The progressive parties are ready

by frog

Rod launch

The Greens and the Progressives both launched their election campaigns in Auckland yesterday, and the message coming out of both of them was: we’re ready to be part of a Labour-led Government. The LPG combination, as some have taken to calling it, is a coalition-in-waiting, said Radio New Zealand political editor Kathryn Ryan this morning.

It’s heartening to hear Jim Anderton saying he could be part of a three-way coalition with Labour and the Greens. On current polling, the LPG bloc is around three seats short of a majority, so we have a challenge ahead. Our goal: to form a government with progressive policies which saves Labour from having to depend on NZ First.

The contrast with the warring parties on the right – National, Act and NZ First – is striking…

Photo credit: John Collie.

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Published in Campaign by frog on Mon, August 15th, 2005   

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