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Ryan Bridge: Can we rule out a NZ First/Labour coalition?
Can you trust Winston Peters not go with Labour next year?
No you can’t. He hasn’t ruled it out.
Despite National scoring a higher party vote in 2017, he went with Jacinda.
Labour has not ruled Winston out. Winston has not ruled Labour out. Winston has ruled out Chippy, so a leadership swap in the last seven weeks of the campaign, or even during negotiations, is possible.
Hipkins is a party man, and if the choice was opposition for his caucus or the Treasury benches, he’d fall on his sword.
So it’s a live scenario.
If Labour and NZ First get enough to form a coalition together, wouldn’t he…
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