"We won't be talking about [coalition options] until after the election, but the reality is, you know, Winston has shown in the past he can form a coalition with anyone..."

#WillieJackson, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=97b48f58-4a0d-4bba-809e-03a09b19a239

So there you have it folks, from the horse's mouth. Labour have learned nothing from 2017. They'd form a coalition with the ghost of Hitler's cock if it got them back on the govt benches. They deserve to lose in Nov.

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Tama Potaka frustrates me. Somewhere beneath that Tory suit bears the heart of a genuine human being, I feel it in my bones. But I really have to dig through his discourse to hear snatches of it.

I can almost hear its rhythm in the first half of this conversation with Mihi Forbes, which starts out with a flyover of the political and cultural landscape of Aotearoa in 2026, and how it's affecting iwi Māori.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=dad0f475-8b65-4a9f-bf2e-a37e80978ca9

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Willie Jackson reckons Māori ought to give Labour 2 ticks this November;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=97b48f58-4a0d-4bba-809e-03a09b19a239

This is a Labour still not ruling out forming a forming a government with Winston First FFS! Even as they double-down on anti-Māori rhetoric and queer-bashing (bathroom bans and harassing queer MPs), and embrace full-throated anti-immigrant racism, Hipkins is still willing to go there.

In what universe are they offering Māori anything that justifies even 1 tick?

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