Nat/act/nzf 2023

[mistaTea]

National actually ruled out winston , so he listened to them.

Didn’t Seymour rule Winnie out too in the last election?

LOL.

You can rule out whoever you like to talk tough during the campaign, but under MMP that is all just noise when the votes are counted and the realities of doing deals to form a govt come into play.

At that point the public hope egos are put aside for the greater good of the nation.

[RTM]

Didn’t Seymour rule Winnie out too in the last election?

LOL.

You can rule out whoever you like to talk tough during the campaign, but under MMP that is all just noise when the votes are counted and the realities of doing deals to form a govt come into play.

At that point the public hope egos are put aside for the greater good of the nation.

But maybe if Luxon had ruled out NZ First, that would have finished them off ?

[Panda-NZ-]

You can rule out whoever you like to talk tough during the campaign, but under MMP that is all just noise when the votes are counted and the realities of doing deals to form a govt come into play.

Ie, break an election promise so the right people can get in.

[mistaTea]

Ie, break an election promise so the right people can get in.

This is why it is silly imo when anyone rules people out in a MMP envronment.

Because when the votes are counted, of course everyone is going to try to do a deal.

It is a big risk to rule anyone out (especially Winnie). You have to be certain that ruling the person out crash their voter base.

And you can't be sure of that, so don't do it or else you have to backtrack and end up just gifting political opponents and media something to criticise you over.