Have the Greens pulled out of this election
Just like the Warriors they seem to have given up and not even trying
Whose their captain again
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Have the Greens pulled out of this election
Just like the Warriors they seem to have given up and not even trying
Whose their captain again
Labour now a $1.59 odds on to provide the next PM. National at $2.66. Market moving very quickly here.
Agreed - Jacinda might have the better qualities to win the race - and her advantage is that she can talk about feelings while Bill has to defend numbers. The unfortunate thing is however that the qualities which bring a politician into the highest office are different than the qualities they need to be a good PM. Jacinda is absolutely untested as leader and so far achieved little in the political domain. Might not be an issue, but could - just look at how well it worked for the Americans and the Brits to follow the more popular plied piper ...
Is the bigger smile after the elections really the most important attribute of our PM or would political competency matter?
And just wondering - how come that we see these days hardly any other Labour politician than Jacinda on the telly and in meetings?
Is the leader doing it afterwards all alone or would we need to see as well the team behind the leader? Is Labour that ashamed of the rest of their politicians or do they just want to hide the ugly mob until after the elections? In our local "meet the candidates" the Labour candidate (I checked on the web, there is one, even if he is in hiding) typically not even bother to show up.
So - you might be right - Jacinda seems to have at this stage the better odds. Does not mean that she would be the better PM.