The votes in Wairarapa to tip it back Labour’s way to McNulty is something like 120

That’s my electorate and I voted special vote so mine will be counted later and it won’t be for Labour

If this knife-edge seat ( and it once changed hands over about 20 votes so there is a precedent back in Wyatt Creech times IIRC) changes to Labour then that may well change the balance in the country

Even with what many around the world would regard as a very fair electoral system for it to come down to just a few votes is ironic at best but my view is if you didn’t vote then you have no right to complain

#18 on page 6 refers:

assets.national.org.nz/web/prod/Growing More to Feed the World.pdf?v=1792108210

Still, at least he doubled the votes of total nut bar Donald McDonald who only got 56 votes, despite his oddball lunatic fringe appeal that keep some people happy year after year. I think that he views the election each year as a performance art project, or some such, rather than a serious thing.

Ooooh she’s hideous. At least we don’t have anyone that odious in NZ. Or do we ?

So, you think the result was carefully calculated? Pretty fine margin if it was !

Couldn’t agree more – an extraordinary lack of fighting spirit by Labour. I think that for most of the last three years the red side’s approach has been to keep quiet and let Nat/Act/First fuck it up by themselves, thereby handing the election to Labour on a plate, but that clearly never quite worked.

The centre is no longer holding in many other parts of the world – if anything it hasn’t held since the 2007 Great Recession. Fringe parties are threatening to break out of the confines of minor party status, including the odious PHON-y in Oz.

With Hikois and soapbox froth I’ve heard plenty of progressives say how keen they are to change the govt and sure the Greens did really well but the centre has just dropped out completely
Blue Tweedle dee and red tweedledum couldn’t muster more than 60% of the vote between them??

Off with their heads!

I’m picking Erica Stanford – who do you guys think will take the reins in Labour? McNulty wants it, I reckon

I’ve just posted up the Opportunity Party’s Five Bottom Lines – straight from their website. There are some things that are easy to do, and some that are harder to do. And some that involve arguing with Shane Jones. Its going to be an interesting negotiation!!