Willie Jackson’s Delusion: Labour’s Māori Electorate Pipe Dream Is About to Get Smashed
Willie Jackson can tell the Herald he doesn’t want a war but it’s coming whether he likes it or not. Te Pāti Māori’s not here to negotiate a ceasefire; they’re here to win. And when the dust settles, Labour’s going to be left wondering why they didn’t see it coming.
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Exclusive Excerpts From Nicky Hager’s Dirty Work
Mr Hager is known to be working on a follow up to both Dirty Politics and Dirty Work, entitled Dirty Jokes. A compendium of jokes scrawled on the parliamentary bathroom walls. The mothers of several well-known MPs are said to figure prominently.
Quick Hit: Willis’s Better Books Came Partly Out of Your Trolley
Treasury has the deficit at $6.8 billion and next year within $0.8 billion of surplus. It says that is partly inflation lifting the tax take while spending allowances stay fixed, which is how Willis got there with no new taxes.
Splitting Your Vote – It’s the Only Way
The latest 1News poll tells us what we’ve known for a while. National can only get back to power through its electorate MPs.