Parliament Election Result ,Effect and Comment
Paul
Can anybody kindly tell me the result of Parliament Election and if the
result is no one single party can have the controlling power over the
Parliament, what will be the result, the effect of it, the policy of it,
and your comment? Please kindly direct mail to me pau...@netvigator.com
Jethro Timbrell
Steve Withers
In <326043...@netvigator.com>, Paul <pau...@netvigator.com> writes:
>Can anybody kindly tell me the result of Parliament Election and if the
>result is no one single party can have the controlling power over the
>Parliament, what will be the result, the effect of it, the policy of it,
>and your comment? Please kindly direct mail to me pau...@netvigator.com
It is 2:20am and the results - so far (special votes not
counted) are:
National 44 (Tories)
Labour 37 (like NDP)
NZ First 17 (Centrist - but closer to Labour)
Alliance 13 (like NDP, but more left)
Act 8 (New Right proponents)
United 1 (Centrist)
The likely outcome is a Labour/NZ First coalition supported by
the Alliance with Helen Clark as the first female PM of New
Zealand.
But it could also go to a National/ACT/NZ First government. But
the Nat leader (Jim Bolger) and the NZ First leader (Winston Peters)
hate each others guts. PLus the NZ First MPs - the other 16 - are
closer to Labour than National.......
But then Helen Clark of labour and Jim Anderton of the Alliance
also have a history of mistrust and some (apparent) backstabbing.
The current government will continue in caretaker mode until
things get sorted out. That may take 3-4 weeks.
The outcome depends on which way NZ First jumps as they hold the
key to any government being able to command a majority.
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In <326043...@netvigator.com>, Paul <pau...@netvigator.com> writes:
>Can anybody kindly tell me the result of Parliament Election and if the
>result is no one single party can have the controlling power over the
>Parliament, what will be the result, the effect of it, the policy of it,
>and your comment? Please kindly direct mail to me pau...@netvigator.com
clutter up interest groups with uninteresting stuff.
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Bob McLellan
The Little Blue Kiwi
OS/2 Solutions for New Zealand
Geoff Fischer
Steve Withers wrote:
>
> The likely outcome is a Labour/NZ First coalition supported by
> the Alliance with Helen Clark as the first female PM of New
> Zealand.
>
> But it could also go to a National/ACT/NZ First government. But
> the Nat leader (Jim Bolger) and the NZ First leader (Winston Peters)
> hate each others guts. PLus the NZ First MPs - the other 16 - are
> closer to Labour than National.......
They can form a clear majority with only 2 member parties in the coalition
They can portray themselves as a truly centrist coalition
They both distrust Peters and Anderton, and would prefer not to be dependent
on the Parliamentary support of either.
They want to leave ACT as an independent voice on the right which will be
useful without compromising policy.
A National-Labour coalition is the only one that makes political sense.
I expect it will happen.
I didn't vote because I judged it irresponsible to vote in such a situation
where the voter has so little control over, or even understanding of, the
likely consequences of their vote.
Les Ferguson
Paul <pau...@netvigator.com> wrote:
>Can anybody kindly tell me the result of Parliament Election and if the
>result is no one single party can have the controlling power over the
>Parliament, what will be the result, the effect of it, the policy of it,
>and your comment? Please kindly direct mail to me pau...@netvigator.com
Please stop cross-posting your messages.
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Les
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Charlie Bailey
> I didn't vote because I judged it irresponsible to vote in such a situation
> where the voter has so little control over, or even understanding of, the
> likely consequences of their vote.
Thats something that annoys me.
Mightily.
However, I'm of the opinion that if you don't take an active part in the
election process, you've got no right to complain.
(yes, abstention is a form of expressing your opinion - unfortunately, you
can't specifically state "I abstain" on a voting form....an oversight IMO)
Seems politicians really haven't got the hang of the spirit of MMP, have they.
The Overman
Charlie Bailey wrote:
> However, I'm of the opinion that if you don't take an active part in the
> election process, you've got no right to complain.
> (yes, abstention is a form of expressing your opinion - unfortunately, you
> can't specifically state "I abstain" on a voting form....an oversight IMO)
There should be a vote of no confidence...
> Seems politicians really haven't got the hang of the spirit of MMP, have they.
Politicians getting the hang of the spirit of ANYTHING is unthinkable.
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Howdy,
The Overman <vic-...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in article
<326410...@ihug.co.nz>...
> Politicians getting the hang of the spirit of ANYTHING is unthinkable.
As Billy Connelly once said:
"I think the desire to be a politician should forbid you from ever being
one"
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Rose Cole
Geoff Thorpe wrote:
> As Billy Connelly once said:
> "I think the desire to be a politician should forbid you from ever being one"
I quite agree. Poor Pam Corkery has had to take a pay cut to be a
politician. Ain't life a bitch... Lets get an appeal going to keep her
in the manner to which she has grown accustomed. And why shouldn't she
keep that high salary - under the alliance policy she would get taxed
heavily, and supplement the health system with the proceeds.
Rose
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