Kate Hawkesby: The theme at the Labour Party conference was taking potshots at national

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Nov 6, 2022 · 3m

I see a theme at the Labour party conference over the weekend was taking potshots at National leader Chris Luxon.

It was reported that Grant Robertson made “19 references to National” and 9 to Luxon personally. When asked if all this reference to the Nats meant they were worried about them as a serious threat, Robertson of course denied it. He added some extra potshots that the Nats were ‘out of touch and inexperienced’. Which in and of itself if laugh out loud irony if ever I heard it. Out of touch? This from a government who has never seen a bigger disconnect between the real world and…