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Posted September 19, 2025 01:27 ยท last edited September 19, 2025 01:31

Ranix
claytonn
LG
kwlap
When has it gone extreme left??

Since Helen.....

Clarke? I promise you the labour party is not 'extreme left' ๐Ÿ˜‚
Yes. But that's not what the right wingers would have you believe.

Am actually starting to wonder if the NZ public might have appetite for a National Labour coalition. Get some bipartisan agreement happening on infrastructure, health and education. Make for some long term centralist planning. Won't make everyone happy, but ping pong politics is ruining this country.ย  Do away with the more extreme ideology we see from both sides of the spectrum.

Modern day Germany operates a bit like that.

Personally I think if Western European countries can somehow stop illegal immigration, alot of the hard right ideology will fade away. But easier said than done. Same the US with it's long Mexican border.

If say 10,000 illegals (predominantly single men) entered NZ over a couple of years, there would be a myriad of issues arise. And some hard right populist would emerge, out of Timaru or somewhere. Luckily Aotearoa is a hard to get to, couple of isolated islands.

Oh and Ardern was of course elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. There have been more centralist political bodies.

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Ranix
claytonn
LG
kwlap
When has it gone extreme left??

Since Helen.....

Clarke? I promise you the labour party is not 'extreme left' ๐Ÿ˜‚
Yes. But that's not what the right wingers would have you believe.

Am actually starting to wonder if the NZ public might have appetite for a National Labour coalition. Get some bipartisan agreement happening on infrastructure, health and education. Make for some long term centralist planning. Won't make everyone happy, but ping pong politics is ruining this country.ย  Do away with the more extreme ideology we see from both sides of the spectrum.

Modern day Germany operates a bit like that.

Personally I think if Western European countries can somehow stop illegal immigration, alot of the hard right ideology will fade away. But easier said than done. Same the US with it's long Mexican border.

If say 10,000 illegals (predominantly single men) entered NZ over a couple of years, there would be a myriad of issues arise. And some hard right populist would emerge, out of Timaru or somewhere. Luckily Aotearoa is a hard to get to, couple of isolated islands.
Unknown editor edited September 19, 2025 01:28
Ranix
claytonn
LG
kwlap
When has it gone extreme left??

Since Helen.....

Clarke? I promise you the labour party is not 'extreme left' ๐Ÿ˜‚
Yes. But that's not what the right wingers would have you believe.

Am actually starting to wonder if the NZ public might have appetite for a National Labour coalition. Get some bipartisan agreement happening on infrastructure, health and education. Make for some long term centralist planning. Won't make everyone happy, but ping pong politics is ruining this country.ย  Do away with the more extreme ideology we see from both sides of the spectrum.

Modern day Germany operates a bit like that.

Personally I think if Western European countries can somehow stop illegal immigration, alot of the hard right ideology will fade away. But easier said than done. Same the US with it's long Mexican border.

If say 10,000 illegals (predominantly single men) entered NZ over a couple of years, there would be a myriad of issues arise. And some hard right populist would emerge. Luckily Aotearoa is a hard to get to, couple of isolated islands.