"Every time we do good things, our opponents later get into power and turn them into bad things. We then undo them and try something good, but they turn it back again. The people are tired of this back and forth, and in the interest of bipartisan agreement, we will not undo anything anymore and only do bad things that they approve of. "
- centrists, presumably.
That's Hipkins, pretty much to a tee.
"Sure, the Nats have moved the Overton Window way to the right, but the view's still good and we have no intention of moving it again."