Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

It was an easy hit for the Nats to slam the government’s lack of delivery, at the Party conference this weekend.But it was also very necessary. Hitting the government on its record is about the best thing the opposition can do.The slow vaccine rollout, the MIQ shambles, the Infrastructure projects that have gone belly up, the money for the mob, the fanciful cycle bridge, the Ute tax – this is absolutely where National needs to be finger pointing.But on top of that, they also need new ideas.New policies, new directions, new approaches.This is where David Seymour has the jump on them.He manages to zero in on policy and promote alternatives to the government.And at the end of the day, voters want to know they have real choices, options and alternatives. Otherwise what is it they’re voting for?There was speculation going into this weekend’s conference that there might be new leadership at the top, the very top – as in Party president.But Peter Goodfellow managed to retain his role.I don’t understand that, given h