John MacDonald: Still confident in and patient with the Government?

My confidence is shot and my patience is wearing thin. That’s my answer to the question I’ve got for you. Which is: How would you rate your level of confidence in and patience with the Government? After yesterday’s GDP result, the knives are well-and-truly out. We’ve got former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas saying Nicola Willis isn’t up to the job and should resign. Add to that a new poll result which says that 55% of us think the country is on the wrong track and 45% of us think the current government is worse than the previous Labour government. Sir John Key isn’t having a bar of resignation talk about Nicola Willis, though. He says out of anyone in the current government, she is far and away the best person to be Finance Minister and Economic Growth Minister. He thinks she has the goods to deliver better economic days – but what else was a former National prime minister going to say? Two people I was talking to last night who voted for National at the last election weren’t as generous as Sir John. And they, like I do, think Sir Roger is right – Nicola Willis isn’t up to the job. Which is why my confidence has gone. As for my patience wearing thin, what I’m saying there is that I’m prepared to give the Government a little bit more time to show that it’s listening. Proof of that would be moving Nicola Willis on and giving Chris Bishop the job. He’s the only person in this Government who I think would be better than Nicola Willis. But just because the pickings are slim, it doesn’t mean changes shouldn’t be made.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.