Many of you will know that I have had a life long interest in politics. Even as a kid I followed central politics with a keeness a little unusual in children.
I well remember our MP, Jim Edwards, who was Arnold Nordmeyer’s son-in-law coming to our school and I vividly remember the reaction to Nordy’s Black Budget in 1958 – I was 7.
In every government since there has been one or two members who were appallingly arrogant and frankly I always detested that arrogance. I always thought that if I became a central government politician – which was a dream for many years – that I would never become arrogant. Arrogance in my opinion usually covers up inadequacy.
Well we now have a government which is chock full of arrogant individuals from the top down. Labour used to have its rotweiller Trevor Mallard to do its dirty work. When an altercation in Parliament’s Foyer proved him to be more of a toy poodle, they quickly put him back in his kennel. Have you heard from Mallard lately.
So they have wheeled out the smart tongues. The deliverers of the sharp one liners like Clark, Cullen, and Parliament’s most arrogant individual Cunliffe.
Frankly the current approach to New Zealand’s problems by Helen Clark’s government is not only arrogant, but is also inept.
Clearly they see John Key as an individual, being a real threat.
Why else would they spend so much time attacking him personally. And when Key asked Labour’s front bench when they were going to get on with the real business of government and cut out the personal attacks, the best the super arrogant Teflon Tyrant could muster, in the house, was diddums.
The Prime Minister of this country and all she could come up with in response to a reasonable question was diddums.
You and I the humble taxpayer should expect better than that.
Telling the leader of the opposition he is an empty space is equally pathetic.
Being the boring person I am, I watch a lot of channel 94, Parliament. Last night Cunliffe was so glib and arrogant I had to turn it off – my blood pressure wouldn’t stand it.
It is time that these disappointing examples of the human race were given a very clear message that we expect better.
Mind you – that might have to wait until November.
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