Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Now this takes balls
When you are registering barely a blip in the polls - it is slightly unusual to call for an election, and that is why I like Richard Prebble. More wooden than a picket fence - he is none the less admirably principled;
"What is actually unusual is that Helen Clark thinks she has any mandate at all to be putting together, by secret backdoor negotiations, legislation affecting the total coastline of the country. While it is in no way Helen Clark's fault, the fact remains the electorate has not been able to give clear instruction to the politicians. Helen Clark, Winston Peters, Peter Dunne and now the Greens, need to remember that parliament is called the House of Representatives. None of these politicians have any electoral mandate for the secret deals they are negotiating.
"It is obvious the government doesn't have a majority and it should seek a fresh mandate from the electorate."
