Posted by alexandra_k on July 21, 2005, at 16:04:04
In reply to Re: election year, posted by alexandra_k on July 4, 2005, at 4:43:14
The Greens have backed down on their push for decriminalisation of cannibus. Basically... Labour has said 'no way'. The Greens wanted to make their post-election alliance with Labour conditional on that policy. But its not going to happen. The Greens need that alliance more than Labour does (they are more left wing than Labour so there is no way they can form alliance with the conservatives)
So they are plugging for instant fines instead.
Nope. Sell outs :-(
I might just have to make a Labour vote this year....
The Greens have their heart in the right place (mostly).
I like their pacifist stance.
But Labour fairly much are anyways.
National is putting their foot in it rather.
The media cited Brash (leader of the National Party) as saying the nuclear free policy would be 'gone by lunchtime' if the Nats get the majority.
He was also caught saying that he would have done the same as Bush with respect to the Iraq situation... heh heh. He's been asked about it since and he says 'thats not a current issue, the current issue that people should be focused on is this govts waste of public resources' (i.e., welfare). Even when he was told that it was a current issue because he was being asked about it now he was determined that it did not count as a current issue!
Ha!
Labour has decided to get personal.. 'The nats aren't to be trusted'...
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