of Labour-led governments, show that per capita GDP growth has been double under Labour, and the country's GDP growth is around 5% greater under Labour. Also his comments that this Labour-led government has been 'catastrophic' for New Zealand are also clearly incorrect: with four different international agencies calling our Covid response and economic recovery the best in the world; with the country repeatedly being acknowledged as the easiest in the world to do business in; with NZ regaining the top spot in the world's transparency index for the least corrupt country in the world (after having slipped during the John Key Dirty Politics years) etc etc. National and Luxon have every right to say their piece as opposition politicians. But there's no mana in trying to lie your way to leadership. Let us all remain vigilant in this election year, aye.