Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Ryan Bridge: Name me one Prime Minister who is in touch
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So Luxon is out of touch apparently. Name me one politician, one Prime Minister, one President in the world who's in touch, doesn't matter which side of politics they're on. Albanese, Australia's Prime Minister and Labour leader, he's just bought a $4 million cliff top mansion north of Sydney. Keir Starmer, the UK's Labour Prime Minster, he's worth NZ$10 million, excluding all the donor freebies. Kamala Harris is worth NZ$13 million. Tory Whanau won Lotto, Rishi Sunak is a billionaire, Jacinda Ardern gets $300,000 per speaking gig. Chris Hipkins has multiple properties. So, they're all rich. The question is, does it really matter, and why the question in the first place? Would we rather they only got rich through public office, as Albanese seems to be admitting. He says I'm fortunate and much better off as Prime Minister. Personally, I'd rather they managed to build a business, run a company or do something productive first to earn their wealth rather than just walk i