National - FFS!

[BlackPeter]

And now Nikki Kaye going & leaving politics ?
Brownlie really?
National,what are you doing ???

Changing of the guard - National has not been effective for the last 2 years or have you not notice?

Now it looks like Amy Adams is goneburger too.
Never mind “gone by lunchtime”, it barely even breakfast time.

Frightening, isn't it?

Just wondering whether "the Crusher" did her numbers? She clearly loves crushing more than analyzing, leading or counting.

Judith won't be able to increase the number of right wing votes for National (given they always had them anyway). She might however lose some of the more trigger happy elements of Nationals previous voter base to the new gun-lover party (aka ACT) and potentially Colin Craig's Zombie party ... they seem to be back as well.

Less votes on the right for Judith.

Nationals only chance to grow was to regain their base in the middle. Getting rid of any decent liberal politician in their rankes will hardly help with that.

Less votes from the middle for Judith. Ouch.

I am sure Judith is going to crush something, this is just who she is and what she does. Afraid however it will be the National support base. Lose-lose.

[Bjauck]

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I am sure Judith is going to crush something, this is just who she is and what she does. Afraid however it will be the National support base. Lose-lose.

Crushing things and populist-style slogans such as 'we want to take our country back" are the easy bits!

I am not sure that tactic will be enough to win over enough voters here in NZ under our MMP system. It may have worked in the USA and the UK where Trump and the Conservative Party got into power with less than 50% of the popular vote.