What's worse than a sore loser..? a sore winner ;)
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Duh, just because you win the majority of the vote doesn’t mean you can govern alone. Without the support of the other 2 parties we are headed back to the polls. This is the stupid ‘MMP + 7 race-based electorates’ system that we operate under in our dysfunctional country, so blame whoever supports such a system.
The idea circulating among some dunces that Luxon can show up and dictate to Peters and Seymour on what he’ll give them is laughable, as they can simply say “no”.
The media & left wing mob can continue jumping up and down and braying loudly, the solution is just to ignore them & that is what the party leaders are doing.
Yes indeed, as seen elsewhere in the world - lose confidence of one of the minor support factions, it's all over
and off to another session at the polls. The most extreme of the factions are often seen to rule the roost by default
Italy & a few other European countries possibly examples of what happens
What we have is bad enough as it is: a ‘tail wags the dog’ MMP system with 7 race-based apartheid seats tacked on. The Left will keep pushing for further radical change though: removing the thresholds and getting 16 year olds voting is their latest two-pronged attack.
The past 6 years & what little Labour achieved in that time should be very clear warning to all on the core agenda of the Left and desperate depths the Left & it's defacto factions will stoop to in effectively prostituting themselves, in order to retain power, if let in ;)
Wonderful to see Dame Jacinda Ardern, now a Fellow at Harvard University & role model to many, speaking at the Harvard Public School of Health, reflecting on Leading with empathy, & what its like to make hard but compassionate policy choices under a global spotlight, 1pm EST Friday. (7am NZT)
It was live- streamed on Harvard's website & You Tube page for those unable to attend in person, at this stage not avail for later on-demand viewing.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/l...acinda-ardern/
Thought this the National thread & not the thread for Labour's path to oblivion including recent & departed actors & contributors thereto, which appears much unloved over the other way ;)
Perhaps why not a new thread on "Failing Stars of Labour" so the readers can decide whether they can be bothered reading or if it deserves any loving :)