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National leader Judith Collins has ruled out a coalition with the nascent Advance NZ party, saying she is not “crazy.”
The chances that Collins would join a party formed by Jami-Lee Ross, who left the National Party in a storm of controversy while accusing him of voter fraud, were always slim.
Collins was directly asked if he could rule out working with the group on their trip to Northland on Thursday.
“Absolutely,” Collins replied.
“Because I’m not crazy.”
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National Party leader Judith Collins has described Advance NZ’s policies as “unscientific.”
Ross responded by attacking National polls.
“The opposition leaders languishing in the 1920s can’t exactly dictate the terms,” he said.
“We are appreciating the support that comes to us as the Nats continue to burn their former supporters. Please keep it up, Judith. “
Collins said he got a chance to get a closer look at Advance NZ’s policies in a debate in his local constituency earlier this week, and was shocked by anti-5G anti-scientific sentiment.
“I really thought there was a real lack of adoption of science in our schools. How good it is that we have a policy of hosting science and technology and math training in our schools, because we clearly need it. “
Advance NZ co-leader Billy Te Kahika is running for the Northland Māori position. Northland MP Matt King described him as a “cheerleader.”
Ross’s Advance NZ partnered with Te Kahika’s nascent New Zealand Public Party.
The main political platform of the New Zealand Public Party is a rejection of the government’s Covid-19 response.
Te Kahika has made a number of false claims, including that the World Health Organization is against blockades and that Covid-19 is a secret biological weapon.
Advance NZ has recorded 0.8 percent and 0.6 percent in the last two 1 News / Colmar Brunton center.
Thursday’s game lost a last minute bid to be included in Newshub’s “Powerbrokers debate”.
National’s much more likely coalition partner, if it gets enough support to form a government, is the ACT Party.
Collins said in Wednesday night’s debate that he thought ACT leader David Seymour would make a good deputy prime minister.
Labor leader Jacinda Ardern responded: “Jeepers!”
