The Liberal Agenda: Q+A Review: Chippy Special
Q+A get 2 interviews with the PM each year, this is Chippy’s first and it’s great broadcasting by Jack,
Jack presses him hard on some big questions and Chippy answers while also giving some real insight to the kind of NZ he wants to fight for.
His support of Ukraine is really solid and I think if China supports Russia, we will have a serious trade war on our hands, which is a threat and risk I don’t think anyone is factoring in yet.
Chippy is clearly wanting a far more muscular foreign policy, that is why Andrew Little as the new Defence Minister.
Jack says Chippy won’t appear on the cover of Vogue, he argues it’s time for a ‘Ginger’.
Jack pushes him on co-governance and representation, Chippy argues the term has become radioactive and argues he is still looking at 3 Waters and intends to make changes.
Jack challenges him hard on ethics and Chippy pushes back hard by pointing out when he is wrong he admits it.
The difference between Jacinda and Chippy is Chippy can throw a punch.
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Is it true is or is it fake news, that Crusty the Frown aloha Chris Luxon with the charisma of a clogged drain pipe and plummeting favourability ratings, has been doing his bit to pitch in with some elbow grease, to help with the cyclone clean up, by flying over badly affected areas in his private jet, dropping pamphlets outlining Nationals on again off again tax cuts for those on the highest marginal rate, while sipping martinis, and having his toes massaged by his bank manager, and sending txts to his favorite Kowloon tailor, ironing out details for his swearing in suit, made of the finest fabric, woven from some extinct animal?
I’m not so sure.
All I know is that National won’t be changing it’s spots, and if they are put in charge of the cyclone response, then they will act the same as they did after the Christchurch earthquake, which was to underfund the rebuild, consent to shonky repairs, underfund EQC payouts, and ignore anyone uninsured, and go along with private insurers underestimating valuations of damage, and not payout for years in the hope that claimants would die trying, forcing the worst affected to go to court just to get it put right.
Who to trust, Chippy the working class boy from the Hutt, or the smiling gold watch salesman.
All of that is oh soooo true..
In Chch EQC had been allowed to run down over the years by successful Governments but employed people to do the job of getting an initial damage claim underway .So mistakes were made but the formation of the Red Zone was a master move to allow many people to avoid insurance hassles and move on . The uninsured made their own decision to take the risk and unfortunately paid the price .We got a great Convention Centre and the Metro Sports would be up and running if Woods had not got involved .
With the clean up after Gabrielle contract today have said they cannot continue working for free but to date Noone from this Labour government has offered financial assistance