The Key-Luxon ticket
Luxon is being touted as leader because of his connection to Key.
The pitch to National blue bloods is that the rot inside National is deeper than the Leader. Goodfellow’s time as President has been a disaster.
With Luxon as leader, Key would be appointed Party President so that they could oversee an Alpha candidate academy to shoulder tap the next generation National MP for the 2023 election.
It is the development of a new wave of right wing Ubermensch that is the vision of Team Key-Luxon.
For these Blue Bloods, Simon Bridges is too working class for their aesthetic tastes.
The Key-Luxon ticket would work like the Putin-(fill in name here) relationship.
It would be an incredibly dangerous combination for democracy between puppet and master.
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Yes, but he has other National party leadership qualities too.
Why would we want Key involved he chose to leave didn’t he say he wanted to spend more time with Bronagh and moonbeam their cat. And Key left a mess for someone else to clean up. If Luxon is just more of the same John Key type we have already been there and done that. What about someone new, fresh and not tarnished is there anyone in the National party that can fit that brief?
Outside of Reti, the saddest part is that National still have those morally corrupt experienced MPs influencing their young up and comers, Nicola Willis being the example, a whinging, entitled politician learning all the Collins traits along the way.
Sorry Bert but Reti us tarnished by his loyality to Collins (just like Mike Pence). If you dance with the devil you will get burnt.
Gerry Brownlee!,… is he still there?
Wild Katipo “ Is Gerry Brownlee still there ?” Where exactly ? I mean he could have gone thru’ the wrong door again – he could be anywhere – but not to worry, he’ll turn up again in due course. Somewhere.
So a loony bible basher is ok Frank?
It is a curious fact that Rob Muldoons National was , in fact, to the left of the modern day Greens, … and had more in common with MANA than any other party on the political scene. This tells us of just how bogus is the modern NZ political scene and commentators when they speak of ‘left ‘ or ‘right’.
The overarching difference being that of difference between Keynesianism and neo liberalism / Lazze faire. Now, there were many multi millionaires in NZ during the Keynesian economy. So one cannot say it was not for free enterprise. Nor can one say that it did not have the wealthiest per capita results when one see’s the results of 1969,- the 6th wealthiest only behind Denmark.
Yet now we see the results of neo liberalism post 1984. Massive poverty, food banks not coping, homelessness, people locked out of home ownership, poverty wages, increasing domestic violence, degraded infrastructure. Why support it?
Because in supporting ACT, you support all of the above.
Poor choice.
Yes WK, pipsqueak seymour might be entertaining but his policies are truly awful. We are not fooled by his rhetoric.
Yes his first act will be to add speaking in tongues as our 4th official language!
You forgot ‘psychopaths’ in you most list..
Luxton just looks like ‘Todd Muller-lite’ to me. And his TraitorKey connection is a double edged sword.
Boldger? You mean Bolger? – What about Ruth ‘Mother of all budgets/ Employment Contracts Act 1991’ baby, huh? Seems your being a little selective there matey ! Didn’t she have something to say as well?
so what did he really achieve at Air NZ after taking over from…Fyfe.?
Got ‘CEO Air NZ, 7 years’ on his CV.
Not keen on corporate bal’heads myself. What do those guys with the shaved heads and tightly tailored suits do when they all get in a room-rub bonces in weird rituals of some sort…?
A major problem I see with Luxon is that he does not want the job, yet. To be a good leader you must want the job – this is different from being in love with the power being a leader bestows. At the moment it would appear Luxon is being pushed forward and used by Key so Key can regain power through puppetry.
Of course luxon wants the job! He’s just lying. Trying to be coy. And if he’s lying ALREADY what’s he going to be like later..?