there should be bipartisan agreement that the caretaker govt is free to create a diplomatic incident with Austria & Italy if Liam Lawson doesnt get a contract for 2027.
@RealGW_@pennymarienz you think all three of National, ACT & NZF (or Lab / Greens / TPM) are going to enter coalition with them if they have material concerns over party governance jeopardising stable government?
p minor concession to change now they're in
I'm applying critical thinking on this one
@RealGW_@pennymarienz well my view is you're pretending to care a lot about it.
I'm confident it will be resolved in coalition negotiations and is a kinda useful card to play to get policy concessions.
I.e. yes we will clean that up in return for x.
@RealGW_@pennymarienz my critical thinking leads me to be pragmatic about the kinda governance structure required for new political party, yet to be elected into the house, to survive.
I'm equally pragmatic about these structures changing as part of a coalition negotiation.
@KirtSteve89054@5amfeeds@pennymarienz if you think she has a point you're also as mad as a cut snake.
genuinely, you people need to log off and touch some grass.
@hqtred yes.
equally, these ppl's heads explode when they need to bring up a QR code on their phone to board a plane or get into a stadium, but then they all manage to set up convoluted tax structures for their rental properties.
the thing I find hardest to comprehend about our election is how ppl who have daily struggles with atms, self-service kiosks and tapping their hop card on & off all managed to get their heads around the intricacies of gaming MMP.