Shane Jones vs David Seymour is like clean coal fighting good cancer
When coalition partners start publicly savaging each other, it tells you less about policy and more about political survival. The clash between ACT and NZ First is not ideological purity versus fiscal responsibility — it’s a turf war over who gets to weaponise voter resentment in 2026.
Oh. God. Yes.
David Seymour fighting with Shane Jones is like a battle between Voldemort and Donald Trump, in that you aren’t sure who to cheer for because you want them to both kill each other…
Coalition Civil War Goes Public
Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has launched an extraordinary broadside against his coalition colleague Shane Jones, saying he is speaking as a taxpayer who has to pay for his “crap”.
Seymour was speaking after it emerged that around half of the $433 million loan book of Jones’ Crown Regional Holdings was at risk of default.
Jones dismissed any concerns over the matter and told The Post any critics could “meet me at the ballot box”.
The Post
ACT vs NZ First: Polling Panic and Political Territor
…who cares what they are fighting about, but it gives you real insight into how NZFirst’s rise at ACT’s expense is hurting Seymour.
Libertarian Ideology vs Populist Nationalism
The problem for David is that Kiwis like their fascism casual and his worthy libertarian pretences of standing for a greater good mean little to rabbit hole culture war boomers who are flocking to Winston as he throws out conspiracy theory bait.
Two Visions of the State: Dismantle or Exploit?
ACT wants to destroy the State for ideological purposes, NZF wants to rob the State while appealing to voters nostalgia for a time when the State was decent.
