The latest polls are in.
And who could have guessed that a government that destroys the economy (‘economic vandalism on steroids’), tears up our public health system (‘National is BAD for health’), de-stabilises Crown-Māori relations (‘largest protest in modern history’), eviscerates environmental progress and protections (‘short sighted & costly’) and is led by a wet puppet who will be gone by the time the next election rolls around (‘dead man walking’) is starting to lose its shine…..
Chris Bishop must be ironing his suit in preparation for the interview soon.
But things are not rosy:
27,000 more to be unemployed by Christmas time and 30,000 more on job seekers within a year - 8000 just in the last 3 months - all with a master-stroke that only the Luxon led Coalition government could achieve.
The government forecasts the total number on jobseekers to rise to 214,000 in 2025 - well above Luxon’s 50,000 net reduction to 140,000 KPI for 2030.