Carter defiant and calls for a new leader

Chris Carter has called for Goff to be replaced and is not going to quit. NZPA reports:

Phil Goff is a nice guy but not a winner, disgraced MP Chris Carter said today just hours after being ejected from the Labour caucus over a letter aimed at undermining his party .

His single-page letter to selected Press Gallery political editors said union-based would challenge Mr Goff over his “relaxed” stance on Government plans to allow workers to cash in their fourth week of which is against Labour .

Mr Carter said his letter was an attack on Mr Goff's leadership.

“I no longer believe it's possible for him to win the election,” he told reporters.

“I think I owe it to the people I represent and the people who voted for our party that we have a leader who can win the election.

“Look, Phil Goff is a very nice guy but he's just not going to win and his latest flip-flop over the tradeable fourth week… was the last straw for me. Yes I was attempting to get a momentum going where our caucus would think about a leadership change and I am hoping that my actions will cause some of my caucus colleagues to reflect on something which I think almost all of them would come to the conclusion: that nice as Phil is he's just not going to win.”

The flip-flop over the tradeable fourth week's leave was made on the low profile Radio Sport show. As far as I can tell, the only mention of it was here on Kiwiblog. So it is a nice indication of the usefulness blogs can play in getting said by MPs into the political beltway. If a reader had not sent it to me, and if I had not blogged it, Goff”s comments may have never become the catalyst for the challenge from Carter.

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