The election hasn’t even been held and David Seymour and Winston Peters are already trying to slash each others throats!
Election 2023: Winston Peters claims Act’s attack ad proves David Seymour’s party is worried
An advertisement attacking Winston Peters, paid for by Act, is proof David Seymour’s party is worried about New Zealand First returning to Parliament, Peters claims.
Seymour, who doesn’t think NZ First will reach the 5 per cent threshold needed to make that return, says he is worried at the prospect of Peters and his party back in Parliament and claims the ad is a “public service announcement” to remind people why they too should be worried.
The ad has also caused a headache for the Electoral Commission after it emerged Act’s ad had appeared next to one of the Commission’s ads, which goes against its instructions that they are not placed near or next to political advertising.
It comes as the latest Taxpayers’ Union – Curia poll, released today, showed NZ First was on 5.8 per cent, up 2.5 percentage points.
A National/ACT Government would be the most far right Government since Roger Douglas, the level of slash and burn ACT wants to amputate the State with would see the country plunge into naked conflict.
The privatisation agenda about to mangle the remainder of our State Services would shock most kiwis, but Seven Sharp and The Project keeps this country stupid.
A National/ACT and NZ First propped up Government would become immediately gridlocked as ACT and NZ First attack each other over everything except attacking Māori.
So we will either get a Far Right Government or a Far Right Government with Winston as the only hand break, which is cold comfort.
The only way to stop this is with a Labour/Green minority Government with Supply and Confidence from the Māori Party with those Supply and Confidence bottom lines wide sweeping reforms.
Greens + Labour won’t = 51%, Greens + Labour + Māori Party might.
Greens + Labour + Māori Party + TOP will.
Everything is at stake this election, the Left must make its argument to voters with a clear policy platform.
The panic and economic shock the Books opening next month will create is going to demand courageous politics.
Labour, Greens, Māori Party and TOP better be ready to be brave.
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Give up now, Labour has failed, it’s time to face reality.
100% rat
Move to Australia?
If you don’t own some sort of large local company, why would anyone want to stay? Nearly all the remaining working class people would probably leave if they could.
Martyn is right that the corporate press “keeps this country stupid”, but his prediction of the nation “plunging into naked conflict” is probably inevitable. If the politicians and the press barons won’t tell the truth, and neither represent popular opinion or allow any real changes, it is only a matter of time before the citizens revolt and the whole system comes crashing down. (But most young people don’t want to waste their best years waiting for the befuddled little villagers to wake up, and simply try to leave the country.)
At least that way you’d get a Labour Government not bent on destroying the country.
Hah – ha!
Desparate? Much.
Let’s just become another state of Australia and make it there problem.
Then the Aussie Labour Government will plunder our minerals for Electric car battery s and set up Nuclear power stations. Have stamp duty and higher wages .
We might have no choice anyway if geo political/ climate events cause sudden change .
If by some miracle the left win the next election they can probably win the next 10 because anyone with any skills, drive or wealth will have left and the remainers will be living in a colder Fiji . Apartheid and all
Seems doable at first glance. We have tatty components to make a sound government from, but the boat might float, even if we have to keep bailing.
I think it’s a given that Labour are a bunch of muppets by and large. I don’t think people realise how much impact covid had on us and whoever had been in power it would not have been pretty. The co governance issue is just a 1ZB ratings pitch on the back of the original architects, National, developing an allergic reaction by going all Don Brash rather John Key ( and Labour sitting like idiots not explaining anything). It’s all an unfortunate distraction from the likes of Luxon wanting water infrastructure back in council hands even though by far the majority of those councils said something has to change. That said Labour have got plenty wrong ( though getting rid of 20 DHBs was not one of them).
Now that we are moving on and going to a Nat Act government what have you actually heard that will get the country going in the “right direction”? I am happy to have a tax cut though I doubt we end up with a ACT 20% flat tax. What else? Crime? Please, bigger prisons? Maybe some sentencing changes have a positive impact. Environmentally we are f’d. That bloke at ACT from fedrated farmers just talks rubbish about Indian dairy production. Not sure what that has to do with nitrates in your water and shit in your rivers, which goes into our harbours. And Charlton Hestons love Nicole whatshername! I like that she hunts and provides food for her family but some her talking points, from the tough on crime party no less, don’t make any sense. if NAT Act puts a rocket up the arse of some of the public service that could be a good thing. Not sure what else.
If you love public services, high wages, and public housing, you will vote Labour.
Obviously people here hate those things.
The only way to stop ACT/National/NZ First Right wing Government is vote Te Pāti Māori
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