Labour lies again

Labour just are not learning. Today’s hysteria is from Brendon Burns who says:

“We have seen the first step towards gutting TVNZ and selling it off to the private sector.”

National’s broadcasting policy is explicit:

Maintain state ownership of Television New Zealand.

Now Brnendon may not have noticed, but John Key is pretty fanatical about not breaking any of National’s manifesto promises. The first 100 days were focused on being able to tick off the 28 promises that were promsied for early action.

Labour need to learn that National is not going to sell any state companies unless it has an electoral mandate to do so. And if Labour keeps with the hysterical claims that are not going to come true, they need to be aware people will be reminded of those claims come the next election.

There are legitimate issues the Opposition can engage in around TVNZ, such as the level of dividend. But it is stupid to detract from those legitimate issue by inventing bullshit that has no credibility.