Today's resignation talk by Don Brash sends a very clear
message to the National Party, says Progressive leader, Jim
Anderton.
"Don Brash twice stood for election to
Parliament in the 1980s in the very safe National-held seat
of East Coast Bays. He was rejected both times because his
impractical, extremist views turned off too many
voters.
"Don Brash's commitments to sell Kiwibank, to take
away working parents' Four Weeks Annual Leave holiday
entitlements and his opposition to government and industry
partnership to promote jobs and growth in the regions, are
the type of rigid commitments that will sink National next
year," the Progressive leader said.
"National's task after
the 2005 election will be to make sure that its next leader
is in touch with the values and aspirations of most Kiwis,"
Jim Anderton said.
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