As prime minister, Chris Hipkins is cutting back on policy initiatives, but doing so leaves space in the public debate for other parties to fill
Chris Hipkins has vowed to focus on bread and butter issues.Last modified on Wed 8 Feb 2023 04.54 GMT
This strategic retreat is a serious one, and an indicator of just how much the government has lost control of the narrative in recent years. These policies might have been unpopular in some quarters, but they were well progressed and pushed by some of Labour’s most senior MPs. Already a lot of political capital and actual capital has been spent on them, and now they are either history or doomed to the too-hard basket.
But if the only things you’re ever on TV talking about are issues that have little relevance to most Kiwis, then they are going to assume that is what you are busy with all day.Hipkins has already managed to pull Labour back into serious contention for the election this year by making a lot of noises about these “bread and butter” issues.
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