Shane’s Epsom cup of tea in Northland becomes National’s only road to victory
180 days out from his elections with Labour, John Key was consistently double digits ahead of Labour.
180 days out from his election with Labour, Christopher Luxon has barely managed to beat Labour and when he does it’s a couple of points.
National always over poll heavily and to win on election night need a far larger margin than they are currently registering.
The fear of the ultra wealthy is a Labour Party forced to make serious concessions to the Left. Normally the wealthy can rely on the Left being too distracted by identity politics and internal bickering to do anything meaningful against their interests, but John Tamihere and the new Māori Party he is leading are disruptors of the worst type in that they can’t be bribed.
When they say they are going to tax the rich and remove GST off food, they mean it.
That is why the wealthy Right are so interested in supporting an Epsom cup of tea deal in Northland to help Shane Jones win and ensure NZF is represented if they fall short of 5%.
The only way National can win is with ACT and NZF.
This would blunt ACTs more crazy policy while denying the Left a true political victory.
Sources tell TDB there are already considerable resources from the National Party in Northland that are quietly being deployed to support Shane.
The closer the election looks, the more desperate each side will be to win.
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Why would you want this lazy pompous twat back in Parliament.
He is the most idiotic person you could possibly met who talks absolute rubbish and has achieved even less than his so called illustrious leader.
Both have feathered their own nests at taxpayers expense for far too long.
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Well said that man. It would be a sad day when National needs Shane Jones help to get into power.
It may come as news to some–but Shane Jones is not personally majorly popular in the Far North for a number of reasons, and has not been for years. As for the mid North who knows, did not do too well last time. But if the Naztos run an Epsom style greasy slider he might have a chance because Labour have a new candidate this time.
Shame NZ First are such wankers overall because the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) actually delivered a lot for the North such as jettys and wharves in tiny settlements few have heard of, freight depot for Morewa, Business Park in Kaikohe, rebuild on rail lines to handle container traffic, 3 sorely needed state highway roundabouts at Kawakawa, Waipapa, & Puketona (Paihia turnoff), and lots of business start ups and improvements.
I heard from a couple of Maori from the area he is not popular with a large number of voters in the area for a variety of reasons and as say he did not do well in the last election despite all the money he directed to the area
Yes TM, the much decried PGF actually funded many things that would never happen otherwise but the political rhetoric ignores this in entirety. Arguably there were better things to spend the money on but they omit the fact that the PGF did actually fund many small items that were needed right across the country all the way to Stewart Island.
And I have a rooster in Westport that’s keen for a career in politics if any of the major parties are happy to supply a bowl of wheat occasionally.