Garrick is absolutely spot-on with this effort. The Nats, hand in hand with ACT and NZ FIRST will coast in to office by default in the next election.
A major factor will be the government’s outrageous apartheid policies which Winston will certainly hammer. But boldness and National are not bed-fellows, their electoral success as always, resting on a public craving for stability reflected by their “just minding the shop” passivity to public office.
