Every portfolio's in trouble

When we pull ourselves away from the section 59 debate (a red herring in more than one way) and take a look at other areas under government control, it doesn't make for edifying reading. Education is troubled with more and more schools looking away from NCEA, out-of-control truancy and the 20 hours 'free' childcare debacle; health is really messy with so much extra spending for so little discernible difference, top health professionals either walking out or leaving under a cloud, wrangling between DHBs and pharmacists starting to come to a head; corrections scandals and court blowouts; the economy with its record low productivity and interest rate rises; law and order - no explanation needed. No wonder HC has buggered off.