Could Labour and National work together to rule out Prime Minister Winston Peters to rebuild NZ infrastructure and reshape economy for AI?

Winston is older than the State of Israel, he’s been the kingmaker for 4 elections and he is lining himself up for the 5th.

His feral race baiting, his conspiracy theory garbage and woke counter culture toxicity will damage a broken NZ, not repair, build or heal it.

If TOP don’t cross the 5% threshold and Te Pati Māori don’t generate an MMP overhang, there are only two options post election.

12months of Winston as PM

If the Government is National, ACT and NZF, Winston will negotiate 12months as Prime Minister because he will be threatening to go with Labour as his leverage because Winston is looking for legacy now and Prime Minister is his last box to tick.

18months of Winston as PM

If the Government is Labour, Greens and NZF it will be because NZF has leap frogged the Greens as the third largest party and will have forced the Greens to bend the knee. Winston’s popularity is due in part because he is hoovering up sub 5% threshold voters who are triggered by words like ‘globalist’, so NZF is not only finding uncounted voters, he’s bringing them directly to NZF. From this position of power he’ll demand Chippy’s head as an offering of submission and 18months as Prime Minister

If Winston attempts to be Kingmaker for a 5th time, the question becomes, could Labour and National work together to rule out Prime Minister Winston Peters to rebuild NZ infrastructure and reshape economy for AI?

Look at what happened last week with Block…

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s tech firm Block launches ‘biggest corporate job cull’ in US history

The founder of Twitter has cut 4000 roles at his tech company, in what is believed to be the deepest round of job cuts in US stock market history.

Jack Dorsey yesterday confirmed plans to axe nearly half of Block’s 10,000-strong workforce , telling investors AI had “changed what it means to build and run a company”.

The axing of 40% of the company’s workforce in a single blow is thought to be the biggest proportion of job losses ever carried out by a company listed on the benchmark S&P 500 on Wall Street.

It marks one of the most damning examples yet of AI’s threat to the jobs market, as the announcement was made despite the company posting strong results.

Block, which is the parent of online payment platforms such as Square and Cash App, yesterday said it increased profits by 17% last year to US$10.4 billion ($17.3b).

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…the enormity of white collar job losses AI is about to cause demands an urgent review of our economy.

The enormity of the Infrastructure report that highlighted how corroded our Infrastructure is.

The enormity of climate change.

We face such enormous challenges that allowing someone as venal as Winston Peters to manipulate petty bigotry and gleeful ignorance is the very worst outcome.

We could face the challenges of AI, Rotten Infrastructure and Climate Change with a unified Labour/National Government far better than one led by Winston Peters.