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During yet another climate disaster, the govt is moving to abolish the Ministry for the Environment
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Yep, the strategy last time didn't work.
This time they are going for 5% and moving in the correct direction. Evidence based policy as a core principal is my personal goal.
Every other party gets by on what the feel their voters want.
Voting for the Greens in 96 was the same as TOP in 23; 26 is the year that they get in and start making a difference.
Also the ability to work with both sides is a key driver; we had a very FPTP style election in 23, you just chose your flavour of left/right. We need to have a real cross bench party that can move us forward no matter who is in power.
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So ... no. TOP, like Winston First, or United Future, or Māori Party 2005-2017, will prop up any government that allows them to sit under the table and get thrown the odd bone. That hasn't changed. Good to know.
The Greens are willing to work with both sides too, where there is policy alignment, and have done, even in the current term. For example, Chloe's work with Matt Doocey on the Mental Health and Addiction Wellbeing cross-party group, which has led to significant changes to the availability of ADHD diagnosis and medication, and free up scarce psychiatrist time for other work.
The Greens would consider forming a government with National if they weren't pushing obviously ecocidal policy on every front, for example, making plans to can the Ministry for the Environment. If it was Labour pushing that policy, and National opposed it, do you really think the Greens would go into coalition with Labour out of some kind of tribal allegiance? Whereas TOP were and are willing to work with a National party that is profoundly opposed to their entire policy framework, to 'get a seat at the table'.
I think that the ability to give the Nats an option that is not ACT or NZF holds huge value.
I don't think Nats are going to do well this time around. But if they do enough; and it either ACT or Op...I know who I would want them to go with.