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Headline: The Winston and Jacinda show - it's time for Ardern to push back

In total 468 comments were made and 27295 votes were cast. So what is the crowd saying?

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Of course  Jacinda gets absolutely no help from Deputy Kelvin Davis who was obviously on witness or witless protection today at Question Time.19921011pdm
hope jacindas got a tall pair of gum boots.things are gonna get real deep.16918718Wildman willy
Time for JA to push back? Haha, thats funny. She couldnt fire her own minister after 3 strikes. She cant make a decision without 150+ working groups. How on earth is she going to push back against Winnie who is running rings around her?1631729Pacemannz
Except they werent coalition governments, they were confidence and supply agreements with United Future, ACT and the Moari Party, so there is no coalition agreement to see. 1521608Tony Powell
The reality is Peters is PM in all but name. The sooner Labour and the feckless greens realise this, the easier things will be. 15216513Crazy Dave
Labour were not ready to govern. They got there by accident and a heap of luck.Their pool of talent is puddle deep and if you take Ardern away it looks mighty worrying.What this opinion piece forgets is that Ardern was away for six weeks and Winston was actually in charge. Hes got used to it and appears to be still running the government now from behind the scenes.1501555CoffeeFreak
Nz First are the only winners of the Election. The 7 % can pick and choose their policies and there is nothing Jancinda can do about it. I can see it getting real ugly in the coming 12 months when Winston wont agree on her policies, eventually she will crack at Nzf , can only hide behind that smile for so long 1491512bigmassivedude69
And this is exactly why Peters chose to go with Labour... easy to manipulate and there are so many incompetents , even he can look good.14616014JayP
Jacinta needs to forget about the fluffy photo shoots and concentrate on managing the government  She has very little management experience and it really shows  She has a lot of quick learning to do  Kelvin Davis is no help at all and there is not much else around her its a tough ask NZ deserves better than this what a shambles1401444Hiko
labours priorities are push Maori language and more refugees. Lost your self a voter right here 13915314Ryan PR
She was afforded a lot of credit for the fact that she was young, female and enthusiastic. And then there was excitement that she was breeding while in office. But ultimately she didnt win enough of the population at the election and the superficial novelties of her being there have worn off. 13515318WinstonSmith
Greg OConnor is 100% right about the Claire Curran affair, the PM handled it badly, in fact she hardly managed it at all. Poor leadership from the PM and Ive heard all sorts of excuses this week for her. Just do the job youre paid for PM and I dont mean Winston. 1321408Brokenarrow
When back benches MPs such as Greg Oconnor start criticizing his PM when they are in their first year of government, you realise just how bad things are.13214513Bobby George
the Labour Party problem is their lack of talent. Former academics, unionist and professional politicians with bucket loads of ideology building their multi cultural paradise. yet that does not represent the majority of Kiwis. 1311321roswellnewmexico
Hey Jacinda, how come petrol is so much more in the South Island than in your wet hole you call home?  Its about 6 cents per litre more.  If you calculate in the 11.5c tax that you are supposedly paying, that makes it about 17c more expensive.  Please explain why your incompetent government treats the South Island people with so much disrespect.1311387TJT
Dont forget she also lied that there â˜WONT be strikes on her watch. She is struggling and her ministers are incompetent. 1291367WarriorLord
She cant push back unless Winston agrees. She will need the numbers to get anything done. The other huge problem she has is that she campaigned on honesty and compassion. She has been found out on both counts . The only thing that will save jA is if some of those working groups produce policy that the general population thinks is really worth while. She is going to need a fair bit of that to succeed at the next election. 12914314NewView
She is and always will be just the figurehead of the COL. Winston calls the shots.12813810Grozny
Key was PM for 8 years and yes over that time there were some credibility issues. But dont forget ardern has only been PM for less than a year and she has been racking up the credibility issues at a much faster rate than key.12715124Justmarried

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