That's daft and can't be true. It's not in Winston's interests to work with the Greens no matter who the leaders are. It's Green policies he hates, plus the threat a Labour/Greens alliance is to his own power.
The main points of the smart energy policy launch were (from the website): - Establishing a target of 100 percent renewable electricity generation by 2030. - Reducing families’ power bills by around $300 per year through the introduction of New Zealand ...
I've been highly critical of the failed IMP experiment on The Daily Blog and Bradbury (or someone) has resorted to deleting my comments without a word. No ad hom or other abuse required, just make a political argument that Bradbury doesn't like and you ...
It's not about National's strategy, it's just how politics works. People understand MMP means they need a few partners and their voters will excuse what they see as a few minor irritations knowing that their party is the one really calling all the shots. ...
I haven't shifted anything. You just assume too much.
"bite them in the arse"? You were just saying how smart they were and that Labour should cultivate their own extremists. National dominate govt because they have 60 MPs and all of Cabinet. Their lackies have one MP each and the Maori Party only two and ...
Someone has to get you to 48% if you want to be in govt. Between elections, we need to try to shift the centre to the left. During elections, we need to deal with where ever the centre happens to be. If that's too far right to make govt worthwhile, fine, ...
People know National would completely dominate in govt, so there was no reason to worry about Craig or Seymour. When Labour are as stable and popular as National, then they may have enough political capital to spare some on sideshows. They have a long way ...
See above. No established party is going to welcome with open arms a predictably major disruptor just because we're all happy lefties. If the left doesn't care about being in govt, it can do what ever it wants. If it wants to take govt, it has to be ...
Labour would have done what it did with Mana no matter who was leader and no matter how left or right they positioned themselves, because Labour has to capture votes in the centre to become govt and Dotcom was poison, as he's admited. Do you really think ...
What I know is what anyone should have been able to see, that Mana hooking up with one of the most unpopular people in NZ was going to have a very predictable outcome. Many did say this and advised against and they were wrong only in that they didn't go ...
Someone better tell Bomber. It doesn't appear people like him are willing to learn the lessons from the disasterous IMP campaign.
It is the Green Party membership that develops and approves policy, not Caucus. Of course MP views can carry a lot of weight, but once a policy is signed off, all MPs and candidates must support it unless they specifically opt out of part or all due to ...
Long may it last. The Greens are correct in focussing on national constitutencies. I don't look forward to the day that MP loyalties become split between the national vision and the need to maintain a 40% local vote. That's what breeds Trevor Mallards. ...
The Greens position on a coalition with National is exactly the same as at the last election, "highly unlikely". It would only ever be considered if a govt could be formed only by National and the Greens. In that case, the Greens would have to pick between...
It was almost certainly Jones who leaked. It was another win for Labour's right wing and he couldn't help crowing about it. Such a losing strategy, and oddly it seems he knows that. The only way to beat a strong National govt is to offer a clear ...
What voters need to understand is that the coattail rule would be gone by now if the Nats had respected people's views that came through loud and clear in the very well run MMP review process that the Nats set up themselves. People like MMP and have said ...
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