Then there is the Three Waters move on drinking, waste and storm water, where control will be taken off local councils and put under four big regional water authorities run by boards. Act's David Seymour is doing a good impression of a one-man band, writes Bill Ralston. Photo / Mark MitchellAll of which should spell doom for Labour at the polls in 2023, except for the fact that there is little effective opposition to it in Parliament. Act's David Seymour is doing a good impression of a one-man band, as he appears to have locked his backbenchers in a cupboard somewhere – probably a wise move. The overworked Seymour is quite effectively saying and doing what National should be to harness the growing opposition to Labour's reforms.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 15, 2021 22:41 UTC