Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[Damo]

Latest Rot Morgan poll has opportunity party on 6% (taking most of their support from Labour)

Being quite disenfranchised with the two major parties and the minor parties not being my cup of tea, admittedly I have started looking deeper at TOP.

Although polls seem to bounce around every time, this one shows that Labour need to do something, just hiding behind a bush and not releasing any policy isn't going to get them anywhere! Useless

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Being quite disenfranchised with the two major parties and the minor parties not being my cup of tea, admittedly I have started looking deeper at TOP.

Although polls seem to bounce around every time, this one shows that Labour need to do something, just hiding behind a bush and not releasing any policy isn't going to get them anywhere! Useless

Labour gearing up for a late party leader switch with a huge release of new policy and feel good marketing hype.

Fix housing, fix health system, fix pay inequality, etc. We’ve seen it all before.

 

[Damo]

Labour gearing up for a late party leader switch with a huge release of new policy and feel good marketing hype.

Fix housing, fix health system, fix pay inequality, etc. We’ve seen it all before.

Do you see anyone with the charisma of Ardern that can do a 2017? I don't think I do.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Do you see anyone with the charisma of Ardern that can do a 2017? I don't think I do.

No. But a fresh face with new ideas and messages gets media attention. You can rule a line under past leaders and controversies and say it’s a new party now under my watch. To little time for the public to see them under pressure or test their policies.

Ardern was a once in a generation PR goldmine (although I think Erica Sanford could do it for National). If anyone it’s got to Kieran McNulty trying to connect to everyday kiwis?

 

[Inruin]

Being quite disenfranchised with the two major parties and the minor parties not being my cup of tea, admittedly I have started looking deeper at TOP.

Although polls seem to bounce around every time, this one shows that Labour need to do something, just hiding behind a bush and not releasing any policy isn't going to get them anywhere! Useless

The flaw with MMP is that it is very difficult to get a new party started and in to Parliament in some form. TOP need a very good leader that could win an electoral seat otherwise the real risk is that come election time people see it as a wasted vote not hitting the 5% threshold. Maybe this needs to be reduced to allow slightly easier access to alternative parties to the current crop?