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July 3, 2025 2 mins

The award for most press releases and announcements on a single issue must got to National this week.

Law and Order was front and centre - announcements about everything from first responders to coward punches. It was an assault of announcements. 

Now, announcements don't make streets safer. Announcements don't fix problems on their own. 

This was a targeted campaign to reinforce the idea their tough on crime. That they're on the side of the victim. 

Why are they doing this? Because it's one of the now minority of issues on which they outpoll Labour - from the last Ipsos survey. 

So, they've been going health for leather on law and order. Meanwhile, Labour's overtaken the right for the party most trusted to fix the economy. 

I know for a lot of you listening, this is laughable. They got us into this mess, etc, etc. 

And I agree with you - I think it's like a protest vote against the incumbent when cost of living is high. Would you actually go and vote for that person tomorrow? Or are you just sending a signal of unhappiness? 

You never truly know, but National's clearly alive to the fact it's becoming an Achilles' heel. 

The actual numbers are in range: OCR nearly neutral at 3.25%, inflation at 2.5%. 

But there's a politically painful time lag between numbers getting into band and voters feeling it in their pockets. 

Luxon's team have identified this problem. Their short-term solution is to bash the supermarkets. Hard. And repeatedly. 

It's almost like they've finished with the mongrel mob so now they're taking on the other gangsters - Woolworths. 

An announcement on "next steps" is already being touted, months out. 

So, Labour bashes National on cost of living, National will bash the supermarkets. 

And guess what? Nothing will happen to the prices you pay at the weekly shop.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The award for most press releases and announcements on a
single issue. This week must go to National Law and
order was front and center. We had announcements about everything
from first responders to coward punches. It was an assault
of announcements. Now, announcements don't make streets safer. Announcements don't
fix problems on their own. We've learnt this. This was

(00:22):
a targeted campaign to reinforce the idea that they're tough
on crime, that they're on the side of the victim.
Why are they doing this well, because it's now one
of the minority of issues on which they outpoll Labor.
This is from the last IPSOS survey, so they've been
going healthilyather on law and order. Meanwhile, and the upside
down world we live in, Labour's overtaken the right for

(00:44):
the party most trusted to fix cost of living. I know,
for a lot of you listening, this is laughable. They
got us into this mess, et cetera, et cetera. And
I agree with you, but I think it's like a
protest vote against the incumbent. When costed living is high,
Would you actually go and vote for that person tomorrow?
Or are you just sending a signal of general unhappiness.

(01:06):
You never truly know, but Nationals clearly alive to the
fact that it's becoming an achilles hell for them. The
actual numbers are in range the oc A nearly neutral
at three point twenty five percent, inflation at two and
a half percent, that's inside range two. But there is
a politically painful time lag between numbers getting into band
and voters felling it in their pockets. Luxon's team have

(01:31):
identified this problem. Their short term solution appears to me
to be bashed the supermarkets hard and repeatedly ram raid them.
It's almost like they've finished with the mongrel mob, so
now they're taking on the other gangsters, Woolworths an incumbent on. Sorry,
an announcement is coming on next steps. We heard from

(01:53):
the Prime Minister yesterday. This is months out from the
announcement being made. We're hearing it's going to come. So
Aber bashes National on cost of living and Nashville will
bash the supermarkets and guess what, here's the kicker. Nothing
will happen to the prices we pay at our weekly
grocery shop. For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge,

(02:16):
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