Unbelievably, Winston is trying to claim the bullshit deal that he has cut with etc Chinese for building the Ferries his Government cancelled has been some great deal making on his behalf is Trumpian in its glaring audacity.
Firstly – they are now being built by the Chinese which is a massive security and quality risk.
Secondly – it is NOT fucking cheaper when you consider what has already been spent by cancelling the old contract!
Govt confirms worse ferry deal – Labour
The Government has failed to deliver a better ferry deal for New Zealand.
“Smaller and more expensive ferries are set to land in New Zealand after much delay because Nicola Willis botched the Interislander ferry deal,” Labour transport and rail spokesperson Tangi Utikere said.
“We planned to pay $551 million for bigger and better, rail-enabled ferries. Winston Peters has agreed to pay $596 million for smaller ships of lower standard.
“Winston Peters seems to have swept the $671 million Nicola Willis spent in cancelling the ferries under the rug.
“We’ve long said the Government won’t deliver a better deal than what was underway under Labour, and today we have been proven right,” Tangi Utikere said.
Winston has to pretend the $671million Nicky No-boats caused by cancelling the original deal doesn’t exist to justify smaller ferries that aren’t rail-enabled.
He has taken our cow to market and returned with 3 magic beans.
Winston is as arrogant as Trump and twice as delusional.
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His RNZ interview this morning was classic Winstone, at least he refrained from calling the interviewer “piggy” but came close to it.
How did the Chinese built DL Class locomotives work out for KiwiRail Winston?
Despite specifying “No Asbestos”, guess what they came with? And as for reliability, well (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/418739/kiwirail-defends-troublesome-diesel-locomotives-and-wants-to-buy-more).
Just more lies.
Another sellout by Winston in covering for one of Nicola’s multiple fuckups.
The old bastard has already admitted the port infrastructure will need to be upgraded within the next 10 years, but is just kicking the can down the road.
And in typical boomer style, he doesn’t give a fuck as he’ll be dead by the time the bill arrives.
Just another deferred cost that a future Labour led government will have to address.
Like the ferries, Winston can get in the sea.
I too am suspicious of Chinese technologies – they are fraught with extreme security risks and shoddy components. The contract Labour had for new ferries was intelligent, safe and secure. To claim a “saving” here, when this dumb-assed CoC has to pay a cancellation fee [$671m], is screamingly stupid. Winston, it sounds like you need to retire very soon, if not now. Looks like all this is becoming too much for you to shoulder. We thought you had more common-sense but clearly, from both your mining and ferry perspectives, you have lost the plot. Time to take it easy in a ‘nice rest home’.