The tubs are getting punishingly thumped.

Despite a deteriorating economic outlook and inconvenient calculations, Nicola Willis and Chris Luxon insist that they can deliver promised tax cuts without new taxes or higher borrowing. Or that’s the intention, at least. In a new episode of The Spinoff’s politics podcast, Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas chew over the fiscal predicament.

Also on the agenda: is the new fast-track consenting law, which concentrates immense power in the hands of Chris Bishop, Simeon Brown and Shane Jones, a necessary circuit breaker or a lurch towards “think big” Muldoonism?

Plus: Winston Peters descended upon Palmerston North on Sunday and set about extemporising away from his script on subjects including Nazism, DNA and co-governance. Was he really misrepresented? And while Chumbawamba have urged New Zealand’s veteran tub-thumper to cease and desist, perhaps a better template for his contribution is one of the Gallagher brothers.

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