Wait, WHAT? Luxon ordered, then cancelled, taxpayer-funded Tesla, while criticising Tesla subsidies??? I’ve seen emo teenagers with less self inflicted wounds!!!
Fresh from shitting on NZ by claiming we are a ‘negative, wet, whiny, inward looking country’ comes news that Luxon had to be talked out of getting a taxpayer Tesla AFTER he had attacked owning Teslas
Wait, WHAT?
National Party leader Christopher Luxon had a fully taxpayer-funded Tesla on order for his use at the same time as he was publicly bashing the Government’s EV policy for subsidising “wealthy Tesla drivers”. The Tesla would have been for Luxon’s use, although he would not have owned it.
The Herald understands Luxon was talked out of ordering the car by horrified staff and at least one senior MP, who believed the purchase would be a massive political risk.
The order was placed last year, shortly before Luxon lashed out at the Government for its clean car discount policy, telling Newshub’s AM Show Labour was taxing people driving utes to help “wealthy Tesla drivers by giving them subsidies”. The Government’s clean car discount, under last year’s settings, took more than $8000 off the price of a Tesla.
Did he learn this information that getting a second taxpayer funded Tesla after shitting on the Tesla subsidy would be enormously damaging politically in Te Puke or Hawaii?
I’ve seen emo teenagers with less self inflicted wounds!!!
He didn’t see a political problem attacking the Tesla subsidy WHILE getting a taxpayer funded one for free?
He’s just not very good at this is he?
The thing that made fighting Key so hard for 8 years was that he had an internal radar for stupid shit and was surrounded by very smart handlers, that Luxon ordered the Tesla and had to be talked out of it because he didn’t see any problems should be raising red flags inside his office because he should never have thought this was a good look in the first place.
This gaffe and his weird shitting on NZ will only get worse as the real pressure from the election starts.
He’s just not very good at this is he?
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So what, he ordered a Telstar then change his mind. Why should I care a flying fuck about that
The attacks on Luxon are getting ridiculous and I don’t even like the guy
It is the hypocrisy Anker; whilst publicly criticising the government EV clean car discount he was ordering an EV that was eligible for the discount. He only changed ‘his’ mind after his ‘minders’ stepped in and took control. If National can’t see the damage he is doing to their ‘brand’ then ACT will continue to benefit.
Did Christopher Luxon get the government subsidy for his own Tesla?
RNZ news at mid day said Baldrick’s missus has a Tesla in the garage! At which of his 7 pads who knows I guess. Chrissy admitted to using it occasionally for a shopping run and has a scooter too. Please use the scooter more often Mr Luxon is all I can say.
“He’s just not very good at this is he?”
Got it in one. CT did a piece on this sometime in the last month (Here or Bowalley Rd?) sums it up completely.
Hugely inexperienced, trying to please everyone, no political muscle memory (and in fact a disaster for the Nats). A very poor choice on their part and why they may still lose the election despite Labour’s copious F Ups.
Corruption is what the corrupt do
You missed a bit.
Luxon had to be talked out of getting a taxpayer-funded Tesla for his personal use AFTER he had attacked owning Teslas *while already owning another Tesla*.
I’m conflicted, I support promotion of electric vehicle use, but feel ill at the thought of a tax payer subsidy going to that fascist freak, Elon Musk.
I can’t vote Labour because Jacinda. Luxon is a rich mans wet dream who just wants to reduce his personal tax on his 7 houses. NZ is on a death spiral and cannot be fixed. Time to go.
Good on Martyn on the nail again.
Luxon didn’t ‘order’ anything. He was offered a car by Parliamentary Services, and within 48 hours notified them he didn’t need it.
Talk about missing the point completely and please don’t ask me to explain, it’s self explanatitory.
It disappoints this is even news. He didn’t take advantage of a perquisite he was perfectly entitled to. Would it have been better if he’d requested parliamentary services buy him a gas guzzling double cab ute?
It is said do not let the truth get in thw way of a good story. If Laxon saved an old woman with the kiss of life the report on this blog would read Luxon kisses old lady without asking permission.
Well that’s one right wing nut job conspiracy theory I’ve not heard before Trev.
Without Luxon’s assistance, NZ already is “negative, wet, whiny, inward looking country”
Yes, Andrew and you fit into that category of being negative, wet, whiny and inward looking and let others speak for themselves. And by the way has your home been munted by the cyclone and has your town been deluged with forestry wastes.
Don’t really see the link on the govt rebate to purchasing to the government supplying MP’s? Not really apples with apples. Everyone is stupid here in my opinion from Luxon’s advisors to the story narrative by Martyn.
I’m more concerned about the current government insulation mortgage 1% scheme. A whanau member works at a bank and apparently the amount of people doing insulation mortgages which are only on 1% interest underwritten by the tax payor are being used massively to purchase Tesla’s.
This would be a better journalist story – but will it.
We see the results of Labour’s mismanagement on so many issues after get a free pass to make changes that ehhected those that were their key voting block they do not deserve another term. T
The whole EV system is a joke and I think in years to come we will see it as not achieving very much in the climate fight.
Brilliant Trevor. Luxon being a tosser is Labours fault.
I love the way people want to introduce more cost on schemes like this to supposedly stop the rich benefiting, but when it comes to tax, how dare we suggest they pay a bit more. F’ing ridiculous
Bad form from Luxon ordering one but even worse form for all the labour and green MPs not doing so. Don’t they believe in supporting their own policies ?
Politically, he’s just an idiot. And he’ll probably flip flop on something too, just to compound it. Not news.
But I’m sure the people of Opotiki, whose town had been taken over by gangs in the latest installment on our receding law and order really give a shit however!
Opitiki has always been a gang town, so suddenly getting all precious about it now is a bit rich.
So it’s all good closing schools because of this latest takeover? Nothing to see here, eh?
Opotiki has been through this before since Muldoon, so yeah, nothing to see here numbnuts.
There shouldn’t be any gang towns.
I agree, but they are here, and we can’t uninvent gangs and crme.
So here’s something novel. What will National do about crime XRAY?
Tackle it?
Whinge about it?
Wet themselves about it?
What methods will they use?
Increase prison sizes, what is the initial cost and continual cost to tax payers?
How will they catch ram raids in action, bring in the army?
When they reduce police funding will they ask for criminals to hand themselves in?
You see XRAY, it’s always the same bleating without the details of “how”.
Cannot possibly be worse than now!
And that’s where you are wrong and confirm my comment.
Oh yes it can!
Why are you changing the issue XRay when the article is about Luxon who has tendency to make stupid ill-thought-out comments Luxon appears to be a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde.
Covid, with the issues we have facing us at the moment, Luxon dithering over taking a taxpayer funded Tesla, then not, is ridiculously petty. Its no secret he’s a dufus when it comes to the game of politics, Chippy is a blackbelt master, but that don’t mean squat to people living in a criminal scum paradise thanks to Chippy’s government! And that is an issue worth talking about!