Strypey

"Disaffection with Shaw’s performance as co-leader and climate minister has reportedly grown over recent years and one wonders if in the face of criticism he pulled away from the membership, or parts of it. Was he close enough to the deep-flowing currents within the party to realise rapids for him were fast approaching?"

#GarethHughes, former Green MP, 2022

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-07-2022/the-greens-leadership-tumult-was-50-years-in-the-making

#NZPolitics #leadership #NZGreens #JamesShaw

The Greens’ leadership tumult was 50 years in the making

It wasn't so long ago that Greens were unconvinced of the need for any leader at all.

The Spinoff
Jul 9, 2024 at 1:52amWeb
Show threadStrypeyJul 9, 2024

I suspect James Shaw ended up in the same place as Jim Anderton after the peak of the Alliance. Closer to his Cabinet colleagues in Labour than his own party base.

This is just an observation. I'm not writing off either of them. Anderton made many lasting contributions to Aotearoa, and I suspect I'll be saying the same thing of Shaw in 20 years.