The decision by the National government to withdraw the funding offer for the Otago Institute of Design at the Otago Polytechnic has drawn sharp criticism from Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson.
Pete continues to throw barbs in the direction of the government including his offering in a July issue of the Dunedin magapaper DScene (22/7/09).
It’s worth bearing in mind (and Pete knows this all too well) that the reason the offer was withdrawn was that the terms of the suspensory loan came with conditions that were deemed unacceptable to the Polytechnic.
Who imposed those conditions?
None other than Pete Hodgson himself in his capacity as Tertiary Education Minister in the last months of the previous Labour government.
Therefore, in criticising the government’s decision, Pete’s doing nothing more than criticising his own decision!
Me thinks it’s time for Pete to shut up and stop shooting himself in the foot.
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