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© Thomson Reuters 2022.Support for New Zealand Labour Party hits lowest level since Ardern became PM
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Haaa Nemui
And no Winston to get them over the line this time.
dagon
Workers in NZ don't know how good they had it during the pandemic compared to other nations.
In the US and Japan corporations received a firehose of subsidies while workers were waiting for meager stimulus.
While Ardern gave massive subsidies to workers that began even before the lockdown.
The difference could not be clearer.
fxgai
That’s an interesting poll result.
I remember at JT some were saying that this lockdown proponent was wonderful, and indeed her handling of the pandemic did give her Party a resounding election win, last time
But now below 40% in polls - the mighty have fallen?
What gives? Did New Zealanders prefer things when they were locked down, like what now only China is doing? I don’t think that could be the case.
Did they mess up economic policy like in the US and other places these past few years?
Sh1mon M4sada
In times of trouble I would call NZ my home so I am fond of hearing from people living there. No one like Adern, all woke, no poke. There's a minority of extremely wealthy people who are heavily invested in the China relationship, they choose who get the PM hat anyway so pole or not average working people in NZ are just there to make up the numbers.
dagon
This is an extremely informative and erudite statement about why one would oppose Ardern's policies toward the electorate in New Zealand.
I appreciate your input.
Eastman
i am not surprised at all.
one lesson for her in future-dont mess with cows farts again :)
Robert N
Thatś how democracy works. Parties come, parties go. Incumbency is tough as you are usually blamed for whatever is ailing the voters.
dbsaiya
This article doesn't explain the reason, if it did, the article would have more credibility. To me it's just like today's weather report and nothing more. Bad journalism if you ask me...
Cricky
in a functioning democracy it goes up it goes down.
Algernon LaCroix
She'll be booted out, but will probably land a cushy job with the UN wasting other peoples' money while being totally unaccountable for the damage she does.
Moonraker
She'll be booted out, but will probably land a cushy job with a bank wasting other peoples' futures while being totally unaccountable for the damage she does.
Ricky Kaminski13
Because pragmatism always wins in the end. Trying to punish her own highly productive and efficient farming industry for points probably didn't help much, especially as we are now facing a global food and energy crisis. That and a bunch of other telltale signs that she needed to be taken away from the helm pronto. Good while it lasted though Jacinda, I'm sure you meant well, sort of...
By their deeds ye shall know them.
JTC
When "Democratically" elected Governments loose touch with the reality of what their Peoples want, it's time for them to go.
Eastmann
Jacinda have to go.earlier better.less damage.
Sh1mon M4sada
...as they should. A sentiment I share, but I have been to/fro with NZ since Robert Muldoon was PM (1970s), he imposed a wage freeze, price freeze, utterly unworkable, just made people poorer whilst products got smaller for same price.
Then came Labor's Economic Rationalism (Rogernomics), a socialist government with economic policy of Margaret Thatcher - I kid you not, google it.
It's been a revolving door of looking after the rich whilst the poor perish ever since. Taxpayer's money for competing in the Anericas Cup yacht race whilst social services faces cut backs etc.