The Taxpayer’s Union Curia Poll is out and it’s bad news for the Right…Labour – 35.2%National – 34%ACT – 11%Green – 9.5%Māori Party – 3.5%Other – 4.7%…the shine is now off Aloha Luxon. National have misread the wider room, by attacking young people on welfare they are attracting angry vote, but alienating the middle who appreciate the universal experience of covid requires compassion not draconian bullshit. National have no new ideas and the grumpy centre who flirted with Luxon are now seeing the extreme conflict politics of ACT and are walking away from that. While the centre pulls back, polarisation increases and other pushes close to 5% threshold. Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2022 08:33 UTC