Spinoff compares Whanau to Biden

Joel McManus writes:

It was a mess, and it speaks to the core of Whanau’s greatest weakness: she has terrible political instincts. …

Ironically, the airport sale may not have been needed at all if Whanau had been willing to scrap the $330m Town Hall repairs – or at least pause them until the central government came to the party or another funding source could be found. 

That would have been sensible. I am sure there is not shortage of local MPs who would have sponsored a local bill allowing the Town Hall to be demolished.

There are some parallels to another left-leaning politician with a history of saying weird stuff and making unforced errors: Joe Biden. While members of the Democratic Party felt deep loyalties to the US president, it eventually became clear that he was an electoral liability who needed to be replaced by a different candidate. Green Party members in Wellington must surely start asking the same question. 

Normally a Mayor would be happy to be compared to the US President, but in this case I doubt it!