National Party President Peter Goodfellow has stepped down. The replacement will be elected at the next National Party Conference.
The stage is now set for John Key to return to politics and re-enter as the President of National.
Key supporters could argue that the only way to minimise the threat of ACT taking over and ruining the rigged game of capitalism that is NZ (I love how the Gib board monopoly was established under Key’s Government and Labour are getting balmier for it now), is an outright National Party MMP majority.
Christopher Luxon as Leader with John Key as President would be a direct play for the NZ centre.
The problem I think for this strategy is that these aren’t normal times and that by the election the economic recession will be so steep that polarisation of the political spectrum will see ACT still high enough to force National to need them to form a Government.
Luxon & Key would play for a centre that won’t exist.
If this was the plan, we will know shortly if Key is in play.
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The pony puller in chief? that will bring the women voters back–why did he leave before his term as PM was up anyway? the media never had the guts or inclination to go there did they…“to spend more time with the missus and kids…” or some such lame excuse was put up at the time of Sirkey’s departure.
Perhaps his failed “Panama Papers” offshore trust adventure on behalf of international finance capital saw the bankers burn him off–be good to find out eventually.
In the meantime people, read Nicky Hager’s “Dirty Politics” if you are in any doubt as to why this little shit should not be allowed anywhere near NZ political power again.
If he returns all Nat female MPs will have their hair cut into bob’s.
It’s a LOL from me Bert! perhaps recall of those vids of him fondling girls locks in public and Winston Peters calling him a trichophiliac in Parliament got me grinning…
Stepping stone to his inevitable ascent under a future National government as President of New Zealand, I would have thought.
thats el presidente for life, a mere president? ridiculous.
Key, the new NATZ president will be guiding Luxon to follow his entry to leader of National.
1 Natz will use Act to play the race card like Don Brash when he increased Natz polls from 22% to 47%.
2 Key then took over as leader and Brash asked him to raise NZ’s wages and salaries to Aussies levels.
3 Key immediately raised GST, borrowed $2bn and gave tax breaks to the wealthy and rich.
4 Key then invited his Speculator mates to lead his hill-billy rock star economy thru housing and land rip off prices.
5 Properties especially land and farm prices increased 88% in 5 years – more than Labours 50%.
6 In Ponsonby I saw villa’s being flipped off within a week for $50,000 or more.
The wider media was absent from the time Brash made his Orewa speech and from then on to today, the media has been a free NATZACT advocates for them. Natz receive 18 hours per week of promotion per week especially from some nasty Radio commentators and talkback hosts most whom do not give its listeners an opportunity to question or respond to lunatic opinions. No wonder grumpy old men are followers of these right wing jocks.
Nope – not even close. I understand someone on the board currently is being groomed for the job.
Maurice sums it up perfectly..
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-national-mp-maurice-williamson-says-old-boys-network-in-play-around-belated-peter-goodfellow-retirement-announcement/OWKKGVA4Q3C7TL3W5GYKWZWL3I/
He even references Kim Jung Un as learning something from National and that’s coming from A Nat himself!!!
Goodfellow should have left years ago…David Carter would have been better for this role.
It can’t be Sir John Key, he is not a current board member of the National party.
It’s interesting that this is happening right now, one year before a general election. People may disagree with that statement, but I do think that John Key’s possible lineup to replace Peter Goodfellow as National Party President right when we are reopening our borders after a global pandemic, in a time of a second term Labour led government, is a bit more than a mere coincidence.
Now I don’t think this is a bad thing. The same or similar thing could happen with any political party, and in the past, it indeed has. The issue I have is that, like former Prime Minister Helen Clark, John Key appears to be gliding along on a gold ski. He does have a legacy but, like his predecessor Helen, it isn’t all golden.
The obsession which some involved in politics have taken on, to promote the professional interests of former Prime Ministers long after they have moved on from their position, is eye widening. I personally would prefer for Party Leaders to be professionals such as doctors and lawyers and not politicians or former Prime Ministers, but that isn’t my decision.
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