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.
Labour gearing up for a late party leader switch with a huge release of new policy and feel good marketing hype.
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.
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?
Unfortunately for Labour, McNulty has ruled himself out of any leadership bids due to a young child among other things. He would be a great pick.
Ardern ruled it out and backed her leader… right up until she took over
