Oddbean new post about login | logout "[Raj Manji is] calling on National to stand aside in Ilam so TOP gets into Parliament with a handful of MPs, meaning Luxon wouldn't have to rely on New Zealand First if that's what's needed to form a government." #LloydBurr https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/10/election-2023-national-urged-to-do-deal-in-ilam-to-get-the-opportunities-party-into-parliament-avoid-needing-winston-peters.html WTSF?!? How does this makes any sense? (1/2)
Raf Manji has spent most of the campaign vowing that if TOP enter Parliament after this election, they'll sit on the cross benches, regardless of who wins: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-10-2022/raf-manji-on-top-3-0-the-balance-of-power-and-ruling-out-a-role-in-government Now they've decided to do a deal after all, why on Earth would TOP do it with the NatACTs?!? TOP say they want to tax the wealthy, remove sanctions on social welfare benefits: https://www.top.org.nz/fair-tax-system ... and legalise cannabis: https://norml.org.nz/tokethevote-2023-your-cannabis-based-voting-guide/ Totally the opposite of what the NatACTs are planning. (2/2)
@58db300d 'ABW'... anyone but Winston. Nats are mad keen for power, and want more options than 'David made me do it' on the far right. Witness the regular trotting out of 'the Greens should make a coalition with the Nats', as though the greens are just about Tesla subsidies and organic vegetables (from a Nat voter perspective).