He ruled out a coalition with Winston Peters and New Zealand First if the party made it back into Parliament this year.
Key also said National would stand a candidate in Act leader Rodney Hide's Epsom electorate.
He wanted National to win the "largest possible vote we can". It wasn't a "strategy" to get enough votes to govern without a coalition partner.
Key said nothing had changed since he famously ruled out an arrangement with Peters before the last election following questions about NZ First's funding.
He wanted to lead "an aspirational" government, and there would be no place for Peters should NZ First return to Parliament.
Well done John Key. He's now made it clear that a vote for Winston Peters is a vote for a Labour/Greens/NZ First coalition, which might also include the Maori Party and the McCarten/Bradford party. Phil Goff can't manage Chris Carter, so how could he ever hope to control that lot!
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Ahhhh John Key and National, the benevolent dictators. No compromise, no working with others. First term all about swallowing dead rats. No wonder he didn't want Mubarak ousted. An ally for the future!
Wonder if Key would work with this chap?
An unseemly lot of conniving capitalists most of them, you'd have to agree. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/4608910/Former-MP-jailed-for-contempt
It's probably even better than that. Key has effectively ensured that National supporters who are unhappy with the ETS, marine and coastal bill and anti-smacking bill have no natural home with NZF, given that a vote for NZF is now a vote for Labour.
Because Labour is languishing in the polls, centrist Labour voters will vote Labour, rather than NZF, leaving Winston will just a few oldies and the odd die-hard Xenophobe.
No Winston removes even the slightest chance that Labour can form a government, barring Key doing something monumentally stupid
@anonymous:
That's a bit rich considering the autocratic nature of the last incumbent and her unwavering support for Peters and Field.
@Daniel
See above comment. Suspect ex-Labour politician being jailed for corruption trumps ex-National politician being jailed for contempt of court. I'd have to agree that socialist win the corruption race hands down.
Wow, Macdoctor, you've opened my eyes to how bad all politicians are. Thank you. What brings you here? I'm a sad no-hoper who really likes to have pointless discussions with other chumps. At least you've brightened my day a bit. I know now that there really is a point to this commenting lark. Some twits actually read and reply!
@ Anon; MacDoctor has dedicated his life to helping waifs, strays and hopeless cases :)
Sorry to go off topic IV2 but your site is very slow and somewhat erratic for my antiquated gear. Have you any other feed back.
Murray @ mr3915@gmail.com
MacDoctor - your Labour jailbird was actually a Minister when first found out so that is clearly a far bigger kick in the guts for Labour.
GD - I have the same problem with the speed with the KS site - thought it was just me.
IIRC Rogers was an undistinguished backbench MP who waka-jumped to the United Party. He was most certainly no Philip Field, Minister of the Crown.
Your first anonymous contributor is well advised to keep his name hidden.
In a post about the election date, he calls Key a dictator.
If I wasn't smart enough to realise that dictators don't tend to call elections, I'd try to keep my identity secret too.
You really take things that seriously all the time bobux? sad.
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