More on the Ports

News filters out from the inner corridors of the Supercity that at recent meetings around the ports dispute, the irritation of both the CTU and the Labour Party with the Supercity's leadership, both Mayor and CEO, has been made very clear. I understand that Mayor Brown is riled by this, but what can he expect? The revelations in the SST, especially about "egg breaking" and "brinkmanship", cast the Mayor and CEO in a very bad light. The people who helped Mayor Brown to power have every right to make their views known to him. I now think that the window of opportunity open for him to do the right thing is narrowing rapidly. He faces explicit rejection by both the union and Labour Party rank-and-file in future election campaigns. Mr Twyford's recent press release about the revenue expectations attached to the port should have been a strong heads-up. Michael Barnett must be a happy chappy at the moment.