Young on Jones

Audrey Young detects some positioning by Shane Jones.  She comments:

Labour Maori MP Shane Jones immodestly compared himself to Winston Peters in Michele Hewitson’s interview in the Weekend Herald and he is wasting no time in attempting to live up to the comparison.

… The comparisons might be more valid with Phil Goff, than Peters.

Labour has not had a vocal hardliner since John Tamihere lost his seat in 2005 and since Goff handed over the Justice portfolio to Mark Burton in 2005.

[It is also worth noting that Jones twice referred to Annette King in a mother-hen type of capacity. Even if King won’t admit it – and she doesn’t – King plays a critical leadership role of the party’s right which is where Jones put himself, no doubt to the annoyance of Helen Clark who prefers to pretend no such thing exists.]

I can’t work out whether Jones is angling to be Goff’s Deputy or if he wants Goff to be his Deputy 🙂