As usual, Labour are offering crumbs;
The absolute minimum they could possibly do without repeating 2023's failures, of principle *and* strategy, and promising nothing. Like their GST-off-this-and-that plan this is a patch on a hemorrhage, dressed up as ambitious policy.
If this is typical of what Labour plan to offer for 2026, they deserve to lose. Even if the rest of us don't deserve 3 more years of CLuxon's clowns.
"Hipkins would also not be drawn on whether Labour would reinstate a ban on interest deductibility ..."
#GilesDexter, 2025
Are you kidding? This is a no-brainer. A big distinctive to use less well-off people to pay the mortgage on your investment, *and* billions in revenue to fund public services. This was one of Robertson's boldest and most effective policies.
Where's the downside FFS?
If the Greens are not in top 2, and they don't get substantial policy concessions from a prospective coalition leader, they need to be prepared for another 3 years of sitting outside government. If they enter a coalition without that, they're only there to greenwash it, and their own credibility will suffer.
If that's the best they're offered they're better to be in opposition. Where they're free to speak out and organise against the govt, in pursuit of their own policies.
Again, I don't know why you think any of this: National didn't run this government and Labour won't run the next. The Green party is going to run the next government, and that's way better than being in opposition.
@ensslen
> I don't know why you think any of this
A reality check;
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115455829946270119
> The Green party is going to run the next government
I admire your optimism : )
@lightweight @jeremy_pm One more thing, if you look at the trend across all polls since the start of the year; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graph_of_opinion_polls_by_party..svg ... both Greens and TPM (and TOP) have been steadily losing ground, to the benefit of Labour, NZ First and the Nats. The tide looks to be going out on progressive parties in NZ right now. Also, 3 of the last 5 polls do show the left block ahead, but only 1 by more than the margin of error. A week is a long time in politics and all that, but ...
Strypey
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