Reshuffle

• advantage
• 7 years ago
• Categories: bill english, Gerry Brownlee, Hekia parata, Judith Collins, national, national/act government, nick smith, paula bennett, same old national, Steven Joyce

The Prime Minister’s re-election team reshuffle is due out shortly.

A few retirements help.

If I were English reshuffling for talent, performance, and voter potential, here’s my top 20:

1. English – PM
2. Bennett – Deputy PM, Construction, Assoc. Housing
3. Joyce – Finance
4. (up 1) Bridges – Transport, Infrastructure, and Comms
5. Brownlee – Leader of the House, Christchurch
6. Adams – Social Housing, Housing NZ
7. (up 3) Tolley – Health
8. Finlayson – Attorney-General, Waitangi negotiations, Intelligence
9. (up 6) Kaye – Education, Youth
10. (down 3) Coleman – Immigration, ACC
11. (up 9) Upston – Corrections, Courts, State Owned Enterprises
12. Guy – Primary Industries
13. (down 4) Woodhouse – State Services
14. (up 3) McClay – Foreign Affairs, Trade
15. Ngaro – Ethnic, Associate Transport, Associate Infrastructure
16. Barry – Conservation, Arts, Seniors
17. (down 1) Collins – Revenue, Energy
18. (down 3) Smith – Environment, Climate Change
19. Goldsmith – Tertiary Education
20. Parmar (up 12) – Ethnic, Associate Health

What else can you do with this lot?