MEDIAWATCH: AI Bryce screams the Left should be talking about an issue TDB has been talking about for a month
AI Bryce gotta get out more.
He screamed why hasn’t the Left been talking about the very scenario that TDB has been warning about for a month now.
He has to lift his backlist against TDB, there’s only so much heavy lifting that Against the Current can do for him.
We did half a show on this very issue on the last Bradbury Group FFS!
As The Daily Blog has been pointing out before AI Bryce stumbled upon it:
Greens risk losing third party status as Winston Peters’ Prime Ministerial gambit emerges
New Zealand’s parliamentary arithmetic is shifting in ways that could fundamentally reshape the next government. As Labour’s internal cohesion weakens and New Zealand First re-enters coalition calculations, the Greens face a strategic dilemma that could define their relevance for the next electoral cycle.
Labour’s Internal Fragility and the Erosion of Leadership Authority
Every time a Māori Labour MP resigns, Chippy’s leadership becomes weaker. The Māori Labour Caucus is the biggest faction supporting Chippy. Winston has demanded Chippy’s head as the price to do business with Labour, but it will be more than that.
Winston Peters’ Leverage and the Price of Power
There’s only one thing that Winston now wants and it’s one thing National and ACT can never give him, Prime Minister.
Winston will want Chippy’s head AND he will want Prime Minister for 18 months and then hand it over to whoever inside Labour he can convince to commit the coup.
The Greens’ Strategic Trap
The danger for the Greens is that if they lose their 3rd party ranking that they will be forced to bow the knee to NZ First and submit to Winston Peters’ political demands.
The decision for the Greens will be stark – either allow another National/ACT/NZF Government or enable a Labour/NZF/Green Government by providing supply and confidence in return for some limited policy concessions.
The Three Most Likely Political Outcomes
The political outcomes now are:
- National/ACT/NZF returned to power for a second term with an even more radical privatisation agenda.
- NZF/Labour/Greens with Winston as PM for 18months and the Greens providing supply and confidence for very little.
- Labour/Greens/MP with a much more radical economic, societal and environmental platform.
Keep up AI Bryce. If he spent as much time reading TDB as he does fastidiously ignoring it, he wouldn’t have to waste so much energy in writing an entire column without mentioning us once!
It’s nice AI Bruce still considers Chris Trotter as Left wing though isn;ty it?
