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submitted 2 months ago by absGeekNZ to c/politics

I love the 'numpties and yahoos' comments.

Another Luxon foot-in-mouth episode.

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[-] deadbeef79000 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Luxon's just another CEO failing upwards. He's accustomed to telling his inferiors what's important and having them to fall on their swords when that inevitably fails.

His move into politics puts him at the mercy of even the least experienced career politicians. Going up against Peters (one of the most invincible politicians we have) and Seymour (a chump, but experiencd) is a little bit of a rude awakening for him. So, of course, it's democracy and the electorate that're the problems.

If he had any ability for introspection he'd quit and go sit on the board of Fulton Hogan and stroke his ego there.

[-] Mr_Fish 3 points 2 months ago

Wow. CEO and politician are massively different roles. Who woulda thunk it

[-] deadbeef79000 3 points 2 months ago

Apparently not Luxon.

[-] Mr_Fish 5 points 2 months ago

I hate that Luxon made me agree with Winston here. That doesn't happen often

[-] ooo_shiny 2 points 2 months ago

Seems that this is an off-the-cuff comment. Wonder what the MPs in the National caucus are thinking.

this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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