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Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
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@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
They need to encourage guys like Smith and Brownlee to retire. The Nats need fresh blood
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@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
I was just about to say - Nick Smith has been dealt the arse card in Nelson.
I am incredulous!
He will have watched the Mako lose and thought, "At least my seat is safe".
Pretty shit day for Nick!
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@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
He might still make it on the list (#18) but it's marginal in his case.
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@Chris-B said in NZ Politics:
@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
I was just about to say - Nick Smith has been dealt the arse card in Nelson.
I am incredulous!
He will have watched the Mako lose and thought, "At least my seat is safe".
Pretty shit day for Nick!
The only reason he won last time is because some Green supporter died and left a massive bequest to be spent on a candidate campaign to challenge Smith, and ironically it split the vote causing Smith to win. Boyack would have beaten him last time otherwise if most of those Green voters voted Boyack.
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I'm not quite sure what Gerry Brownlee really offers. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
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@nostrildamus said in NZ Politics:
I'm not quite sure what Gerry Brownlee really offers. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
He oversaw the whole campaign. He lost his almost unlosable seat, if he had any sense of honour he should retire
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@nostrildamus said in NZ Politics:
I'm not quite sure what Gerry Brownlee really offers. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
He oversaw the whole campaign. He lost his almost unlosable seat, if he had any sense of honour he should go on a diet
FIFY
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@Crucial said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@nostrildamus said in NZ Politics:
I'm not quite sure what Gerry Brownlee really offers. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.
He oversaw the whole campaign. He lost his almost unlosable seat, if he had any sense of honour he should go on a diet
FIFY
That too
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@Godder said in NZ Politics:
@Chris-B said in NZ Politics:
@ACT-Crusader said in NZ Politics:
Nick Smith is going to lose Nelson. End of an era there
I was just about to say - Nick Smith has been dealt the arse card in Nelson.
I am incredulous!
He will have watched the Mako lose and thought, "At least my seat is safe".
Pretty shit day for Nick!
The only reason he won last time is because some Green supporter died and left a massive bequest to be spent on a candidate campaign to challenge Smith, and ironically it split the vote causing Smith to win. Boyack would have beaten him last time otherwise if most of those Green voters voted Boyack.
The last bit is true - but, Matt Lawry already had a high profile in Nelson and was always going to get plenty of votes.
Edit: The other thing that will have cost Nick dearly, are the boundary changes that hived off the western rural fringe of Nelson into West Coast- Ta$man.
I see "Fucking Useless" Maureen Pugh gained about 1500 votes on Damien O'Connor compared to last time. Probably mainly due to the boundary shift.
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Real talk: Why would there be any youth (< 40) or media enthusiasm about National? They've approved every dumb PC trend in education (see how NZ has uniquely dived in quality among the OECD thanks to National's "non-eurocentric" policies) and HR diversity training, and their economic policies have been to promote house prices at all costs.
This is really a deserved thrashing.
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How the Green Party gets so much support I don’t know. Basically a communist party. Hopefully Labour can bring forward some inspirational and aspirational policies rather than just hand me outs. If ACT went a little more central they could in theory have a chance of replacing National as the right centre party.
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@Billy-Tell said in NZ Politics:
How the Green Party gets so much support I don’t know. Basically a communist party. Hopefully Labour can bring forward some inspirational and aspirational policies rather than just hand me outs. If ACT went a little more central they could in theory have a chance of replacing National as the right centre party.
I don't think Communist means what you think it means.
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@Billy-Tell said in NZ Politics:
The Aotearoa legalise cannabis party will be nervous. If the referendum passes, will be fraught times at party HQ on Monday...
Unless they have a smoke and chillax
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