Post-Coital Bliss

It was interesting to sit down last night and watch John Campbell with John Key. I had always figured Campbell was a serious leftie but I'm now convinced that he's been a Key supporter the whole time (or else he's just gone very soft on his interviewing). Getting some insight into Key's childhood and his career goal to be Prime Minister was a nice change from constant policy talk. We finally have a PM who men want to be and women want to be with!

I wish the NZ public would get over the Roger Douglas thing, though. They clearly wanted a Nat/ACT coalition. And who do they think created the ACT Party in the first place? It certainly wasn't Rodney Hide. Douglas has a lot he can contribute to this government and it seems slightly ridiculous that Key has to pretend he isn't going to have a serious amount of input via Rodney Hide, even without a cabinet post. Obviously Key has to play down the truly right-wing nature of the government for a while, so people don't get too alarmed in these early stages, but at some point we're going to have to open up and let people know that this is a properly right-wing government. Key was put forward as leader because he appears to be more of a populist centrist than Brash. But the Nats have remained otherwise intact for a long time now, and aside from Key it's business as usual.

Cullen's resignation yesterday was like being given a second helping of a very sweet dessert. Now we wait excitedly for Key to assemble his cabinet- McCully will be Finance Minister for sure, and this is a very good start. I'm just anxious for things to kick in now - we need to stop dawdling round with the health system for a start, and bring in Kaiser Permanente as soon as possible. At least we are finally on track to achieving some pure objectives without interference from minorities.