Well he has been there before. He shafted Aunty Helen after a 6 week tango to jump into bed with National.
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what happens if NZF lose their electorate seat and go below 5% ....now that's an interesting scenario
While this is a possibility, it is more likely in my view that The Greens won't get either 5% or an electorate seat. Add that to United Future, TOP, MANA and some other very small players, but all up we could potentially be looking at a significant number to be redistributed.
Not sure who will win.....leaning towards Jacinda at the moment.
Wonder if this is possible...
If Jacinda wins...would National lend her enough support to govern. With conditions of course.
And if Bill wins....would Labour lend him enough support to govern. With conditions of course.
Imagine the effect of this on the Greens, NZ 1st etc. And might improve the outcome either way.
To fanciful ?
My greatest image, one that often distracts me, is the image of Jacinda sitting on Winston Peters knee with his hand up the back of her jersey, manipulating her mouth and the only sign that he is using his ventriloquistic skills to actually do the talking is the very slight movement of his Adams Apple. Of course this is impossible because WP can only tolerate the sound of his own voice.
I guess it would be a sign of political matureness if something like that would work in NZ. Sounds like a "great coalition". However - these agreements between the biggest players always grow the support for the small parties ... you would see them come back with force come next election.
Joyce is the original Rinse and repeat Cowboy.
From Stuff
Steven Joyce has adopted his tried formula from 2011 and 2014 - accuse Labour of botching its figures.
By comparison with his attempts in 2011 and 2014 the "hole" he claimed to have found in Labour's 2017 plan – $11.7b – was relatively small.
READ MORE: War of numbers descends into farce
His motivation is as clear as crystal: feed the view Labour is incompetent and that National is the only trusted steward of the nation's books.
Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson won almost universal support for his view there was no "fiscal hole" in his plan.
But it was wrong, as numerous commentators and economists across the spectrum have concluded.
Whether that will backfire on him, or simply be mud from the campaign trail that sticks to Labour, remains to be seen. But he is surprisingly short of champions, beyond his own party.
His principal "error" was to assume that the amount left over for new initiatives at the end of each year, portrayed in Labour's Fiscal Plan, was cumulative.
I Jacinda would stop saying 'I' and 'my' ......always better if leading a team to say 'We' and 'ours'
Bugger I forgot - thos election is all about Jacinda or Bill - not Labour or National or whoever