and so it is.
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We all know that Michael Wood will be the MP for Mt Roskill after tomorrow's by-election.
Labour can do without Nick Leggatt, no problem. Stuart Nash is standing true to his roots, which are strongly Labour. And John Key doesn't want to be within cooey of Parmjeet Parmar tomorrow, their candidate.
http://www.newshub.co.nz/politics/na...mps-2016120113
It's all a matter of how much of a majority Michael Wood achieves.
Au contraire, my superficial friend. Byelections (or by-elections) do throw up surprises, as this well-researched article shows.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...seats-go-rogue
Of course, after this article was written, Winston romped in for Northland after a very well-planned campaign. National is still smarting over that one. As far as Mt Roskill is concerned, Phil Goff held it for many years, and he has a great reputation. However, the party vote went to National in 2014.
Since the byelection mainly judges the candidate's suitability to represent the electorate, it's more of a character vote. Has National put up the best they can? Or is Parmjeet more of a party hack list MP, who repeats the latest mantra and has very little else to offer? Could National have taken Mt Roskill with a better candidate, and by how much will they lose tomorrow? It'll be very interesting.
We're not allowed to comment on the by-election until 7pm today.
Hooton in NBR has Labour on edge of extinction and also made the comment "If New Zealand had an opposition of even minimal competence and charisma over the last three years Key would be on his way out"
Hooten biased as hell ...but one tends to agree with him
[QUOTE=fungus pudding;646906]Fair enough. I won't even mention Andrew Little's dismal performance on the Nation this morning,
But you would say that, whatever?
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