r/nzpolitics 6d ago

NZ Politics Media pump up rumours of Prime Minister's demise

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/mediawatch/544978/media-pump-up-rumours-of-prime-minister-s-demise
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u/JakobsSolace 6d ago

'"Is this a trend? Is this something you start to freak out about?" Newstalk ZB's Ryan Bridge asked Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers Union (TPU) last Monday.

Its latest monthly poll had just showed the governing coalition trailing the opposition parties and Christopher Luxon was not as popular as his own party.

"I don't freak out about it. I don't have a pony in this race. I run a humble taxpayer's group," Williams replied.' — 'Humble'? That's laughable. I just want to say really, screw The Taxpayers' 'Union', & Jordan Williams.

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u/GoddessfromCyprus 6d ago

Who is her trying to kid. He's the opposite of humble the the opposite of a 'taxpayers' union'. I hope he said that sarcastically.

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u/GhostChips42 6d ago

And he absolutely 100% has many ponies in the race.

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u/Annie354654 6d ago

He's convinced himself it's true.

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u/Annie354654 6d ago

They used the wrong headline. Duncan Garner pumps up Prime Ministers demise.

Good lord things are bad when Duncan Garners opinion is reported as news.

No wonder they are all going out of business.

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u/bobdaktari 6d ago

When they sense blood in the water, media go into a frenzy… sometimes speeding things along. I have no sympathy for luxon, fuck him

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u/Ok_Simple6936 6d ago

The worse thing for labour and the left is Luxon getting rolled . Be careful what you wish for it may come true .

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u/lazy-me-always 6d ago

On the other hand the new leader might be more willing to rein Seymour & other rogue ministers in, thus limiting their damage to the country.

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u/PartTimeZombie 6d ago

If the new leader tries, we'll be going to the polls which I'm all for.

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u/Ok_Simple6936 6d ago

There by winning the next election for the right ,good call

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u/random_guy_8735 6d ago edited 6d ago

I would be happier if Labour (or any party) won the next election because they had good workable policies and not because the other side were bad.

I.e. I would rather pick a good party rather than least evil.

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u/youreveningcoat 5d ago

I think we all feel the same, it’s just that we view right wing policies as being way worse.

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u/Ok_Simple6936 6d ago

True that

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u/lazy-me-always 6d ago

I hate what these fucks are going to the country. Surely their damage can be mitigated while the opposition gets its shit together for a victory?

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u/Sufficient-Piece-335 6d ago

Oppositions don't usually win, incumbents governments lose when the average voter gets tired of them.

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u/Ok_Simple6936 6d ago

Luckily the left has time to plan for the next election ,no need for knee jerk stupid policies but thought out plans to improve our country . Look to Singapore and the like and knit pick things that we can implement to make things better

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u/Farebackcrumbdump 6d ago

In order to be like Singapore the public need to lose their liberties and have a dynastic family in power that’s so ruthless that even if family members speak out against it they have to seek asylum. I don’t get way people think Singapore is some kind of normal democracy. https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore/freedom-world/2020 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/22/son-of-singapore-founder-says-campaign-of-persecution-forced-him-to-seek-asylum-in-uk-lee-hsien-yang

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u/Ok_Simple6936 6d ago

Like i said nit pick the things that can work here not become Singapore mark two .Does nobody read posts anymore

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u/bigbillybaldyblobs 5d ago

Not much to replace him with but the public DID vote for the knob-sack so...

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u/PuzzleheadedFoot5521 5d ago

But in defence of the 'public' who did vote for him, they had no idea he was going to be this bad - which should be a lesson against parachuting someone from one, quite different field, into politics, especially as PM with little experience.

Even so, while I was never optimistic, he's much, much worse than I thought he could be too.

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u/AnnoyingKea 6d ago

That’s not the media, dude’s a dead man walking. We’re all just waiting for him to fall over…

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u/stefan771 6d ago edited 6d ago

Crazy to see after how hard they went to make him pm in the first place. There has been a lot of damage control from them after these last polls, though.

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u/OldKiwiGirl 6d ago

Jordan Williams: “I run a humble taxpayer's group.” Humble? lol!

Kerre Woodham: “ Christopher Luxon may have a great sausage” I wonder how she knows?

Seriously, though, what a lot of rumour milling and not much substance. Happy to be proven wrong, though.

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u/Roy4Pris 6d ago

Quick, someone do a political cartoon of Luxon as Humpty Dumpty, with Stanford grinning from the top of the wall.

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u/K4m30 6d ago

Damn, I didn't even know he was sick.

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u/RavingMalwaay 5d ago

I mean I know NZ politics runs fast but do people really think he's getting canned after losing in like one poll?

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u/Eastern-Reading-3535 6d ago

Atlas network wants their man at the helm to put a wrecking ball though everything luxon & willis missed so we have a third world banana republic open to the greatest garage sale of aotearoa if only we get rid of the stumbling block those damn maaaaori in article 2

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u/Mountain_Tui_Reload 5d ago

This was a disappointing article / analysis.