David Seymour has been quiet lately

Has he spoken up about the Philip Morris "waste of taxpayers money" yet, and is he still cooking up a Kiwi special re: the Treaty of Waitangi?

Where is Mr Seymour?

After getting away with ~$80mn to set up his new Ministry of Regulation, and securing $153mn for private charter schools, Seymour has been quiet of late.

Note: $233mn is not bad for Seymour’s hobby projects, especially for a new Ministry that defines rigourous standards and S.M.A.R.T KPIs like “issue updated requirements for QA” and “Attendees at Ministry training events are satisfied.” Introducing for-profit schools into NZ on the taxpayers’ dime has never been so smooth.

Don’t let anyone ever tell you Mr Luxon is a hard-hearted manager or this government isn’t making sure it’s extracting maximum performance and value out of your taxpayers’ money. Remember Seymour.

The last time we saw Seymour on TV was when he responded to the news that all but two of the Health NZ board had left or resigned, reflecting Directors’ lack of confidence in the government. Seymour was unreflective of course, saying he was sure Reti was working on something. Besides, he claimed, he found…