This disingenuous nonsense by Simon Bridges on the AM Show is why his leadership is looking so wobbly.
This morning Bridges went on the AM Show and said that he didn’t want to play the blame game over mycoplasma bovis.
Surprise, surprise.
After doing no enforcement whatsoever of the animal tracking framework, all of a sudden Simon Bridges doesn’t want to play the blame game. Why wasn’t National demanding their Farmer mates followed proper procedure? Why didn’t National force them to comply? Why has National all of a sudden washed their hands of any responsibility and now demanding no one politicise it?
It is unbelievable that National have managed to escape real criticism over a problem they helped create, just as they did with infrastructure underfunding, housing underfunding and social underfunding.
It’s like there is one rule for National and another rule for every other political Party, watching Duncan Garner chime in and support Simon Bridges in demanding no more political blame helps explain why this double standard is so endemic in NZ politics.
Ever heard of the old One – Two , Martyn?….
If you cant hit em with mycoplasma bovis , give em a right cross with moldy Middlemore Hospital.
They are on the ropes with this one as they have been ever since they were booted out of power on a myriad of dishonesty and corruption allegations and cronyism.
Of course Simian will plead for mercy and sue for peace.
Most corrupt regimes do when they are beaten and they know it.
The AM show is an extremely unfortunate TV version of Newstalk ZB.
Garner wearing some sort of clown outfit sniping about the government with catch phrases, the bitter yet, how great am I, Mark Richardson sitting there with a face like a busted arsehole adding his pointless 2 cents worth.. Its simply awful.
One to miss, I promise.
Mark Richardson has overtaken Paul Henry and is now in second place (Mike Hosking retains the crown) in having New Zealand’s ‘Most Punchable Face’. (Chris Finlayson and Gerry Brownlee remain strong contenders, though less so now they’re in Opposition.) I’d like to see Richardson and Hosking throw down in the ring in a no-holds-barred title fight.
I might even pay money.
Thanks X-ray, I’ll be careful not to pollute my mind with zb, zm etc
This is why RNZ and TVNZ needs seriously sorting out, to be the independent non commercial, trusted source for high quality journalism in NZ. You don’t have a democracy without a vibrant and healthy fourth estate. And the current Minister is clearly strugling with the task. This, imo, is the most important issue. If we are collectively misinformed, then we will make low quality decisions. Which explains why we are in the parlous state we find ourselves.
About a quarter of the broadcast time on The am show consists of commercial advertising and promotional adverts. Add the time for giggle and emotional outrage ‘news’, sports and weather, Asiz and his latest trends on the web, and you may have barely 15 to 20 minutes left, where they interview some politicians or ‘experts’.
Then there is the ‘panel’ of opinionated celebrities or consultants, telling us their latest personal preference drivel.
I only watch it now and then, to remind me how horrible Garner and his team are, especially that wannabe ‘political commentator’ Mark Richardson, and to get an impression of what the MSM are on about, mostly of course idiotic and biased trash and gossip.
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