Show Notes
Almost as good as a nice MLT, mutton, lettuce and tomato, was the weekends moves from the Opposition that called National’s bluff, showed both labour and the Greens have got solid ideas on topics they can work together on while also having their own positions and the party that keeps lying looks desperate as they call what they got “dishonest” - as IPSOS demands National stop misrepresenting their data.
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