Mike's Minute: Darleen Tana - time for more professionalism

This has been the battle of the psycho babble and cliches. Parliament returned yesterday and with it, the return of Darleen Tana: political disgrace and reprobate. She was back to "do the mahi" whatever that means. She is not in a party and she doesn’t have an electorate. Who is she "doing the mahi" for? Chlöe Swarbrick announced she was "incredibly frustrated". Not just frustrated, but "incredibly frustrated". So what is she going to do? My suspicion is nothing. I hope I am wrong. I wish I was wrong. I wish these people were a better selection of operators than they are. The ball is in the Green's court. They are the adults, the employers if you will. They are the ones who selected Tana, they are the ones who made a mistake, they are the ones who called for the report, they are the ones who found her guilty, at the very least, of being fraudulent in what she said she was and what the report outlined she really was. It is their job to fix it, for no other reason than I believe Chlöe when she says she wants to take the Greens to a new place. You are either naive to beat the band or genuine when you tell the world when you arrive as a new leader that you believe you can take the Greens and outshine the Labour Party for the vote on the left. If you mean it, you have to act like it. To this point, she hasn’t and she isn't. Telling us how frustrated you are is child-like, it's petulant, it's baby politics and it’s a word salad. As I suggested last week, my suspicion is Tana is wanting us to get bored and move on. That way she can vanish for a couple of years, collecting her wage for doing nothing. Chlöe hopes we get bored too because accountability doesn’t appear to be her strong suit. So far my suspicion is, sadly, proving to be fairly accurate. None of this serves us well. Whether you have ever voted for the Greens or not, my expectation is that the country is led by professionals driven by high standards. In this case, it's less professional and more farce.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.