Ahh, the joys of democracy...

Is this enough to turn an election?

For those overseas readers –

ACT is the right-wing of right-wing parties. In American terms they would stand somewhere out to the right of first base if the neo-cons were standing at second base. National would be at shortstop and Labour at third with the Democrats.

There have been rumours in the past of National and Act “cosying up”. They have resurfaced at each of the last two elections. It makes sense that they would be “natural coalition partners”. That has been promoted as well as the opposite.

Personally, there are no surprises. The relationships involved – ACT, BRT, NP, and the personalities involved should be hardwired into the brains of anyone who has taken a living interest in the machinations of NZ politics over the past twenty or so years.

The interesting thing is who sprung the leak?

More to come on that I suspect…