Friday, 14 June 2013 16:43

Feel the hate!

Written by Rural News Group

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THE HOUND has noticed a real upping of ante – and the ‘anti’ – between Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and his Labour counterpart Damien O’Connor over the past couple of months.

O’Connor has been quick to put the boot into Guy – even insinuating the Minister is to blame for things such as lack of meat industry reform, biosecurity incursions and Chinese blockades of our meat exports. Meanwhile, Guy has been quick to retaliate by jumping on a reversal in Labour Party support for the Ruataniwha water scheme in the Hawkes Bay as proof that O’Connor is impotent in the Labour team. Must be an election on the horizon!

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