No metaphor is greater than the NZ Prime Minister, Rail Minister and Auckland Mayor going down a hole

No metaphor is greater than the Prime Minister Chris Luxon, Rail Minister Winston Peters and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown going down a hole into the City Rail Loop.

Firstly, it’s a PR stunt to avoid the incandescent rage so many Aucklanders feel towards this  expensive and insanely draining rail loop. It has destroyed the inner city, killed off local retailers and is designed to reach capacity barely 2 years after being built.

Secondly, consider the comments and behaviour of the Right Wing Politicians travelling along.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon

Luxon said the project was “a major, major feat” that would spur another $12 billion of investment in other economic activity in the city.

On the return trip from Waitematā, he described the trip as a bit like Star Trek, the way the tunnels were lit, saying he had spent a lot of time on subway trains travelling to work while living in New York and London.

“A lot less smelly armpits here than what I observed in Tokyo and London, in particular,” he said.

It’s like he’s a fucking man child. ‘It’s like Star Trek’ he opines, and ‘smelly armpits’ in Tokyo and London. Is he the Prime Minister or a teenage boy allowed out on his own for the first time? He’s so desperate for any positive affirmation he’ll gush like a virgin at an orgy.

The Boomer King, Wayne Brown 

If Luxon was an excited child at a toy shop, Grampa Grumps was his usual arsehole self…

Asked about his first impression, Brown said, “It’s a ride in a train. It was normal and natural, which is what we want. We don’t want excitement. We just want to know if this goes quickly? We have proved it is very quick to get from here to there. That is what it is supposed to do, and that is what it is doing.”

…thanks Captain Buzzkill, after the enormous cost and sacrifice of Aucklanders to finally get this fucking thing built, you are there to rain on everyone’s parade. It’s like he’s such a grumpy fuck,  he eats cardboard and shits boredom.

Rail Minister Winston Peters

At least Luxon and Brown had the decency to not be argumentative pricks…

Winston to CRL boss: I’m not wearing a high-viz

The Minister for Rail had a tense exchange with the CEO of Auckland’s City Rail Link over a request to wear a high-viz vest during a site visit and test train ride. He eventually put it on, but only after putting up a fight.

…the only orange Winston dons is Donald Trump.

 

All in all, no metaphor is greater than the Prime Minister, Rail Minister and Auckland Mayor going down a hole – 3 Boomers up our collective arsehole who refuse to shit off.

 

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