Do you know what I would do if I was in the Labour Party cabinet at the moment?
I’d find a way to get out ASAP.
Especially if any of them want a career in business after this Government.
They should probably think about finding another job, because the rot is starting to trickle down according to this year’s mood for the boardroom.
I think we expected the PM to take a hammering and she did. Down from 4/5 in 2020 to 2.3 out of 5 this year.
But I don’t think we expected Grant Robertson to fall this much.
He was the most highly ranked Cabinet Minister last year.
It’s a surprise because he’s been seen as a safe pair of hands up to now.
He’s affable… He’s unflappable... he doesn’t do that annoying performance thing that the PM does when she answers questions.
But even he is being tainted by this Government.
And it should be a warning to them all. That the highest ranking Cabinet Minister is James Shaw.
Who is (a) not in Cabinet.
And (b) not in Labour.
Which says that he’s escaping the worst of it by being at arm’s length from the Government.
If this is starting to hurt even Grant Robertson, it is going to start to hurt the others too.
Every time the PM doesn’t front for media on a tough subject and puts up Chris Hipkins or Kiri Allan or Stuart Nash, it hurts Chris Hipkins and Kiri Allan and Stuart Nash.
One of the Chief Executives said the current group are "the worst Government since Muldoon".
That is now widely accepted.
You don’t want to be associated with that.
Bryan Thomson of Harcourts reckons they don’t understand business.
I reckon it’s worse than that.
They’re hostile to business.
No Minister is going to escape being connected to this lot.
Because most of them are donkey deep in something we don’t like.
Jobs tax
Kiwisaver tax
Co-Governance
Cancelling roads
Making excuses for not building houses.
If I was anyone of those guys, and I wanted a job after this - Or anyone in New Zealand to have any respect for me - I’d bail ASAP.
At least that way they can salvage some of their reputation and show they have some judgement.
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