New Poll shows government failing on real issues that concern Kiwis
As food inflation hits 4.7%…
…the latest IPSOS Poll shows voters believe Labour have the answers, not National…
Labour now more trusted to solve the big issues, new survey shows
Labour is now the most trusted party to respond to eight of the 10 most important issues to voters, according to the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor survey.
The results will come as a major blow to the coalition Government, which is almost entirely absent when it comes to the survey.
For the 20 most pressing issues for Kiwi voters, NZ First and ACT were not deemed the most capable parties to manage any of those issues. National was only deemed the most capable manager for two issues – the same result as the Green Party.
Inflation and the cost of living remained the most pressing issue for New Zealanders, the survey found. That was the same issue that propelled the National Party to power in 2023, after this survey showed a complete opposite result. Back then, when Labour was heading towards defeat, National had won the public’s trust for 15 of these 20 top issues.
…it doesn’t get much more damning than this…
…remember, all National has left is asset sales as a vision.
That’s vandalism, not economic policy.
Watching Luxon and Winston attack each other over the meltdown they have created is just glorious…
Luxon brushes off Winston Peters’ asset sales attack
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has waved away New Zealand First’s criticism of National’s economic plan, saying Winston Peters has many entrenched views.
…they have underfunded public services while borrowing billions for tax cuts, landlord tax loop holes, gas and oil subsides, tobacco subsidies and Michelin Star programs.
Their decision to destroy Labour’s infrastructure pipeline has had a cascade effect throughout the economy that has seen 73 000 flee the country and the destruction of 30 000 jobs in the construction sector.
National’s response to this is mass importation of cheaper labour from exploited migrant workers while allowing multi millionaires to buy $5million mansions.
Look.
NZ is 3 huge sparsely populated Islands.
We simply don’t have the population density for free market dynamics to generate the competitive advantages that they can provide, NZ has ALWAYS required the State to step in as the foundation stone.
National and ACT want to kick that foundation stone out from under us and pretend that’s not economic vandalism.
Unemployment reached a 9-year high of 5.3 percent, it’s 10.5% for Māori, 12.1% for Pacifica and 15.2% for 15-24year olds while an increasing number of disillusioned job seekers are opting out of joining the workforce altogether.
Winston is one of the best political players in the game, to date he has leaned heavily into culture war conspiracies to hate on the Trans, hate on the vaccines, hate on climate change, but he is smart enough to know that his knuckle dragging supporters can’t eat their hate and that the economy is suffering right now.
He will have watched what happened recently in America and the crucifixion of Republicans in the most recent elections.
For example, of the 480-plus contested races in Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, Republicans only won 11.
In Pennsylvania’s Bucks County, voters elected a Democratic district attorney for the first time since the 1800s, part of a Democratic sweep of every county office, including controller and recorder of deeds.
In Georgia, Democrats ousted two Republicans on the Public Service Commission, the party’s first capture of a non-federal statewide office in Georgia since 2006.
In Connecticut, Democrats took control of 28 towns from the GOP.
In New Jersey, Democrats won their biggest majority in the General Assembly since the Watergate era.
Much of the attention last Wednesday NZT focused on the Democrats’ big United States election wins in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, as well as in the New York mayor’s contest.
But the party also won hundreds of lower-profile state and local contests – often swamping Republican incumbents with overwhelming turnout.
…I love this comment by a Republican strategist…
“I think we need to heed what the voters are telling us – they want us to focus on pocketbook issues, which is part and parcel of how Trump got elected in the first place,” Nicholas said.
“Perhaps we have run enough ads on the trans issue for a while.”
…Winston is sensing the same change in NZ.
Hating on the trans and the woke is fine and dandy while you have money in your pocket, but not even demented NZ First voters can pay the bills with their spite.
With polling like this, you understand why the whispering campaign against Luxon and Willis has already begun.
The rumour mill is now leaning towards a National Party leadership spill.
Much plotting was done at Jim Bolger’s recent funeral which is ironic.
The phone calls are happening and the numbers are being taken.
The National Party factions realise 3 things.
- It has to be Luxon and Nicola Willis who go because it is Nicola’s insane economic direction that is killing them and Luxon’s wooden performance that its drowning them.
- It can’t be Erica because the National Party Mandarins know that we know.
- The compromise line up is Bishop as Finance with Louise Upston as leader.
The drive is to go back to Jim Bolger’s decent society rather than Luxon’s dead eyed KPI CEO speak and Nicola Willis’ free market cruelty.
With National now pushing a policy as overwhelmingly unpopular as Asset sales, all Labour need to do is appear half rational.
If there is a move in National, it will happen over the Summer, there is no way they would try it any later than March because they know that would just look like a desperate scramble.
They would want at least 10 months as a lead in for the new Leadership to rebrand National before an election.
