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Open Mike 28/10/2026
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Last night's Verian poll:
Lab 27.3 Gre 14.8 TPM 0.1 =42.2 (Seats 56)
Nat 28.9 NZF 10.0 ACT 12.4 =51.3 (Seats 61)
Opp 6.3 (Seats 8)
Opp remains the balance of power. Labour is only 1.6 behind the Nats on this poll-they were 5 points down in the Verian last week so that gap has really closed.
Still all to play for-get out and vote!
While I'd be devastated if the nasty rabble that is the CoC get back in, in the wider context things don't look too bad at all for the Left.
Orban was dumped a few months ago in Hungary. Vucic has been beaten this week by a student-based party (!) in Serbia. Lula has beaten Bolsonaro in Brazil after a dramatic and unprecedented comeback prompted by mass demonstrations. Netanyahu is facing defeat in Israel today. Trump is probably going to lose both the House and the Senate on Nov 3. In an election that is going under the radar, Pedro Sanchez’ s Partido Popular and Leftist allies are now, incredibly, ahead in the polls in Spain for the November 29 election.
This Leftist wave may help on November 7.