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#2108367 15-Oct-2018 17:52

MikeB4:

Reciprocity: One example of flexibility
Another example of inflexibility

Say what now ?

Ignore him. He is just trying to goad me. I'm not playing.

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#2108411 15-Oct-2018 19:06

MikeB4: maybe Judith Collins having another bid for the top.

Judith "fake news - and double down on it" Collins.

Surely the National Party can do better than that!

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#2108420 15-Oct-2018 19:22

Fred99:
MikeB4: maybe Judith Collins having another bid for the top.

Judith "fake news - and double down on it" Collins.

Surely the National Party can do better than that!

I would take Amy Adams over Collins

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#2108422 15-Oct-2018 19:24

Given the existing leader is of a similar nasty hard-right ilk, I would say they are quintessentially National right now. And this is coming from someone who has only ever voted National or conscientiously abstained in terms of the party vote. I wouldn't be unduly disappointed if almost all of the nasty core of National were routed in the next election and disappear out of the political scene forever. Nikki Kaye is the only prospective National front bencher that I consider to be a decent human being.

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#2108426 15-Oct-2018 19:29

I agree re Nickki Kaye, unfortunately I don't believe she will ever come close.

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#2108436 15-Oct-2018 19:53

Collins would make a bad PM but a rather good Opposition Leader.

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#2108445 15-Oct-2018 20:36

National is in deep trouble for the 2020 election since the have no friends/coalition partners... and now they have an electorate MP "on the outer" who could leave the party, form a new conservative party, etc etc. Exactly what they needed to happen.

How "convenient".

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#2108726 16-Oct-2018 11:15

I'm listening to Jami-Lee Ross on National Radio - and he's sounding remarkably calm, coherent and plausible.

Goodness gracious.

Blaze of glory - he's resigning as an MP.

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#2108728 16-Oct-2018 11:18

He's certainly adopting a scorched earth tactic.

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#2108743 16-Oct-2018 11:32

Sadly we get rogue employees everywhere and this is no different other than he chooses to play it in the media. I am sure it will make a lot of people here happy to see this, but as I said it is just a rogue MP and it will blow over soon enough. Bridges is a very smart man (despite how he comes across).

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#2108745 16-Oct-2018 11:35

"Simon is a flawed individual without a moral compass."

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#2108746 16-Oct-2018 11:35

Has there been a case in living memory where a leader of the opposition has been attacked from within, alleging that the leader was corrupt and breaking campaign finance laws? It's a bit more than usual bickering and bleating and jockeying for position, about leadership style or difference of political opinion/direction.

JLR is "laying a formal complaint with police - tomorrow", allegedly bringing a recording of a discussion with Bridges about splitting a donation.

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#2108757 16-Oct-2018 11:52

Fred99:

JLR is "laying a formal complaint with police - tomorrow", allegedly bringing a recording of a discussion with Bridges about splitting a donation.

Well, Bridges is safe then. I don't think that the Police have ever brought a prosecution for breach of electoral law before. ;-)

(though unfortunately for him, he's not in a position to retrospectively change the law so that it was legal)

What a spectacle!

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#2108761 16-Oct-2018 11:56

Actually, on reflection, I wouldn't be surprised if the Police do take action in this instance.

My reasons for thinking this are not backed up by hard evidence (and will likely be decried at tin-foil-hat material by some here) but I will watch with interest.

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#2108765 16-Oct-2018 12:07

Good grief what a shambles. This I believe is a pivotal moment for the National Party, its future is very much in the balance and they need to play this very carefully. Their credibility as a whole is on the line. I am not convinced that Simon Bridges is the Leader that can navigate them through this. They have been through similar in the past and come out OK but these are different times people and information are harder to control. Bridges could take Trumps lead and call it all fake news but he will have to learn to never construct a sentence that completes.

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