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“As you can see with the two faces fronting the team on this billboard, the strong team was yet another National Party illusion”.
Fleas leaving the sinking ship leaving the rats behind.
‘Strong Team’
‘More Jobs’
‘Better economy’
No mention of public health.
No recognition of the threat the global pandemic poses.
The top political order of the day must be to prevent another outbreak of the corona virus beyond our borders.
What alternative universe are these National Party politicians inhabiting?
The 2020 election will not be ‘the more motorways elections’.
The 2020 election will be the ‘Covid elections’
Our politicians need to start debating the merits of keeping Covid-19 out of the country.
The first politician to promise that they will not allow our borders to be breached, by infected individuals, deserves our votes.
The first politician that vows to continue and maintain the isolation and containment, of all new arrivals until the global pandemic is over, will deserves our votes.
The first politician who prioritises public health, deserves our votes.
The politicians whose main focus is ‘more motorways’ not so much.
Blue is the warmest color.
Strong Team? Nope
More Jobs? Doubt it
Better Economy? Dreams are free
More Roads? As many as you like
Party Vote National (at your own risk)