Beyond March, Luxon and Willis will be cemented in and National will lose the election.
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“2 – It can’t be Erica because the National Party Mandarins know that we know.” – Know what?
This thick-skinned CoC mob deserve to fall flat on their faces, they aren’t failing, they HAVE FAILED! They have ignored the really important issues, snubbed so many New Zealanders, and run around like mad dogs attacking trivial matters, trying to look relevant! There is no accountability as everything they tinker with is not done properly and WITHOUT CONSULTATION OR TRANSPARENCY – in secret, like the charter school deals! They are an ‘out of control train wreck’, tunnel-visioned, lacking intellect and totally deluded. The greedy farming sector is still increasing our internal dairy prices so we continue to subsidise their overseas markets while they spend their latest short-sighted bounty!!! So NZ how about a snap election very soon. NZ can’t afford to wait until Nov ’26 – there will be little left of the country we know and love. Replacing Luxon/Willis with Bishop/Upston is not a fix – it is another disaster waiting to happen. A snap election could also solve the TPM issue as there won’t need to be by-elections. What the CoC enablers keep failing to see is Climate does not care whether you have $1m in the bank or $1.00 if your number is up – it’s up – how come they haven’t the brains to see this? And again, where is our media on all this? Doing a Luxon, hiding under their bedclothes?
Or, doing a Cluxon could be holidaying overseas. But no, seriously, how can they replace Cluxon with Clupston? He has no portfolios so will they just give him her portfolios? He’s not used to working that hard and Upston would get to go off on Cluxon’s jollies and everyone there will say, ‘Hey where’s whatshisname?’
I wonder if she has her new pyjamas ordered ready for the Upston Family Christmas Photo?
I think these figures demonstrate the success of the COC’s laser focus on wringing the last drops out of the “squeezed middle”.
The faith in Labour is placed on no policy reveal just the hope they will change things. .Needing to go with Greens will destroy any progressive policy Labour has.
The faith in Labour is placed on no policy reveal just the hope they will change things.
Wow I agree with Trevor. I would put far more faith in TPM and the Greens for most of these policies that would really make a different.
All Labour gave given us is a very narrow, pathetic Capital Gains Tax. Where is the Tobin tax (financial transactions tax), the wealth tax, the higher tax on those earning excessive amounts of money. The head of ANZ is on a package amounting to $3 million, please spread it around a bit more. When are we going to have a tax on excessive bank profits and supermarkets?
We all know that Labour will never do any of this.
Can someone explain to Trevor what ‘progressive policy’ actually means, please.
The faith in National is placed in failed ideology. Needing to go with ACT has destroyed democracy as ACT pushes its policy into the empty space where National has no policy at all. Hence the country has gone backwards decades.
The problem is this government doesn’t care, they are ploughing ahead wanting to spend billions on roads we can’t afford and, in the meantime, disrupt people’s lives all for the sake of saving a few minutes. Many New Zealanders can’t afford good decent quality food, and this government wants to charge us for driving on our roads. They have also increased car registrations, and we will have to pay more for their local water done well (not a suitable name for this) added to our already very high rates bill and climbing insurance costs. Prison rates are high costing us billions and in the long term these damaged people eventually have to be released back into our communities. And crime rates have risen despite this government claiming the contrary. Not good at all and frankly many people have had enough of this government.
For sure CP
Landslide on the horizon, not for the Left.
Bob the first never mind you criticizing Jacqueline you need to have a look in the mirror you are the one that is demented and does not listen to rational facts. The government you put up on a pedestal are fucken useless and the facts speak for themselves, ask yourself why ARE thousands of NZers leaving for Australia.
Luxon is out of touch he doesn’t care about everyday NZers suffering the cost of living remember he’s sorted
Those polls show that Naational would be better on foreign affairs…. you meaning cosying up even more to the United States.
Te Pati Maori had the best climate change policy at the last election, not the Greeens.
While I do not agree with most of the bloggers on this site they all make valid points with their opinion however one recent blogger Jacqueline makes no sense and no valid points ..Am I the only one annoyed by her raving
100% and should be blocked.
Exactly.
It might set a precedent though that could harm people with genuine views that make sense. I don’t know what you have to say to be blocked but some have been, they reckon. Jaqueline obviously doesn’t overstep that mark. Possibly some people need to be saved from themselves.
Just ignore her, Trevor and others. Use your down arrow.
With the coloured squares next to names, it’s easy to pick out individuals, as long as you aren’t colour-blind I guess.
Kind and practical applies here. Jacqueline is not enlightening and the most direct information she/he can provide is the opinion that Peters should resign. She/he has been kindly given room to express that, and after multiple repetitions with nothing else it becomes practical to block further repetition. There is so much more to think about, present links and sources, and discuss. Limit the trolls like J.