Mike's Minute: Labour is watching the Māori Party closely

I see the plan. 

Labour is sweating the current Māori Party meltdown, so they have rolled out Willie Jackson, who claims Takuta Ferris is handing political extremists ammunition to paint the Māori Party as too weird to ever do business with Labour. 

There are several problems with the plan. 

Firstly, post the by-election Willie has no credibility. 

Willie couldn’t win a raffle, far less a vote. And not only couldn’t he win the vote, he couldn’t get anyone out to even contemplate voting. What we saw a couple of weeks ago in Auckland was the biggest by-election shambles in many a long year. 

The next problem is the Māori Party are too wacky to ever be in Government, Ferris or no Ferris. In citing Ferris as some sort of issue, you are forgetting Packer, Waititi, and Maipi-Clark, and all the others who found themselves in front of the Privileges Committee and sanctioned in a way we had not seen previously. 

These are not people remotely interested in working with others. 

In that is the real issue for Labour. It's not the Māori Party's problem. 

If the Māori Party weren't attached to a centre-left bloc by polling, none of this Ferris nonsense would be of any interest to anyone. 

But because mathematically they are needed in an invented deal for polling purposes, they take on a larger importance. 

Without them Labour stand zero chance in the election next year. 

To make the story interesting, the pollsters and the media have to align all three parties otherwise the narrative doesn’t work. 

Then there's the other issue for Willie: the so-called "political extremists" he talks of. Another name for them is middle New Zealand, who saw what Labour, and Labour alone, did with Māoridom 2020-2023 with the obsession, the name changes, the new rules and courses and the compulsion around all things Māori. Talk about turning the punter off with obsession. 

Between the Greens with their Palestine and wealth tax fascination and the Māori Party and their separatism, no wonder Labour are worried. 

They have freaks for friends. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Labour is sweating the current Marray Party meltdown, you see,
So they've rolled out Willie as in Jackson who claims
stuck at Ferris's handing his words not mine political extremists
ammunition to paint the Murray Party is too weird to
ever do business with Labor. Several problems with the plan. Firstly,
post the by election, Willie's got no credit. Willie couldn't
win a raffle far less of vote. Not only couldn't

(00:20):
he win the vote, he couldn't get anyone out even
to contemplate voting. What we saw a couple of weeks
ago in Auckland was the biggest by election shambles many
a long year. Next problem is the Murray Party are
too wacky to ever be in government. Ferris or no Ferris,
and citing Ferris as some sort of issue, you are
forgetting Packer Whiteyttea and Mi P Clarke and all the
others who found themselves in front of the Privileges Committee
and sanctioned in a way we're not seen previously. These

(00:40):
are not people remotely interested in working with others. And
then that's the real issue for Labor. It's not the
Marray Party's problem. If the Murray Party weren't attached to
the center left block by polling, none of this Faires
nonsense would be of any interest to anyone. But because
mathematically they are needed in an invented deal for polling purposes,
they take on larger importance because about them. Labour stands

(01:01):
zero chants in the election next year. To make the
story interesting, what happens is the polsters in the media
have to align all three parties otherwise the narrative doesn't work.
Then the other issue for Willie, the so called political
extremists see talk of another name for them, by the way,
is Middle New Zealand. Who saw what labor and labor
alone did with married in between twenty twenty and twenty
twenty three. The obsession, the name changes, the new rules,

(01:24):
the courses, the compulsion around all things Maria talk about.
Turn the punter off between the Greens with their Palestine
and wealth tax fascination, the Mari Party and their separatism.
No wonder, Labour are worried. They've got freaks for friends.
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