Not sure what the problem is CT, your own links and quotes suggest that Labours intentions were to try and lock in the public ownership of water assets, using the entrenchment provisions. None of them were advocating for privatisation, just the opposite.
But what exactly is the issue with the entrenchment clause that would have caused/risked the privatisation of water assets? David Seymours quote about the Greens " trying to fight the imaginary bogeyman of privatisation" seems a bigger risk, he tends to suggest he was trying to shut three waters down to allow for privatisation down the track...
But I agree it was a PR disaster, certainly could have been handled better - but this was two years ago, it never made it to legislation, but probably contributed (rightly or wrongly) to labour's election defeat.
But what exactly is the issue with the entrenchment clause that would have caused/risked the privatisation of water assets? David Seymours quote about the Greens " trying to fight the imaginary bogeyman of privatisation" seems a bigger risk, he tends to suggest he was trying to shut three waters down to allow for privatisation down the track...
But I agree it was a PR disaster, certainly could have been handled better - but this was two years ago, it never made it to legislation, but probably contributed (rightly or wrongly) to labour's election defeat.
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