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NZ Politics, the Luxon Era

The Atheist

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NZ has a new Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon.

A very conservative evangelical, he has taken great pains to paint himself as a man of all people, so I await his actual policies with interest.
 
The Atheist said:
NZ has a new Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon.

A very conservative evangelical, he has taken great pains to paint himself as a man of all people, so I await his actual policies with interest.
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It appears that the final results are as follows:
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National Party   878,288   38.95   45    5   50
Labour Party     606,663   26.90   17   17   34
Green Party      242,845   10.77    3   11   14
ACT New Zealand  202,664    8.98    2    9   11
New Zealand F..  145,649    6.46    -    8    8
Te Pāti Māori     58,949    2.61    4    -    4
https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/

Even with the support of NZ first, Luxon only has 58 out of 121 seats. Where will his other support come from? These other parties don't appear to be all that conservative.
 
psionl0 said:
It appears that the final results are as follows:
Code: 
National Party   878,288   38.95   45    5   50
Labour Party     606,663   26.90   17   17   34
Green Party      242,845   10.77    3   11   14
ACT New Zealand  202,664    8.98    2    9   11
New Zealand F..  145,649    6.46    -    8    8
Te Pāti Māori     58,949    2.61    4    -    4
https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/

Even with the support of NZ first, Luxon only has 58 out of 121 seats. Where will his other support come from? These other parties don't appear to be all that conservative.
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11 seats from ACT make up the numbers.
NZF will be needed as special votes are fewer for national, their people are stable and tend to be on the role.
 
Samson said:
11 seats from ACT make up the numbers.
NZF will be needed as special votes are fewer for national, their people are stable and tend to be on the role.
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Does Luxon intend to form a coalition with ACT or just run a minority government with the support of ACT/NZF?
 
If all those "freedumb" voters who wasted their votes on "New Zealand Loyal", "Freedoms New Zealand" and all the other fringe conspiracy theorist nutjob parties think things will get better now that Labour is out, I'm afraid you're in for a big disappointment. Luxon and his Nats talk a big game, but ultimately they do not give a fat rat's arse about the poor. Expect tax cuts for the rich, and for middle and low income earners to pay for them.

I pity anyone in this country living on the margins - those who can barely survive from payday-to-payday... or struggle to put food in the mouths of their kids. This will include retirees, and those on any kind of benefit.
The outlook for them is pretty grim for at least the next three years.
 
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psionl0 said:
Even with the support of NZ first, Luxon only has 58 out of 121 seats. Where will his other support come from? These other parties don't appear to be all that conservative.
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Being on t'other side of the ditch I'll forgive you not knowing of ACT & National's close relationship that now goes back over 20 years. National has been so far up ACT's backside they gifted them the Epsom electorate for several elections to ensure they got into Parliament. ACT is the furthest right any political party with parliamentary representation has ever been in this country.

As to the results being final, they aren't. There are still 20% of votes to be counted, and for some peculiar reason they're not reported at all until 3 November.
 
smartcooky said:
Luxon and his Nats talk a big game, but ultimately they do not give a fat rat's arse about the poor. Expect tax cuts for the rich, and for middle and low income earners to pay for them.

I pity anyone in this country living on the margins - those who can barely survive from payday-to-payday... or struggle to put food in the mouths of their kids. This will include retirees, and those on any kind of benefit.
The outlook for them is pretty grim for at least the next three years.
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There's going to be some serious humour, though.

I hear the 100-day pledge includes banning gang patches. Lucky he's christian and doesn't listen to science: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politica...ience-advisor-s-report-on-gang-harm-reduction
 
The Atheist said:
Being on t'other side of the ditch I'll forgive you not knowing of ACT & National's close relationship that now goes back over 20 years. National has been so far up ACT's backside they gifted them the Epsom electorate for several elections to ensure they got into Parliament. ACT is the furthest right any political party with parliamentary representation has ever been in this country.
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It's a simple question: a National/ACT coalition or a National minority government with ACT support?

Why won't anybody answer?
 
One of the talking heads in the election coverage claimed that the apparent shift of a few % from Act to NZF in the last few weeks was due to Seymour saying in an interview that ACT might support National on an issue by issue basis rather than forming a general coalition agreement.

So there does seem some scope for exactly how a coalition would work.
 
I think in most coutries, voters eventually decide that a party has simply been in to long and a change be healthy.
And No party has any right to expect an eternal majority in Parliament.
 
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