Deconstructing Headlines

If the Mt Roskill by-election taught the Opposition one thing, it’s that when they team up and don’t run against each other, they beat National.

National is in deep trouble and they know it. The shock resignation by John Key (the why of which has still not been investigated) has left National high and dry. The cavalcade of mutant circus freaks vying for leader of the National Party reminds you their talent pool is more of a shallow puddle.

Paula Bennett says she’s “turned around” & “fixed” the social housing and homelessness problems in NZ

What most readers need to understand is that many within National loath and fear Judith Collins to the extent that there is a ‘Anybody But Crusher’ faction of senior National MPs who believe Collins would get drunk on power and is capable of doing anything with it.

…it should come as no surprise that Key would be lined up for a job at the IMF. His services to American Corporate Power by trying to ram through the TPPA and his mass surveillance loopholes for the NSA mark Key out as a perfect patsy for the Corporate Overlords of the planet.

You don’t appreciate the hole that Key has left in the National until you look at the cast of mutants who are now vying for his job. National without John Key is like a night out in Hamilton without alcohol or condoms – dull and terribly risky.

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.