Post #1820913
2026-04-30 20:56 UTC
With National sagging in the polls and haemorrhaging voters to NZFirst, the scrap between Luxon and Peters consumes a lot of oxygen.
Former National Minister Chris Finlayson doesn't believe Luxon's coalition will make it as far as November. He calls NZ First "an excrescence." I looked it up -- it's warts and pimples.
"... I think the best thing the National Party can do is try and extricate themselves from this grisly coalition and declare war on New Zealand First…"
NZ's right wing coalition is looking increasingly fragile.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/former-national-mp-calls-cut-ties-nz-first-rnz
#NZPol #Finlayson #NZFirst #National
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@paulh@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-30 21:24
@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz Finalyson can't stand Peters - their anomosity goes way back, and I think has a strong personal aspect to it. He berates Peters just about every episode of the podcast, Cross Party Lines. And sadly, Finalyson doesn't carry much, if any, sway with the National Party these days either - which he himself rather wittily alludes to at the end of the article.