Can anyone tell me

[Magoo]

Hunni wrote
I do wonder though, OP, whether it is ever feasible to provide all the necessary physical components for any government policy before it is released as part of campaign publicity...

I'll buy that.

for about two seconds.
they were quite succinct, explicit even in their promise.
We'll be nice and take the whole five years shall we? five years to build 10,000 houses., i think im being generous as we were told one year..
knowing that construction already used a huge amount of product, this social housing was to go on top of, not instead of the private sector construction. then we would need to at least double our requirements for much of the materials needed.
we should have a glut of building product, sitting around waiting for Trevor and Jacinda to get off their asses and build houses with. what were they planning on getting?
none. didnt bother, didnt have to. didnt order anything, never intended to. 
no way we're building houses. just to make sure they left it to Phil.

so it wont be conspiracy theories or Covid or mandates that will see the denouement of the labour government, but telling malicious lies.  i say malicious because i propose it was done with intent. planned failure, of a promise that took them to power.