ACT says it could go with Labour if Labour cut taxes. Ho hum. But this is the bit of the article that interests me.
And he (Rodney Hide) said the National Party, which also offended the Maori Party when Brash suggested there were no full blooded Maori left, was "increasingly isolated".
It worries me that ACT are going to spend the next two years trying to stay on side with the Maori Party. Many of their ideas are the antithesis of what a classical liberal party should be promoting.
Ironically, it might offend Tariana Turia that ACT could consider going with her antagonists, the Labour Party.
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Maori Party is not liberal. Neither is National. The only thing they had going for them was Brash who is a liberal but he's one willing to chuck out principles to stay on as party leader. I have no more a problem of ACT being in a Labour govt. than I do a National government. They are merely different kinds of socialists but both socialists. So whichever one is willing to give the most leeway to liberty. Actually I don't think there is a significant difference between Labour and National except the party leader and National looks ready to change leaders.
I think the timing of the statement is poor. We've just endured almost a year of "Labour's devoid of principles" and even "Labour's corrupt". You'd think you'd let that sentiment get a little dusty before you cuddle up to Labour for the price of a tax cut.
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