Andrew Dickens: Cabinet reshuffle shows a lack of talent in Labour pool

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jun 13, 2022 · 1m

Yesterday's minor cabinet shuffle became a major one after two resignations.

Trevor Mallard steps down as speaker, much to everyone’s relief. Laughingly one of the least diplomatic members of Parliament is moving into a diplomatic position in Europe. Cynics, like ACT, have suggested that it’s so he can get a knighthood before the Government changes at the next election.

Meanwhile, Kris Faa’foi steps down to spend more time with his family. Cynics would say he checked out a while back and I think that’s true. Immigration in particular has been bogged down and needs a strong hand to whip it…