Here’s my wacky Covid conspiracy theory. National is hideously disorganised for this election, at least partly because they thought it would be delayed due to Covid. The quick bounce back from Covid means they are caught short both on prep... 1/n
... such as candidate selection (which was way behind prior to the wave of unexpected resignations) and policy development, and looking like a credible alternative Govt against an actual Govt who have been governing their own socks off. 2/n
So National needs more breathing space before we go to the vote. One way for that to happen would be another L4 lockdown. That would have the added bonus of making the Govt look bad and bursting their Covid Beaters bubble. 3/n
The most likely way we would get to needing a nationwide L4 lockdown would be due to widespread (geographically) community transmission, which at this point would need to come in via the border. But the borders are locked down. 4/n
Hence all the flailing about the need to Open The Borders. Now there are lots of holes in this (like any good conspiracy theory) and it would be an incredibly dangerous and cynical tactic for anyone to take. It’s likely not true. It’s almost always cock-up not conspiracy 5/n
Makes me think though. 🤔 FIN 6/6
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