As much as we may froth and hyperventilate about any given issue of the day or small firestorm, who runs the country and how is what we all ultimately should be focused on.
We will not be going back to a single large party ever again, for two reasons.
One is because Covid is not repeating and, even if it did, I doubt we would panic again electorally the way we did.
Two is given when Labour was left to their own devices, they literally destroyed the place, most of us, for good or bad, have come to the conclusion that a mix of parties under this MMP system we seem to have voted for an accepted is here to stay.
So National need at least one player, probably two, and the same applies to Labour.
For now, National seem to have got lucky and/or well organised. Whether you support it or not, broadly speaking National, Act, and NZ First get along fine.
The media try to stir bits of trouble around minor matters periodically and we are yet to see a full-blown campaign post a first term, where the gloves are off a bit and a few punches might get thrown. But overall, things are cordial and well managed.
Labour on the other hand need certainly the Greens and possibly the Māori Party. Both are increasingly ropey.
Both are increasingly belligerent, both are increasingly fringe and both are an electoral nightmare for a so-called mainstream, left-wing party.
The Greens of James Shaw, Rod Donald, and Jeanette Fitzsimons are long gone.
The Māori Party of Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia are long gone
Both the current Greens and the Māori Party are anti-establishment disruptors who revel in a type of anarchy, almost as though they are outside the system. All of that is fine if you like that and want to vote for it.
But it is completely incompatible to running a country, even for a Labour Party that has become increasingly left-leaning and socialist.
If you don’t need, or want, to be in power, and I don’t think half the Greens or the Māori Party actually do, you can say what you want.
But Labour do want power, and their problem is they are going to end up having to answer for an increasingly unhinged rabble or at least try to dress it up as something they can handle.
That’s their problem. I don’t think they have the wherewithal to even come close to pulling that trick off.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
One is because Covid is not repeating and, even if it did, I doubt we would panic again electorally the way we did.
Two is given when Labour was left to their own devices, they literally destroyed the place, most of us, for good or bad, have come to the conclusion that a mix of parties under this MMP system we seem to have voted for an accepted is here to stay.
So National need at least one player, probably two, and the same applies to Labour.
For now, National seem to have got lucky and/or well organised. Whether you support it or not, broadly speaking National, Act, and NZ First get along fine.
The media try to stir bits of trouble around minor matters periodically and we are yet to see a full-blown campaign post a first term, where the gloves are off a bit and a few punches might get thrown. But overall, things are cordial and well managed.
Labour on the other hand need certainly the Greens and possibly the Māori Party. Both are increasingly ropey.
Both are increasingly belligerent, both are increasingly fringe and both are an electoral nightmare for a so-called mainstream, left-wing party.
The Greens of James Shaw, Rod Donald, and Jeanette Fitzsimons are long gone.
The Māori Party of Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia are long gone
Both the current Greens and the Māori Party are anti-establishment disruptors who revel in a type of anarchy, almost as though they are outside the system. All of that is fine if you like that and want to vote for it.
But it is completely incompatible to running a country, even for a Labour Party that has become increasingly left-leaning and socialist.
If you don’t need, or want, to be in power, and I don’t think half the Greens or the Māori Party actually do, you can say what you want.
But Labour do want power, and their problem is they are going to end up having to answer for an increasingly unhinged rabble or at least try to dress it up as something they can handle.
That’s their problem. I don’t think they have the wherewithal to even come close to pulling that trick off.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
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It should be remembered that a lot of the Labour MPs are a lot more radical than most people realise, particularly those in the Maori caucus and those recently out of the student protest movement. However, they have the sense to shut up for now, in the same way that Jacinda hid her true objectives. But once these people are in power all the election promises are forgotten and we get a repeat of the destructive, dictatorial and divisive government we had during the last Labour government.
Hosking, in his silence, is an enabler. He has a platform, the clout & the money to call out this sicko for what he is, but instead chastises Winston for having a spine.
These posts aren’t indicative of someone being weird, they are proof he is not fit to be in parliament, let alone around children.
Hosking just needs to ask himself what would have happened if he had posted these things, or kissed his kids on the lips in that way?
We all know the answer. This is not what good, loving, decent parents - whether hetero or same sex - do.
This guy is not even gay. He has a female spouse. That makes him a typical straight sicko who at best, has been dog whistling to pedophiles.
Except half of the country want labour and the gangs according to the poll. Perhaps showing how far our society has fallen.
Indeed, and it just shows how our education system has failed and what indoctrination and woke have done to our country.
Anonymous 12.08 changed the subject slightly. I’ll do the same.
The Green MP who describes herself as a little brown girl, was once a Wellington City Councillor. Her twisted view about our Police surely brings into question what her contribution was to the City of Wellington. Net zero.
Has she been encouraged to let it all hang out by TPM and N Mahuta who most surely is beavering away promoting Māori wonderfulness.
Benjamin Bussy needs to have his computers and other internet-capable devices seized and subjected to forensic examination, with charges swiftly played if warranted,
The Green Party and its media running dogs have successfully turned a suspected child molester into a ‘victim’ and calls for him to be accountable for his actions into a bigoted attack on an entire identity group.
The gay men that I know are appalled that this pervert seems set to get away with sexualising his ten year old child, and see him as giving the gay community a bad name.
They support my contention this matter should by properly investigated.
How do these nut jobs get into Parliament? Once MPs were reasonably rational and selected so voters could have confidence in their ability to apply some measure of logic to matters at hand. With MMP the list Members represent their parties not their electorates and we see the outrageous consequences with irresponsible statements and thoughtless opinions commonly publicised.
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