This election might not be won by whoever gets the most votes. The reason is the overhang, and people on both sides are urging voters to split their vote to make it bigger.

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sorry what the fuck?????

If you can work, you should. Welfare should be firm, fair and affordable. A safety net for Kiwis who need it, not a system that gets abused at taxpayers' expense. Here’s National's 5 changes to Jobseeker this election: 1. Random drug testing. 2. Intensive support to get 30,000 long-term Jobseekers into work. 3. A lower payment rate after two years on the benefit. 4. Stand-down doubled to 26 weeks for people who repeatedly quit work without good reason. 5. Residency requirement raised from two years to five. Firm where it needs to be, fair to everyone who pays for it. This isn’t about punishing someone because they haven't found a job. It’s about making sure people receiving Jobseeker Support meet reasonable expectations to be work ready, which also helps ensure it is fair to hardworking taxpayers who fund the system. It’s part of National’s wider economic plan, which means 220,000 new jobs expected and debt coming down without no new taxes. A Labour coalition would squander surpluses, hike debt and hit Kiwis with nine new taxes to pay for its spending plans – and that would mean every household paying $2263 in extra tax every year.

Your hard earned money has funded smart agriculture systems in the Caribbean, workshops with indigenous farmers in Patagonia, and livestock emissions equipment at universities in South Africa, while Kiwis at home wait for medicines. Party Vote National to cut non-essential foreign aid and spend it on more cancer and life-saving medicines here at home.

Kemi Badenoch quickfire round: Andy Burnham or Sir Keir Starmer? Neither, because they’re Labour. The Celebrity Traitors or Avengers: Infinity War? Avengers Infinity War. It’s a great, epic story. The heroes lose first, quite badly, and then there’s a sequel and they win. Robert Jenrick or Suella Braverman? Why do you keep offering me these? It’s like asking if I’d rather be shot or drowned. Manchester or London? London because that’s where I was born. William the Conqueror or Harold II? My boss is directly descended from William the Conqueror - His Majesty. I think I have to pick His Majesty’s actual ancestor rather than the defeated thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

We polled five routes for Trump to leave office before the end of his term. A plurality of Dems support four of them, including a military coup and death by natural causes. The only one underwater, an assassination, is still supported by 29%.

I want Gavin Newsom to win in 2028. I want Milei to win in 2027. I want Carney to remain PM for many cycles. I want Badenoch or Lowe as PM in 2029. I want Angus Taylor as PM in 2028.

No, this is not a joke. UK Lawyers for Israel are trying to proscribe *Médecins Sans Frontières*. That’d mean they’d be treated as terrorists. On the same legal footing as ISIS. Membership would mean 14 years in prison. This is what we’re dealing with

Barry Soper news; there were some walkouts when he talked about Jacinda (he’s not a fan); and, you read it here first, he’s picking Winston Peters as our next PM. Big signing queue too.

this is fucking dire seriously need Greens & TPM to start letting us know red lines for coalition talks, because we're getting into territory of government for noone - no values, no goals, no mandate there MUST be a clear progressive line in the sand, or participation will TANK