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Christopher Luxon gave a slogan ridden and patronising speech to a room full of die hard Nat supporters this morning while the world happily carried on without that kind of BS in its face.

Luxon tried to remind the party goldfish that National had won loads of seats in the 2023 election and then moved on to blaming Labour for the pandemic and related expenditure on the Covid wage subsidy and Business Support - MIQ - vaccines - and all the other costs - like inflation adjusted minimum wage increases, higher benefits, pay increases for Nurses and Teachers - including the cost of the Cyclone - which meant spending was up by 84%.

Terrible waste - etc.

Of course Mr Luxon did not say what the increase in spending was made up of - he just left all the details aside - in order to make the Nat voters feel that it was all just spraying around a fire hose with no good reason for that.

Nobody in media pulled Luxon up or challenged him instead most media seized the "arsonist pot kettle black" rhetoric and portrayed the entire lame speech as "Fiery" cos kid journalists love a play on words.

Ironically media promoted a dull speech as a fiery one and people wondered what side these media were on? Not the side of the facts that is for sure.

Most people with a vocabulary of over 50 words and an IQ over 80 thought Luxon's speech was too dull to bother watching - other said it was the paint curling cringe - but for those who did watch it - many thought Luxon was being patronising to the Nat faithful when he explained to them that the Budget was "something we call Budget 2024" and how he relished being asked if he stood by all his actions and statements in parliament - because he used that to boast about his achievements.

Yes it was riveting stuff - like nails in walls - as Luxon repeated how "invigorated" National are - and he repeated the same words like how "incredible" his team are as they have been "working at incredible pace".

That is what he would say to you. Clearly.

"He's copying what Jacinda did in the primary question, that was her innovation", said an organic punga unimpressed with Luxon stealing ideas and not giving credit for them.

"It's reversal world. He's the arsonist throwing coal and petrol on the climate fire", said a Flax bush smoking his pipe.

"We inherited a hell of a mess", warbled a majestical Tui before yelling "YEAH RIGHT" and flying off to peck at Nicola Willis.

"The Nats are falling in the polls and the train wreck is piling into itself", said G from G News, "The party faithful have no idea what's happening and needed to be lied to again."

"Like a cuttlefish squirting out ink", said Monty, "No vision".

The best answer to a bad speech is a good speech and Chlöe delivered that good speech at the Greens State of the Planet event today.

Chlöe was strong, cutting, fresh and passionate - and to the point about deliberate policies that have lead to problems with housing affordability for 3 in 10 people and the crazy tax inequity settings where 311 families who own more wealth than the bottom 2.5 million New Zealanders - pay less tax on net income than the rest of us.

Chlöe really stuck the boot into the Government but everything she said was true...

"They showed us their priorities by rolling back smoke-free protections, which no one campaigned on and no one but the tobacco lobby asked for.” - said Chlöe.

There was way more but you can watch the speech on G News.

Nobody reading this is Gerry Brownlee !!!

Hooray!!!

Todd McClay the giant bunny sounded unconvincing on Q&A after Christopher Luxon had been "rock solid" that NZ would sign up India in an FTA this term during an election debate in 2023.

Todd mumbled and bumbled about building relationships and being out in the world - and that an FTA was possible - but we all know it's a long shot - and Luxon was overpromising.

Chlöe had a strong interview on Q&A and made strong points about the Climate Commission needing to set the number of Units in the ETS - which would confound the Atlas Network Free Market theories that justify taking no climate action.

There was also the matter of natural justice for JAG and I think we are all getting a bit tired of NZME attacking Green Party females using media as a partisan weapon through the past weeks - so it was good to see Chlöe stand strong on that.

Tova wrote a puerile puff piece about Willis which Woman's Weekly may have run with it was so shallow and trashy.

Mahē Drysdale is running for the mayor of Tauranga.

There has been a media blackout about that Talbot poll - aside from Stuff / The Post. Labour lead.

Chippy's speech yesterday was not paraded around like Luxon's today by media - but it had way more substance and a clear vision of where we could head to as a country.

I'm healing up pretty well and today I was not on pain killers and things seem fine.

Have a great Sunday evening.

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