From Stuff Live
Chris Hipkins is now set to become prime minister, and Stuff political editor Luke Malpass and political reporter Anna Whyte have the story:
Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister, after being confirmed as the only nominee for the Labour Party leadership. Barring any last minute caucus shifts, he will be endorsed and confirmed by the Labour Party caucus in Wellington on Sunday.
“The Labour Party caucus will meet at 1pm on Sunday to endorse the nomination and confirm Chris Hipkins as Party Leader,” Labour Party chief whip Duncan Webb said in a statement.
It comes after Stuff revealed on Saturday morning a deal was struck for caucus to get behind him as a consensus candidate and put him into the top job uncontested following two days of MPs hitting the phones.
If the two-thirds of the caucus did not reach agreement on the new leader, it would have gone out to Labour’s electoral college made of caucus, party members and affiliated unions. The caucus was keen to avoid that scenario.
It follows two days of intense discussions after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed on Thursday that she would be resigning from the top job no later than 7 February.
Stuff: “Live: Chris Hipkins to become PM, only nominee for Labour leadership“
I rather expected that would be the likely outcome. I suspect that this should be a good decision for the election campaign. His wikipedia bio just emphasises his political experience, he is damn good on a podium, and also inside caucus. That experience in being a whip for 6 years helps in corralling clarity in the house.
If nothing else it will quiet down the revolting misogynist arseholes of the conservatives right and left on the net for a while.
Those dickheads with their inadequacy issues are a problem that needs addressing – preferably in easily accessible law. I’m really tired of listening to them, and I suspect that way more than half of the countries population are as well. While they may not have been the central issue leading to the decision by Jacinda Ardern to resign. It would definitely have been a background that discourages woman from entering politics and other professions.
Time to deal with it.
Feel free to discuss Chris Hipkin’s new role… BTW the image is from 2012..
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