Deconstructing Headlines

This vacant aspiration merchant, this bullying arsehole who saw only mirth in physically touching a young woman in her place of work, this war hawk, this dirty politics operator, this money man who borrowed billions for tax cuts while the poor struggled, this mass surveillance lying neoliberal sellout did one thing and one thing only in his entire 8 year role – what was best for John Key.

The rumour as to why John Key has actually stood down is so large it swamps all other news stories.

The real sign as to who will become leader will be who Simon Bridges and Maggie Barry support. Barry has worked hard to build networks in the backbencher while Bridges is seen as the future of the Party.

As the mainstream media go into collective shock as their Political Master announces his resignation, many of his corporate media pundits are quickly painting his 8 years in power as some of NZs greatest years.

Let’s be honest about National’s recent poll rating that the mainstream media tried to use to strangle Little last week leading into the by election. The reason National are at 50% is because of a biased mainstream media and a property bubble that creates an illusion of wealth.

With just 12 months until the 2017 election, where are we at and where will we be going into the 2017 election?

Key’s ability to promote empty aspiration and vacant optimism while the social statistics groan under his draconian neoliberal welfare state reforms is truly one of the great political swindles of the 21st century.