I used to think that the person for whom I had the greatest dislike in the entire solar system was Uncle Helen. I am now not so sure. History Boy has been making a strong run on the inside rail and is now almost certain to reach the winning post of being the most unpleasant piece of garbage I can think of. He has added to his already impressive portfolio of smarmy, arrogant, condescending and incompetent the 'do as I say not as I do' trait. We must all join Kiwisaver which will invest your money for you for the future. He then prattles on at every opportunity telling us, the proles, how successful the scheme is. He hasn't joined up - nor apparently have the vast majority of MPs (nor me). The bloody man won't put his money where his mouth is. He spends your and my money like a drunken sailor but when it comes to his own loot he suddenly grows very long pockets for those short arms of his.
We must all stop using the housing market as our investment of first choice and last resort and diversify onto the stock and share markets. He then with one fell swoop destroys any confidence anyone could possibly have had in buying New Zealand shares. His behaviour over the Auckland International Airport sale is bordering on the criminal. If you think Parker and Cosgrove made the decision not allow the sale to the Canadians I will be round your house this evening looking for the fairies at the bottom of your garden. Investing in anything is all about confidence. How do you destroy that? Well changing the rules half way through a set of negotiations would be a good start. Mr Maple Leaf is going about his business offering $3.60 or something a share and History Boy suddenly declares 'If your offer is accepted I won't let the shareholders sell' Mr M. Leaf, with every justification, says 'WTF is going on here?' Answer. Welcome to the People's Republic of Aoteoroa and the meddlesome socialist/communist ways of the 1950's.
Who the hell does bloody Cullen think he is? The Airport belongs to the shareholders and not the Government. The shareholders decided to sell it at a bloody good price. If suddenly Cullen thinks the Airport is a vital strategic asset that cannot be allowed to leave NZ hands he should go and bloody well buy it. What is he scared of? Are the Canadians (nasty lot the Canadians - long history of international skulduggery) going to pick up an International Airport and ship it to Toronto? Are they going to close it down? Of course they aren't.
If I was a AIA shareholder (which I am not) I would be ropeable at the moment. I have just been offered $3.60 a share for my investment, the weasel has said I can't sell and I watch helplessly as the share price plummets to $2.10. All so Smarmy Vomit Boy can stand up and pretend to those who are so blind that they cannot see that he is saving the country's asset from evil foreign ownership.
It is complete bullshit.
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