"It's the economy, stupid!"

I thought there might be some value in a discussion thread for Labour's Minister of Finance, and the performance of the NZ economy.  (instead of lumping everything about the current government in the Jacinda thread)

I'm going to kick it off with an anecdote, rather than any in-depth analysis.   Anyone remember this?

Prior to the election last year, news outlets were gleefully taking apart Stephen Joyce's claims about Robertson's budget.  This particular image was re-tweeted by many Labour Party members at the behest of Andy Kirton.

Over the 24hrs, Labour MPs including Jenny Salesa and Michael Wood seem to have been going back and deleting those tweets.

I wonder if this is "regular" grooming of their social media presence, or whether they're concerned that the economy might be in bigger trouble than anyone imagined?  (Or possibly just distancing themselves from Kirton's Summer Camp fallout?)