We believe that this post from No Minister and the referenced article from the NZ Herald are a bit misleading. There are a couple of procedural issues standing in the way of an absolutely final decision on the signing of the China FTA on 7 April. We understand that the Pm is still planning to be there for the signing.
We also think that the NZ media is being unfair on the PM and Government. NZ has done all you could expect on Tibet. We are not out of step with other countries of our type. The FTA is not gagging New Zealand.
Stop listening to Maoists like Keith Locke. What did he and his parents say about the original invasion of Tibet? Did they resign from the Party? So why is Keith so anti-China now? Could it be because China is no longer Maoist?
On the leadership challenge we are hearing that it has no legs. Unless there is a catastrophic poll result over the weekend, Cullen will not be challenging. Goff never planned to. There is no reason for the PM to stay home from a job security perspective.
