Why a Labour/Green/MP Government is worth fighting for, why a Labour/Green/NZF one isn’t

Put aside the madness of the civil war inside the Maori Party, a Labour/Green/MP Government is worth fighting for (which just adds to the tragedy).

If te Pati Māori Leadership survive the civil war, they can still form a Government, if they don’t, there is no way voters can seriously believe they’ll provide the stability to prop up supply and confidence because they will have proven their egos matter more than the National interest.

A Labour + Green + MP Government could commit to the foundational changes Kiwis are so desperate for, a Labour + Green + NZF Government however would be simply more incrementalism with Winston as the handbrake.

There is so much that could be achieved, which is why it is worth fighting for a Labour/Green/MP Government, but there is also so much to lose if it’s just Winston as the hand break again.

If te Pati Māori Leadership really are toppled by the wounded egos of Doc and the Kapa-Kingi’s, the backlash from voters will be a mix of grief and incandescent rage.

We are so close, so very close to beating this hard right Government with its ant-Māori, anti-Treaty, anti-worker, anti-beneficiary, anti-renter and anti-environment agenda, and yet…

and yet.

The challenge to the te Pati Māori Leadership will happen at the AGM, if the Leadership see down this civil war, we still have real hope for a Labour+Green+MP Government, if they are toppled, they will be ruled out and we will be landed with a meaningless Labour + Green + NZF Government.

Why would the Greens agree to such a toxic outcome? Because it will be simply put to them that if they don’t bow the knee to Winston, they will enable another National/ACT/NZF Government.

There is much riding on the civil war inside te Pati Māori but the possibility of real progress on the big issues matters, which is why we must remain engaged with the process.

Good luck Debbie, good luck Rawiri.

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