Too easy

The Herald reports:

Mr Goff continued the theme in question time in Parliament yesterday asking Prime Minister John Key if he had considered the result of past privatisations.

Mr Key said Mr Goff had a fair point.

“Maybe the Minister of Finance and I should have a chat with the Leader of the Opposition, because that is the man who sold Telecom, the State Insurance Office, the Post Office Bank, Air New Zealand, the Tourist Hotel Corporation, New Zealand Steel, Petrocorp, the Government Printing Office, the DFC, the National Film Unit, the Rural Banking and Finance Corporation, the Shipping Corporation, New Zealand Liquid Fuel Investment, Maui Gas, SynFuels, forest cutting rights, Health Computing Services and Communicate New Zealand.

“If there is ever a man who knows … about privatisation, it is that one.”

Clark could get away from the legacy of the 4th Labour Government because she was fighting the reforms from within. People accepted this.

Goff’s problem is he was a known vocal supporter of the reforms – one of the very loyal lieutenants. So when he tries to decry the exact same policies he enthused about, well it just doesn’t work.