![]() Now, nowhere is it actually stated in the article that progressives should join and support Labour en masse rather than supporting the Greens or Te Pāti Māori, but the argument is implicit. My main issue with the article is his implication that progressives should support Labour and push it to the left. I don’t agree with every point Neas makes, but it’s an intelligent and cogent contribution to the debate and honestly, I’m just relieved it wasn’t another Blue-Green take. I’m writing this in response to Ollie Neas’s excellent piece The Greens’ Labour problem, in which he questioned whether the Green Party was the right focal point for leftwing political energy in New Zealand. ![]() ![]() The idea that progressives should focus their energy on shifting Labour to the left – rather than supporting smaller parties that are already there – fails to win over Green candidate Francisco Hernandez.
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