Ha - Yes, ACT is our only hope. But I feel confident that after October, the ACT tail will wag the National dog! Very many National grass-root members (I believe) will vote for their excellent, well-known local electorate candidate - but give their party vote to ACT.
I visualise ACT as our future main conservative party - while National and Labour eventually will merge to be the social-democratic opposition. At this present moment there is not a lot of difference between National and Labour.
No - it is my opinion that Labour is the only loser. They are now paying a painful price for electing as a leader a person with just a charming face plus an ability to brainwash people (including empty-headed politicians) - and, ominously, with a not-so-secret belief in neo-marxism and "the great reset" . National hasn't changed one bit in all the years.
ACT is the ONLY new phenomenon on our NZ political scene. - and what a welcome phenomenon it is!! David Seymour is prime minister material (Luxon most certainly isn't) - and he has it in him to be the David Lange of 21st century New Zealand in my humble opinion).
Someone writes in here that the Nats are oblivious to it all.
Not on your sweet Nellie, they are fully aware of how many beans make five. They are laying the foundations for further abuse by their inbuilt woke elite.
Democratically elected does not make you democratic.
Though I somehow think I am preaching to the converted.
My electoral vote will not go to any candidate who in any way supports co-governance full stop, particularly when if they were to be elected with the small help of my vote, it would be difficult to complain about their lending support to give local iwi undemocratic control of local assets and acceding to their other self-serving demands.
What you see on the surface is nothing compared with what's below waiting to wreck the nation.
The only complete, long term solution is to cut off the free money supply to iwi corporations, that is remove iwi tax payer subsidisation in all of its multifarious different forms, including Treaty rorts and charitable organisation loopholes, so that iwi survival depends on intrinsic value to the membership, the same as every other organisation in a free and fair country. Plus of course hardening up the legislation around democratic process in public governance at every level.
Right now its looking increasingly like after getting rid of Labour et al, the next move to claw our way back to a thriving…
The only way we can change the status quo in this stuffed up country is to vote out our existing thieving, lying politicians who have sold our country and us out over the last 40 or 50 years .I'm afraid the old she'll be right attitude of the average kiwi means we've all been asleep at the wheel! Vote NZ Loyal and claim back NZ for all New Zealanders as one people.
The latest poll (Talbot Mills Corporate Poll) is a bit worrying to me, it has the Greens ahead of Act!! Unbelievable I hope... Also NZF is needed for majority! ttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/election-2023-support-for-chris-hipkins-plummets-as-labour-hits-new-low-in-poll/Q23LZE37NJG35NCS2VYHOAKHKI/
Ha - Yes, ACT is our only hope. But I feel confident that after October, the ACT tail will wag the National dog! Very many National grass-root members (I believe) will vote for their excellent, well-known local electorate candidate - but give their party vote to ACT.
I visualise ACT as our future main conservative party - while National and Labour eventually will merge to be the social-democratic opposition. At this present moment there is not a lot of difference between National and Labour.
Is there????
Someone writes in here that the Nats are oblivious to it all.
Not on your sweet Nellie, they are fully aware of how many beans make five. They are laying the foundations for further abuse by their inbuilt woke elite.
Democratically elected does not make you democratic.
Though I somehow think I am preaching to the converted.
Perfect cartoon.
What you see on the surface is nothing compared with what's below waiting to wreck the nation.
The only complete, long term solution is to cut off the free money supply to iwi corporations, that is remove iwi tax payer subsidisation in all of its multifarious different forms, including Treaty rorts and charitable organisation loopholes, so that iwi survival depends on intrinsic value to the membership, the same as every other organisation in a free and fair country. Plus of course hardening up the legislation around democratic process in public governance at every level.
Right now its looking increasingly like after getting rid of Labour et al, the next move to claw our way back to a thriving…