With the Labour Government now almost certain to be defeated in the 2023 General Election, let’s consider what might have happened if Winston Peters had decided in favour of Bill English, and not Jacinda Ardern, following the 2017 General Election.

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Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in New...