Interesting results in the Local and European elections.
There is no support for the far right but we still have considerable support for the far left.
The greens have had a great weekend but it won't translate into National elections; people support environmental issues and are so concerned about Climate Change... right up to the point it costs them something. Just look at the selfish, short sighted myopic protests against water charges. If people won't even pay that then we've no chance of any real changes.
It is also positive that the Shinners lost a good chunk of the mindless protest vote (mostly now with the Greens with the rest still with the far left).
The positive is that there is still a good majority of the electorate who are solidly centralist, despite the huge media coverage the far left gets from the Public sector Broadcaster.
There is no support for the far right but we still have considerable support for the far left.
The greens have had a great weekend but it won't translate into National elections; people support environmental issues and are so concerned about Climate Change... right up to the point it costs them something. Just look at the selfish, short sighted myopic protests against water charges. If people won't even pay that then we've no chance of any real changes.
It is also positive that the Shinners lost a good chunk of the mindless protest vote (mostly now with the Greens with the rest still with the far left).
The positive is that there is still a good majority of the electorate who are solidly centralist, despite the huge media coverage the far left gets from the Public sector Broadcaster.