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2005-09-17 Down Under

Early counting puts NZ National opposition ahead

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Posted by phil_b 2005-09-17 06:22|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oops! Labour steady ahead of National

Posted by phil_b 2005-09-17 07:55|| 2005-09-17 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The War on Terror is a very peripheral issue in the minds of voters everywhere - as long as their soldiers aren't active participants. This, ultimately, is why various foreign contingents have withdrawn their forces from Iraq - popular pressure.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-17 13:37|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-17 13:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Labor wins, but with 40 seats, down from 52, whereas the National Party has upped its seat count from 27 to 39. I have to believe that much of this is fatigue - the Labor Party has been in power for most of the past two decades.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-17 16:11|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-17 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 No one's shit on ZF yet? I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you!!!

Posted by Raj 2005-09-17 16:14|| 2005-09-17 16:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I think we are seeing a marked swing to the Right across the developed world as voters reject the parties that advocate big government and one world solutions. Dissatisfaction with Kyoto was probably a bigger factor in NZ than Iraq. BTW, I was doing what the MSM does and inserting my trend into the news.

Posted by phil_b 2005-09-17 18:44|| 2005-09-17 18:44|| Front Page Top

#6 phil b, wasn't there something about New Zealander levying a Kyoto tax on inhabitants to offset methane production by all those sheep? That would annoy me, too.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-17 19:12|| 2005-09-17 19:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Labor wins, but with 40 seats, down from 52, whereas the National Party has upped its seat count from 27 to 39.

No labor won with 40% of the vote, which translates to 50 seats.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-09-17 19:37|| 2005-09-17 19:37|| Front Page Top

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