Upston LouiseHon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): In the last few weeks we've seen a significant change. We've seen a very significant change from the Prime Minister that was relentlessly positive to being relentlessly worried to being relentlessly anxious to being relentlessly concerned about where the next bullet from her own team is coming from. You know I feel sorry for the Prime Minister. I feel sorry for the Prime Minister whose perspective was to be relentlessly positive but she has been defending herself as Prime Minister against bullets from multiple directions.In the Speech from the Throne this was the commitment: This government will foster a more open and democratic society. It will strengthen transparency around official information." Well so unfortunate because what we've seen in the last couple of weeks is we've seen bully-boy tactics where Ministers have sent a backbench MP to an electorate MP who was doing his absolute duty and expected that they will back down from their duty as an elected representative. That sort of behaviour is appalling. And it's not surprising really that the Prime Minister has slipped into "relentlessly negative".But not just that example—she's been defending bullets from her own party where a president and the general manager have not shared information with her. And to have a former Prime Minister—Helen Clark—come out and say this week that the current Prime Minister has been deeply let down by her own party is pretty appalling.So it's not surprising. It's not surprising that we now have a Prime Minister that is no longer relentlessly positive—anything but. She's been blindsided left right and centre.What's going to be interesting as the conversation plays out around the Minister responsible for open Government Minister Curran and a staff member for Radio New Zealand is what was the staff member for Radio New Zealand so worried about that she would lie on four occasions and hide whether the meeting was planned or not? And I can see that's why the Prime Minister is no longer relentlessly positive.But it doesn't end there. She's dealing with Ministers—or a Minister in particular—that is inappropriate in terms of Air New Zealand. The Prime Minister does her job sends the Minister a message—probably within hours he's back at it. So how can the Prime Minister remain relentlessly positive when she's been given bullets from every single direction?Because what New Zealanders want to see—I think they like that "relentlessly positive". But you can't fake it. And what we've seen from the Prime Minister in the last couple of weeks is an absolute struggle to keep it together. And the unfortunate thing is that New Zealanders want to see competent capable and stable Government. That's what they expect to see. But no. What we're seeing instead through that Government's actions from what they are intending in workplace relations—we've seen train strikes we've got bus strikes we've now got the threat of a nurses' strike. And we will see ordinary New Zealanders—hard-working taxpayers across this country—on the receiving end of some pretty awful experiences delivered by the not so relentlessly positive Labour - New Zealand First - Green Government.So they'll be pretty disappointed out there. They'll be pretty disappointed because the gloss has come off. We're not just seeing speed wobbles; I think we're seeing some pretty significant rifts. As I said you know I feel sorry for the Prime Minister because her team on every side of this House is letting her down and I hope that they do something different to help her restore that relentlessly positive look. But I fear that "relentlessly positive" has gone for good."