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  1. Time to ask yourselves “why did people vote for ACT?”

    Be honest with yourself, because it is likely you are to blame. What will you do differently next time?

  2. Act vote actually dropped from earlier polling in the end, and NZ First only just got over the line. Baldrick is such a political numpty that Winston and Incel Dave were able to push him around to their satisfaction regardless.

    Blaming “wokeism” is overestimated, the voter turnout was lower in traditional working class areas–so NZ Labour must take substantial liability for two things: A) not going hard in 2020 when they had an absolute majority, and B) not instituting Wealth Tax and Capital Gains Tax on property as policy for the 2023 Election

    A united position on Wealth and CGT between TPM, Greens and Labour would highly likely have got them a win regardless of COVID revenge voters.

  3. ‘What will you do differently next time?’
    It is refreshing to see that Erik realises this is only a one term government.

    However it is relevant to ask why voters rejected a timid Labour party that abandons its principles in favour of a toxic coalition that actively promotes inequality.
    One answer is that thoughout our history voters punish existing governments, rather than support their successors. They do not seem to use logic. It is enough that the other parties are different to the existing government.
    Another answer is non-voting. In each election the proportion of people who actually make use of their vote reduces. They are disillusioned and confused so they simply abstain. This does hurt Labour and Greens most.
    ‘it is likely you are to blame’, that is true of Labour in particular who are no longer socialists.

    ‘Why did people vote for ACT?’
    W.B.Yeats said it. ‘The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of a passionate intensity.’

  4. Your last comment sums up why they lost and why they will stay in opposition if they do not look at themselves.
    In all the circles I move the way Labour dealt with the original covid outbreak was the one good think in the time in office .
    It was dealing with the after period that let them down.Thus in turn lead to voters being unhappy which Jacinda could not take so she quit leaving Labour with a poor leader and no direction.Law and order ,I flationand racial problems lead to their defeat. Hipkins still seems to be at a lose to understand they lost and to date there is no direction coming from him or his cabinet.

    1. They did let it happen, they made it happen, there is a big difference between the two.

    2. They didn’t let it happen, they made it happen, there is a big difference between the two.

  5. The people that voted Act, including the rest of the coalition, are simply NZ’s version of the US MAGA supporters. They voted Act because they are uneducated racist bone heads.

  6. Sorry, but you got the Government you deserve, but feel free to carry on blaming everyone but yourselves. Only you can fix it, but not by carrying on your culture of hate, anger, whining, while doing nothing positive, that way just leads to more failures. Wake the f up

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