18-10-2020, 11:06 AM
Still see Labour using the Greens for support and offloading some of the ministerial work. Labour have got a lot of newbies coming in (some of whom will be useless, as per usual) and they won't want to lump anything onto them. Plus they can't keep throwing everything at Hipkins. Added bonus - they can hand off anything problematic to the Greens and it becomes their fault if it turns to custard.
National in a bit of a mess. Collins says she isn't going anywhere and it's hard to see who can replace her at the moment. Surely it's too early for Luxon. Weird seeing places like Rangitata go red, but the Nats will probably win them all back in three years.
As yours truely predicted, the Maori Party got their seat. The specials might narrow the margin a little, but they should hang on.
Weird how unimportant some of the media beatups in the run towards the election proved to be. James Shaw's green school was going to to be the end of him and the Greens and yet they've ended up with more MPs.
Funny old election.
National in a bit of a mess. Collins says she isn't going anywhere and it's hard to see who can replace her at the moment. Surely it's too early for Luxon. Weird seeing places like Rangitata go red, but the Nats will probably win them all back in three years.
As yours truely predicted, the Maori Party got their seat. The specials might narrow the margin a little, but they should hang on.
Weird how unimportant some of the media beatups in the run towards the election proved to be. James Shaw's green school was going to to be the end of him and the Greens and yet they've ended up with more MPs.
Funny old election.