Young on China

Audrey Young writes:

Earlier this week Ardern was downplaying the problems with China, saying not much had changed. She reiterated she had an open invitation to go to China and said the last communication she had had in a meeting [presumably with Premier Li Keqiang] they had said they “continued to be ambitious around the visit”.

She would not have been fooled by such platitudes, so goodness knows why she would trot it out this week and expect the public to be fooled into thinking the invitation is in the post.

Because its worked before?

Ardern brought more realism to her statements as evidence of a strain became more obvious, referring to the challenges in the relationship. Peters remained in fantasy land by describing the relationship as “excellent”.

Peters also thinks there will be 1,000 Kiwibuild houses built by July. Also fantasy land.