PM loses her way yet again

The PM is lost. Down on the farm it is well known that Labour does not favour the rural vote and does not care what happens outside the beltway, especially where the country's engine room is.

She reluctantly agreed to open the revamped school after the principal had been emailing and faxing her since April with, as expected, minimal response.

However, she to had to ask advisers where the Bainesse School is located and where the nearest airport is. Now most people might Google Wises NZ maps and search for the rural town, finding it here in seconds.

If she had paid any attention to recent history during her current term, she would have well aware of the location of the school, because of the dire straits rural Manawatu was in the February 2004 floods. But then she could be excused, flooded paddocks and flooded rural schools do not provide votes.

Nearest airport? Just the airport for the 5th largest town in the country. If she had asked her cabinet where Bainesse was, smarmy Steve should have been able to tell her. After all his new job next year will be at his alma mater, just east of this large airport/town. Bainesse? A few Km to west of this airport, not even enough distance to get up to the high speeds she is accustomed to travelling to engagements at!

Another close airport? She should know this one well. This is the one where the whole of NZ's air strike capability now resides in mothballs. Now doubt she has stopped here many a time whilst abusing her high speed taxi Air Force One and it has broken down or the Beehive airport has been fogbound.