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Ryan Bridge: We need to break away from coalition governments
Yesterday was MMP in action.
It was exhibit A of a coalition government.
Without a single party with a clear mandate, you end up with piecemeal positions. You get a report done then you cherry pick which options are palatable to everybody and effective for nobody.
In this case they picked just two of the ten options.
Seymour would have liked the option of flogging off the 51% of energy companies we do own, but on the other hand, Matua Shane wanted the buy the rest back.
It’s what we call a political halfway house.
Critics on this side say we needed more intervention, critics on that side say…
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