Good morning. Here are 3 of the 10 stories in today's Ten@10.
1. Grand Coalition: Stabiliser or Suicide?
Ani O'Brien writes after businessman Guy Haddleton urged Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins to sit down together before talking to the smaller parties. She works through the case for a National-Labour grand coalition, then the overseas cautionary tales from Germany, Ireland and Austria, and says more than half of New Zealand voted expecting a coalition with their allies, not their primary opponent. After the specials, she argues, the bloc with the numbers should form a government.
4. DON BRASH: THE PRIME MINISTER'S TASK WILL BE TRICKY
Don Brash writes that a National-led government looks likely, possibly with Opportunity on confidence and supply, though it is not even clear Christopher Luxon will lead it. Assuming he does, Brash wants David Seymour as Minister of Finance, Winston Peters as Speaker, and Todd McClay as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and says he would be surprised if Qiulae Wong refused to sign a confidence and supply agreement on those terms.
9. China is the real loser from the Jensen Huang affair
Matthew Lynn argues that the affair between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and alleged Chinese agent Alice Huang will dominate the headlines, but China is the real loser. He says the operation has backfired: it exposes Chinese intelligence methods, makes future honeytraps harder, and will force Nvidia to be far more careful about chip sales to China.
Read it at The Spectator Australia
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