Labor still on the nose in NZ

[lightningdance]

The NZ polling looks like after 2  terms Labor will be in the wilderness for another  term. Thats a very long time to  be out of power.

[cherry*135]

NATIONAL:  John Phillip Key is the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand, in office since 2008. He has led the New Zealand National Party since 2006.

LABOUR - Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ SSI was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008.

1999 to 2008 - That was a LONG time for the National Party to be out of power. 

Helen Clark - ex Labour PM of NZ - Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the third-highest UN position, since 2009.

Very clever, intelligent woman.

John Key is a good PM also. Brought up by his hard working single mother ( his Dad an alcoholic, died when he was 7).

[cherry*135]

It is the Labour Party, in NZ.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@lightningdance wrote:

The NZ polling looks like after 2  terms Labor will be in the wilderness for another  term. Thats a very long time to  be out of power.

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And I'm sure all the New Zealanders are appropriately sad or happy depending on the colour of their politics. For most of the rest of us I suspect it's rather a case of DILIGAFF (flying fox)

[lightningdance]

Yep Labor still in Opposition. That's a big blow for them and a very long long time to be repudiated by the majority of the people.

[cherry*135]

Labour.

It is no longer than the National party was out (9 consecutive years)before Key became Prime Minister.

You are putting your own spin on Key's re-election.

[cherry*135]

Both the parties have spent 3 consecutive terms out of power in recent history. National 1999- 2008.

Why the big deal?... Labour was in power for 9 consecutive years, following directlu on from that now National will be in power for same amount of time.

It is not compulsory to vote in NZ. So saying "the majority of people" doesn't mean much either.

"Roughly a million people didn't show up to vote for Saturday's election, making it one of New Zealand's worst turnouts in the last century."

"This year's result still ranks as the third-worst turnout in the last 100 years, with the number of non-voters almost tallying to the number of votes that went to National."

[lionrose.7]

It was raining cats and dogs voting day, I did a early vote, so all ok.

[lionrose.7]

Funny herald said better turn out this year, lot of people voted early because we can.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11328886

[cherry*135]

My quote was from stuff.co, lion. Do they write their own articles?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10526861/Voter-turnout-near-record-low