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Andrew Dickens: Why has National had a fiscal crack at Labour so early? · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: What a fascinating week in politics? What was Shane Jones
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  Speaker 1: and what with Erika Sanford? And I mean it kicked
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  Speaker 1: off on Sunday Nicola Willis alleging a massive hidden bill
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  Speaker 1: in Labour's policies, and she also had a crack at
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  Speaker 1: the lack of policies from Labor. And while that entertained
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  Speaker 1: her base who believed that, there were many who said
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  Speaker 1: she might have pulled the trigger too soon on that,
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  Speaker 1: and there was something that said it was a classic
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  Speaker 1: case of the pot calling the kettle black. So Heather
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  Speaker 1: on this station said it was way too soon and
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  Speaker 1: it should have been left closer to election day. Cameron
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  Speaker 1: Baggriy came on this show and said that all parties
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  Speaker 1: have hidden bills and because of our fiscal state, all
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  Speaker 1: policies are going to have to be paid for by debt,
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  Speaker 1: so there's hidden bills everywhere. So Nicholas shot could have
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  Speaker 1: backfired on her. And then Audrey Young yesterday and The
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  Speaker 1: Herald pointed out that last election, Nicola Willis released her
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  Speaker 1: fiscal policy with costings only four days before advanced voting
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  Speaker 1: started and seventeen days before election. This year's election is
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  Speaker 1: our one hundred and forty one days away from today.
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  Speaker 1: So look, I enjoy this election style BEFO because it's
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  Speaker 1: great grist to the mill for people in my job
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  Speaker 1: we have to talk this stuff. But I too wonder
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  Speaker 1: why National pulled the trigger so early on what was
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  Speaker 1: a nuclear weapon. It raises the question whether they're really
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  Speaker 1: really worried about the opposition beating them. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: it shows a hand and come election time, maybe labor
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  Speaker 1: will be better prepared for the hard questions. But then again,
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  Speaker 1: it's labor, so that's only maybe. For more from Early
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