Politically Correct: The never-ending campaign trail1 NEWS The Labour leader admitted he was a "pretty good finance minister", but didn’t finish there. But back on the campaign trail today, after a day of high drama on Thursday, things were back to what we now call "normal". Nope, although they have been modified, they are still on message about Labour's tax plans. But it is worth casting the mind back to National's successful 2008 campaign, that ousted a three-term Labour Government, and look at what National's campaign manager then and now - Steven Joyce - said about that. And then in a phrase that echoes in today's Ardern play book: "We responded by staying relentlessly positive throughout the campaign."

Source: Stuff September 15, 2017 07:30 UTC