Bob LeFridge  

Jackie Blue, a National MP for 8 years, a party member for 25 years, then Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, has resigned from National and joined TOP.

She's clear that pay equity was her red line.

“I cannot support a party which has done this to 180,000 workers. They have actually violated international and domestic laws. They’re destroying lives, people's hopes and dreams for the future. It’s really devastating.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360947139/former-national-mp-quits-party-joins-top-new-role

#NZPol #National #JackieBlue #TOP #PayEquity

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Mar 5 at 11:01pmWeb
Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 6
@BobLefridge Let's hope this is the start of a trend.
Show threadStrypey4d ago

@BobLefridge
> Jackie Blue, a National MP for 8 years ... joined TOP.

According to the theory I posted recently, that significantly ups their chances of getting MPs;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116248641908337136

@phil_stevens
> Let's hope this is the start of a trend

Indeed. There seems to have been a significant uptick in MPs decamping from the legacy duopoly to smaller parties. Not something we've seen in these numbers since the Alliance, Winston First and United were formed.

Strypey (@[email protected])

The terminal flaw of the Pirate Party NZ project is that electoral politics is a dead end in NZ, unless you ally with an established party or Parliamentarian. Even with the significant resources of a Gareth Morgan or KDC, no new party has entered the NZ Parliament under MMP without a current MP involved; * The Alliance had an ex-Labour MP * Winston First * United Future was formed as United, by MPs from both legacy parties * Greens had 2 Alliance MPs * Māori Party had Dame Tariana (8/?)

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