Alliance Party offers a new home for Progressive Party members disillusioned with Labour

Saturday 25 July 2009

Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says that with the announcement that the Progressive Party will no longer be contesting elections, the Alliance Party would welcome any Progressive's and others who do not wish to take Jim Anderton’s advice and join the Labour Party.

"To all accounts the Progressive Party is winding up. Progressive members who do not feel at home with the Rogernomics style, right wing economic policies of Phil Goff's Labour Party will find themselves more at home in the Alliance."

Alliance Party policies including free healthcare and education, affordable housing, progressive taxation, and a liveable wage or benefit, would appeal to those disappointed with the final merging of the Progressive Party into the Labour Party, a process that had long ago occurred in all but name.

“It would make much more sense to join a party that believes in the same things as you do, rather than, as Mr Anderton suggests, join the Labour Party and try to persuade them to adopt your ideas. Labour hasn’t listened in the past so why would you expect them to listen in the future?"

According to Ms Murray, the Alliance Party intends to run a full candidate list and to stand candidates in as many electorates as possible in the 2011 election.

There will be ample scope for Progressive Party members to help the Alliance at all levels in the 2011 campaign should they so wish.

Ms Murray suggests Progressive Party members check out the Alliance website http://www.alliance.org.nz for an up to date look at the party and contact details for key people within the party.

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