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  • Labour is dog tucker in the hutt

    From Liberty@3:770/3 to All on Monday, July 25, 2016 14:17:37
    Long serving MP Trevor Mallard is to give up his Labour seat of Hutt South and stand for the list only at the next election.

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/07/trevor-mallards-last-punch/#more-263612

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  • From Crash@3:770/3 to All on Monday, July 25, 2016 19:30:49
    On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:17:37 +1200, Liberty <liberty48@live.com>
    wrote:

    Long serving MP Trevor Mallard is to give up his Labour seat of Hutt South and
    stand for the list only at the next election.

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/07/trevor-mallards-last-punch/#more-263612

    This is the original article:

    http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/891

    A bit of a gamble given that based on the 2014 General Election
    results Mallard would have to be 5th or higher on the list to be in
    Parliament. Reading between the lines:

    - it is credible to infer that Mallard is ready to retire as an
    electorate MP.
    - Mallard would instead prefer to be a list MP with Speaker's
    responsibilities with the possibility of achieving neither.


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From george152@3:770/3 to Crash on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 08:39:55
    On 7/25/2016 7:30 PM, Crash wrote:
    On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:17:37 +1200, Liberty <liberty48@live.com>
    wrote:

    Long serving MP Trevor Mallard is to give up his Labour seat of Hutt South and stand for the list only at the next election.

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/07/trevor-mallards-last-punch/#more-263612

    This is the original article:

    http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/891

    A bit of a gamble given that based on the 2014 General Election
    results Mallard would have to be 5th or higher on the list to be in Parliament. Reading between the lines:

    - it is credible to infer that Mallard is ready to retire as an
    electorate MP.
    - Mallard would instead prefer to be a list MP with Speaker's responsibilities with the possibility of achieving neither.


    He knows that he's dog tucker against the local Nat member
    so he's trying to keep his snout in the trough...
    At Liebors current polling I doubt they'll have any list members

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to george on Monday, July 25, 2016 14:58:04
    On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 08:40:02 UTC+12, george wrote:
    On 7/25/2016 7:30 PM, Crash wrote:
    On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:17:37 +1200, Liberty <liberty48@live.com>
    wrote:

    Long serving MP Trevor Mallard is to give up his Labour seat of Hutt South
    and stand for the list only at the next election.

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/07/trevor-mallards-last-punch/#more-263612

    This is the original article:

    http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/891

    A bit of a gamble given that based on the 2014 General Election
    results Mallard would have to be 5th or higher on the list to be in Parliament. Reading between the lines:

    - it is credible to infer that Mallard is ready to retire as an
    electorate MP.
    - Mallard would instead prefer to be a list MP with Speaker's responsibilities with the possibility of achieving neither.


    He knows that he's dog tucker against the local Nat member
    so he's trying to keep his snout in the trough...
    At Liebors current polling I doubt they'll have any list members

    Indeed - look who barely scraped in on the list for Labour after special votes counted at the last general election!

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