Greens’ venality makes Key’s case for MMP review

Good editorial from the NZ Herald today on the Greens and their attempt to manipulate Russel Norman into Parliament in a cynical ploy to get taxpayer funding for his electioneering.

What has made this setback for the Greens so sweet for Adam is the Greens propensity to adopt a ‘holier than thou’ posture at every opportunity.

By their actions here they have proved themselves to be a lacking in principle as every other party and just as venal.

In addition, the longer Russel Norman is kept out of Parliament the better.

The Greens in NZ have yet to realise that by positioning themselves to the left of Labour they have nowhere else to go, thus Labour will always treat them like dirt. throwing them legislative scraps only when they have too, whilst adorning the likes of Winston Peters with baubles and trophies galore.

They really do not seem to understand politics very well.

What is doing them down is their social agenda and economic stupidities, rather than the environmental ones.

Adam would go so far as to suggest that the Greens have all on their own made John Key’s case for him over the need to review the workings of MMP.

Now Adam thinks we will not go back to FPP, but he would like to see us move to STV in a variation which would see every MP represent an electorate, so there would be no backdoor list for party grandees to manipulate.