Culture war grievance generates lots of noice, but it isn’t the main issue impacting voters.
Cost of living is!
I think it is highly unlikely now that National can win the 2023 election.
If we look at John Key 180 days out from each of his elections, National was beating Labour by double digits, under Luxon, National are beating Labour by 3 points.
National over poll all the time and the number they need to win by has to be in double digits to ensure it can win, National haven’t achieved anything like that since Key left Office and it means a win this year is highly unlikely.
That doesn’t mean the Left can sleep walk to victory, they need to push policy that can actually solve the pain voters are feeling, but it does mean we have everything to fight for.
Going into this election, Labour desperately need a crisis response policy that makes immediate material change in the lives of the many who are being crushed by the cost of living crisis.
- Free Public Transport for all
- Free Dental
- Expand free after school care and extend Early Child Education to 30 hours a week.
- New State Home Expansion
- New Ministry of Green Works
- Financial Transaction Tax
- 30% stakeholder role in Supermarket Duopoly
There are a thousand reasons not to allow a National/ACT Government from taking over, Chippy has to give voters just 1 reason to vote Labour.
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Why would you nationalise only 30% of Woolworths Group and Foodstuffs Co-Op.? Wouldn’t they either be broken up via the forced sale of stores, or the state would simply operate their own wholesaler (or complete chain)?
We’re talking about a government that has allowed all Post Office retail branches to be privatised, and sold off their insurance operation, so I can’t see any of that happening.
Also the Public Works Department must be reinstated in its entirety. Reviving it as some sort of ‘green’ environmental agency is not going to be enough, considering how much needs to be rebuilt.
Inflation/Cost of Living is the most important issue (by far). Labour not only 100% caused this they even stoked it further under their watch. Why would anyone vote for the very government that caused their #1 concern? Please explain.
In the budget there was millions promised to hire 500 more nurses yet they are 4000 short now .The money for child care will jor be spent as there are not enough workers to cope with an increase of any magnitude. With this in mind it is easy to promise free dental treatment when there is not enough dentists and free public transport when there is a shortage of drivers and support workers due to split shifts and poor pay .Imaging a supermarket run by this government .There would be a consultant on each isle and a committee formed to make decisions as to the carbon footprint and if it was ethical produced for each item and it would run at a lose as most government debts do
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