Fairfax
claimed before 446,287 votes were even counted in the 2017
General Election that I was holding the country to
ransom.
Second, that I had tried to get a deal on an
electorate seat.
Today’s editorial is slovenly and
deceitful in the extreme and it begins by saying I want to
reduce the 5 per cent parliamentary threshold for political
parties. What is so bad about that lie is that it is so
blatant.
On the review of the electoral system, to which
political parties made submissions, New Zealand First
submitted that the threshold should remain at 5 per cent.
That view was made public by us and was widely broadcast at
the time.
That being the case, why have you attempted to
deceive readers for the umpteenth time where New Zealand
First is concerned?
In 24 years New Zealand First has
never tried to do a deal with another political party prior
to the election.
Would you please tell your readers where
you get your evidence, or is making it up as you go along
your professional
forte?
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