Finally, finally, it appears that the motley, bedraggled, half plucked chickens that are Labour policies are coming home to roost.

For me, my belief has been beggared that there is still people who will say, when asked by pollsters, ’why yes, I do believe Labour is the party for me when it comes to managing the economy and the country.’

When, surely, they have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that the job of running the country is simply beyond them. If the inability to deliver on the vast majority of their election promises wasn't proof enough for you.

Surely the sight of the little rodent scuttling off the leaking ship or being made to walk the plank or going AWOL when they're supposed to be on duty because it’s all a bit hard, is an indication that all is not well on the SS Labour.

The Herald Poll of Polls shows a National ACT mash-up as the most likely government, after the Talbot Mills poll results were leaked yesterday.

That poll showed Labour returning its lowest result since 2019, its support slumped five points to 31 per cent of voters, but still 31 per cent.

Chris Hipkins says he's received the message that New Zealanders don't feel the government has been focused on the issues that matter to them. And he's promised the Government will do that, will focus on issues that matter to voters over the next 90 something days till the election.

Too little, too late, one would think.

Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader, has echoed that old war horse Winston Peters in saying the only poll that matters is the one on October 14, and he is quite right.  

I was talking to a mate last night who has worked around Parliament for years and we were both saying that all we want to see from the next government, whoever it may be, is a boring capable government.

Make ordinary great again!  

We want to see basics done well. Money put into programs that will improve the economy, the nation's health, children's education, social housing, crime reduction.

And oh, I don't know, here's a novel idea Labour, have targets to show if those programs are working. If they are, carry on, if they're not, stop spending money on them, stop spending money on vanity or legacy programs, especially when you have no idea how to implement them - and you're not entirely sure that they're going to work anyway.

We'd love to see a government that will be clear and transparent, not obstructive and masters in the out of gas lighting, and hiding behind the OIA at every single request for information. 

We would love, and who would ever have thought it, to see a Government that is beige and unremarkable in every way, but that knows how to deliver and respects every dollar they take off the people that work in this country.

A government that understands those tax dollars are not theirs to squander but to spend wisely -  with the objective of meeting the greatest need.

Is that too much to ask?  

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