At 38% counted, predicted seat numbers are as follows:
National: 50
Labour: 48
NZ First: 7
Green: 6
Maori: 4
United Future: 3
ACT: 2
Progressive: 2
Looks like the Maori Party’s going to be the Kingi-maker so far:
Nat + NZF + ACT: 59
Lab + Grn + Prog. + UF: 59
and how long will it take to sort out that? :s
[quote=“Truant”]and how long will it take to sort out that? :s[/quote]Remember 1996?
indeed. No one has forgiven Winston for that.
From the NZ Herald:
" Winston Peters is close to clinching a deal that will make him Foreign Minister in a Labour-led Government,"
nzherald.co.nz/section/story … D=10350652
This is stunning. I can’t think of a less appropriate MP to be foreign minister.
This would be akin to Howard appointing Pauline Hanson as Aussie foreign minister, or Bush appointing Pat Buchanan as US Secretary of State…
I can hear Asian governments protesting already :s
Unless Helen Clark has some cunning plan to make Winston less of a racist byhaving him have to actually deal with real foreigners on a regular basis
Yes, yes, it’s official. WP is the new Foreign Minister. This is VERY good news
for National
.
Any bets on how long it wll last.
And here is the world’s response:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10350866
Oh for fuck’s sake. That’s almost as bad as if Brash’d bloody won.