On Stuart Nash, totally predictable that he more would come out and he would get the sack. 

In fact, we predicted it on this show 12 days ago, and it’s happened. He's lost his ministerial portfolios. 

 Now the question is- should he stick around in Parliament? 

National wants him out, they want a by-election. Labour doesn’t want a by-election, probably because they’ll get a spanking in the Napier electorate and that’s bad news they don’t need in an election year.

Nash has actually just put out a statement in the last hour refusing to quit. He’s planning to stick around; he says a by-election is the last thing the people of Napier need.

But let’s be honest, it’s only a matter of time.

It doesn't sound like Chippy wants him around, so he’s probably out at the election anyway.

So he just needs to go. He needs to quit now and force a by-election 

Having Nash hanging around is not the best outcome for the people of Napier. Napier is cleaning up from the worst disaster to strike them since the 1930s.

If ever they needed a good, focused local MP, it’s now. 

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You can’t say Stuart Nash has been doing a good job as the local MP lately.

Slash has devastated parts of Hawke’s Bay and yet he started out pooh-poohing the need for a proper inquiry.

On Sunday, he went to the community meeting and argued with the locals from the stage. He admitted the reason the army weren’t called in- which is what the locals wanted- was because it was a bad look for the police.

So he admitted the Government put police PR ahead of what the locals wanted and needed.

This is a frustrated community, they are holding local meetings to try to get their message to the Government.

What they need is a local MP advocating hard on their behalf.

Demanding the army comes in if that’s what the locals need, demanding to know- like the locals are asking today- why only 10 percent of the Red Cross relief money has been spent, demanding more help in cleaning up. 

Yep, a by-election will cost money.

Yep, it’ll be inconvenient for some.

But the least we could do for that cyclone-devastated community is let them choose an MP to fight for them. 

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