Thinking it might have been better for National if Key had left his
resignation till after the election. He could have just gone on the list
and resigned election night as Clark did then they wouldn't have cost us
a costly by-election for Helensville.

as it stands he's given Labour plenty of time for further dirty politics
and boosted their morale by removing angry liddle Andy's biggest nemesis.

Pooh

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)

On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 11:06:36 UTC+13, Pooh wrote:

Thinking it might have been better for National if Key had left his resignation till after the election. He could have just gone on the list
and resigned election night as Clark did then they wouldn't have cost us
a costly by-election for Helensville.

as it stands he's given Labour plenty of time for further dirty politics
and boosted their morale by removing angry liddle Andy's biggest nemesis.

Pooh

He didn't do that because people would be asking him if he intended to stay for
the entire fourth term and the answer was no.

In other words, he has more integrity in his little finger than Labour+Green put together.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 11:07:17 +1300, Pooh <rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thinking it might have been better for National if Key had left his >resignation till after the election. He could have just gone on the list
and resigned election night as Clark did then they wouldn't have cost us
a costly by-election for Helensville.

Clark was an electorate MP and when she resigned a by-election was
needed. However she did the right thing in the circumstances (as have
many PMs defeated in a General Election) - something Sir Robert
Muldoon could not bring himself to do.

as it stands he's given Labour plenty of time for further dirty politics
and boosted their morale by removing angry liddle Andy's biggest nemesis.

That may be the case - but hopefully only temporarily if at all. If
National make a choice of a competent leader and manage the transition
well, Labour will continue to flounder well before the election.

The opposition parties could never figure out how to counter Key's
popularity with the electorate at large.

The risk is that National never figured it out either, meaning that
whoever the new leader is will have difficulty capitalising on their predecessor's popularity. Interesting times all round.


--
Crash McBash

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
On 07/12/2016 11:07 AM, Pooh wrote:

Thinking it might have been better for National if Key had left his resignation till after the election. He could have just gone on the list
and resigned election night as Clark did then they wouldn't have cost us
a costly by-election for Helensville.

as it stands he's given Labour plenty of time for further dirty politics
and boosted their morale by removing angry liddle Andy's biggest nemesis.

Pooh

No by election required. He will remain as electorate MP for some time.
As long as he leaves within 6 mpnths of the elction, no replacement is
needed.

bnVsbA==

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)