The John Banks ramifications for the Maori Party

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Martyn Bradbury
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The problems with the Banks verdict were always going to end up in the lap of the Maori Party.

Key went with an early election date so that the time between Banks’ guilty verdict and the election were as close as possible. Evidence that things were not going to bode well for Banks were evident the moment the Judge decided there was a case to answer. That Judge was a pro establishment judge and if one of the old boys said there was a case to answer, Banks was always going top go down.

The mess now becomes the Maori Party’s problem. For the next two months the Opposition will rip the Governments credibility to shreds by pointing out time and time again that Key is being propped up by a corrupt member. To cauterise this, Key needs to get the Maori Party on board to guarantee majority vote, this puts the Maori Party in a terrible position. They’ve been working to distance themselves from the Nats as they get closer to the election knowing their relationship has tainted  them in the eyes of many Maori voters, to now  cuddle up and be the majority however is a totally different prospect. The Maori Party can’t pretend they can’t leverage a lot for their votes because National will now need that majority.

Does the Maori Party risk getting closer to National and open themselves up to more criticism or does Key take the stench of corruption into the election?

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10 COMMENTS

    • Bring it on…
      Fewer dodgy polls.
      Collins, Williamson, Banks, Woodhouse, Peter Dunne. Stone Shii. Liu. Cabinet Clubs, Antoines. Golf games for favours.
      Yep let’s have a snap election.
      You know what happened to Mudloon.
      Bring it on

      • Forgot to mention Shane Jones dodgy, fishy croney job….yep bring on a snap election Mr Key

      • Key and National are toast despite what the propaganda polls are telling us.
        Not to mention Key having a very hunted look on his face since John Banks’s guilty verdict .Hmmm ;I wonder why?
        Oh yes! Grab some popcorn and a ‘Brown Derby’ icecream and watch it all unravel for the right. Exciting times are ahead!
        As the great Bob Dylan sung so poignantly.”For the times they are a changing”!

      • Exactly Mike – that’s why it would be great for the left. I needed to tell people that. It’s like having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent at times on this site.

    • The September date is a snap election. To change it again would be too much even for the mindless majority.

  3. It’s just the start of four very painful months ahead for Key and his pack of Orks, and I’m going to savour every moment.

    I can smell the decay setting in already.

  4. Back in 2005 I deliberately changed to the Maori Electoral roll to vote for the Maori Party. I supported them (despite being a traditional Labour voter) into coalition with the National Party so as to have a ‘Maori voice’ in government but since they went with National again I’m not prepared to vote for them ever again…unless they distance themselves even further and make overtures to Labour…I won’t vote Maori party again…National once yes, to teach Labour a lesson, National twice no! National three times, haere ra!

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