The results are in, and it's looking like a National-Act coalition to take power, which is roughly like the Republicans winning in the US. No, not as right wing, as a friend of mine is eager to point out, but still rightwing enough to fuck shit up for those not fortunate enough to be born with trust funds.

WHAT THE FUCK, NZ? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Still, I give them three years to mess things up to the point the electorate goes, "What the fuck were we thinking?"

Ouch .. I'm sorry to hear that Misk. Sometimes it does take doses of bad to realize what good is. (Look what we did with the repubs and bush for the first six years of the new centuary -no coffee yet.. can't spell.)

By not as right wing, do you mean in the sense that most first world countries don't have parties as batshit-right as Republicans? Or do you mean in NZ's left-right spectrum, they wouldn't be quite as far to the right?

I WISH TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF MY POTENTIAL FUTURE HOME. Mostly so I can force it to embrace Halloween with gusto.

But you've got wonderful programmes like universal health care I'd really hate to see messed with. I"ve often pointed out to my reichthuglican supporting brother that we are the only industrialized first world country who doesn't have universal health care coverage. I hope your centre party looks before they leaps. Big business is all well and fine for providing jobs but lets get real; no centre party be in republican or not has any record of social justice.
Best of luck to you babe. Hopefully next time people will have learned from their mistakes.