Former Auckland Mayor and former National MP John Banks is now the ACT candidate for Epsom.
He'll probably win the seat if the Nats don't put up a strong candidate to oust him.
My completely uninformed guess is that the Nats won't make a particular effort to win Epsom, now they will have someone in ACT they can work with. Don Brash may be offensive to the public (his polling is very poor for a new leader), but Banks doesn't carry the same baggage and has a strong network of supporters in the affluent eastern suburbs of Auckland.
On current polling ACT may get only three MPs in the next parliament, meaning Brash, Banks and one other. Probably not the hard-working Heather Roy, and probably not Hilary Calvert (who could best be described as "eccentric"), because Brash's past record suggests he is not keen on having too many women in positions of responsibility. So they'll probably choose Boscawen, or perhaps they'll resurrect another dinosaur, or find another crypt to crack open.
Anyway, it's good to finally see rich elderly white men getting a chance. They've had it rough these last few years.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
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Last time the NACTs colluded over Epsom it cost us local democracy and a minimum $300 million cost overrun http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10728270
ReplyDeleteWhat's it going to cost us this time? Several billion dollars in expatriated profits from SOEs?
Incidentally, seeing as Epsom is so affluent maybe the rest of us poor SAPs in Auckland should invoice the rich f**kers for this entirely foreseeable cockup.
And Perigo's their press sec. It's almost as if they're trying to alienate everyone except that guy Redbaiter.
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