Daily review 03/11/2023

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, November 3rd, 2023 - 15 comments
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  1. Dennis Frank 1
    3 November 2023 at 6:30 pm

    I wondered how freaked out the swamp creatures are by the Winston control factor & soon found a Machiavellian take from Redbaiter:

    the real issue is that according to some pundits who should know, National were covertly campaigning for NZ First because in spite of what they were telling the public about a solid coalition with ACT alone, they actually feared this outcome. They wanted NZF there to hobble Seymour’s power.

    A sceptic claimed he was making this up, but NK replied:

    Red is spot on, I heard that a few times from different National Party insiders. They didn’t want Act to have too much power as they were scared of reform, so sent donors and support to Peters. I’m sorry if you don’t like the truth.

    Nats telling the truth?? Haven't heard that one before. CMM made this point:

    National did far worse in this election than they did in 2017 (the election they “lost”). They are down 8 seats from 2017.

    Several worried about Winston changing his mind & putting Labour back in! I guess if Luxon & Seymour don't bow to his superior judgment it could be a goer… surprise

    • alwyn 1.1
      3 November 2023 at 6:53 pm

      If you are going to directly quote things can you please give a link to the source?

      Please.

      As far as I can see you might as well mean Nikita Khrushchev when you put "NK replied"

      • Dennis Frank 1.1.1
        3 November 2023 at 6:59 pm

        Last time I linked to KB some folks complained, so I thought I'd better be kind & use the coded style of reference. Don't want to traumatise anyone..

        • weka 1.1.1.1
          3 November 2023 at 7:37 pm

          any time and every time you quote, you have to link. Please supply a quote now.

          Linking when quoting

          Any time (seriously, every single time), you copy and paste a quote you have to provide a link to where you copied it from. Every time.

          It doesn’t matter if the link is paywalled, or you are on a phone, or whatever other reason you have, you still have to link. If you don’t know how to link, please ask.

          If you are copypasting from something not online, like an email or book, then please provide a reference eg Labour Party email to members 27/6/23

          If you don’t link, you risk the copypasta, or even the whole comment, being deleted (depending on how much time moderators have and whether it’s an ongoing problem. Newbies get an explanation, repeat offenders get their comments deleted).

          https://thestandard.org.nz/moderation-notes-in-election-year/

    • SPC 1.2
      3 November 2023 at 7:59 pm

      They didn’t want Act to have too much power as they were scared of reform, so sent donors and support to Peters

      There was a post on this very site about the National Party supporting donors who also gave to NZF.

  2. adam 2
    3 November 2023 at 6:45 pm

    Looks like the Te Pāti Māori were some of the smartest voters in the land. Nice splitting of their votes to get a two seat overhang.

  3. Dennis Frank 3
    3 November 2023 at 6:56 pm

    Green machine politics moves up a gear:

    In the three electorates won by their candidates, the Greens got more party votes than Labour.

    In Chlöe Swarbrick’s Auckland Central, that was 23.97%, well below National’s 33.13% but a whisker (475 votes, in fact) above Labour’s share. But in Wellington Central and Rongotai, where Tamatha Paul and Julie Anne Genter won seats, the Greens won the party vote – something that’s never happened in any electorate, as far as we can tell. In Rongotai it was close, with just 303 more Green votes than Labour ones, but in Wellington Central the Greens nabbed 37.68% to Labour’s 24.86%. That new door-knocking strategy clearly paid off.

    They didn’t beat Labour, but the Greens also did very well in Dunedin, gaining 26.85% of the party vote, a bigger share than National. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-11-2023/thirteen-buzzy-bits-of-trivia-about-the-final-election-results

  4. Muttonbird 4
    3 November 2023 at 8:12 pm

    ACT's David Seymour reverses rule-out of working with Winston Peters in Cabinet

    This makes David Seymour a liar. As if we didn't know.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/501639/act-s-david-seymour-reverses-rule-out-of-working-with-winston-peters-in-cabinet

  5. Muttonbird 5
    3 November 2023 at 8:43 pm

    Who here would be comfortable with Prime Minister Winston Peters if it meant NACT were stopped in their tracks?