Despite polling at around 1%, Destiny New Zealand is confident of beating the 5% threshold at the election. But then there's this coment about their aspirations for government:
[Destiny New Zealand leader Richard Lewis] said Destiny's policies sat well with National and the party would look to enter into a coalition with National, if National won the election.
If I were National, I'd be breaking out the barge poles already...
6 comments:
I do not think a barge pole would be enough. I'm more thinking a tactical nuclear grenade to keep them away :-)
Posted by David Farrar : 4/12/2005 12:12:00 AM
As for the barge poles: really? MMP coalitions can make swallowing dead rats seem fun by comparison.
But the funny thing to watch would be that the Nats would want to roll back the Labour family benefit, and Destiny's supporters would find that hurt quite a lot. Because actually Destiny's conservative, family-focussed, mostly lower socio-economic voters have done quite well out of Labour.
Posted by Icehawk : 4/12/2005 09:02:00 AM
I would have thought destiny church would wanty to be an independant "voice of concience" or somthing.
anyway as for national I see no harm in alienating a party that has a snow ball's chance in hell of actualy getting a seat. So - grenades away.
Otherwise you'd just politely pull a Labour/Cullen on them.
Posted by Genius : 4/12/2005 11:01:00 AM
I'm more thinking about the political cost of being seen to be associated with them. Since their hate march, they're simply toxic.
Posted by Idiot/Savant : 4/12/2005 02:37:00 PM
Forget the barge pole - garlic-crusted harpoons would be more useful. National needs a theo-con coalition partner like a whale needs to visit a Tokyo sushi bar.
Posted by Anonymous : 4/12/2005 05:58:00 PM
Forget the barge pole - garlic-crusted harpoons would be more useful. National needs a theo-con coalition partner like a whale needs to visit a Tokyo sushi bar.
Posted by Anonymous : 4/12/2005 05:58:00 PM
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