Photo: NZ HeraldLabour leader Jacinda Ardern knows she's lost and has about a 25% chance of forming a government, according to a left-wing backer. Historian and left leaning political commentator Chris Trotter told the AM Show this morning he believed there was only a small chance of Labour forming a government and said Ms Ardern knew that by looking at the figures. "She knows she's lost - 35, 36% is not enough," he said. Mr Trotter told the AM Show's panel that Labour had made a "remarkable recovery" from a "catastrophic base". "These are the people who owns things, the people who run things, the people who say things and expect people to do things and pretty damn quickly.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 25, 2017 00:11 UTC