Brexit Bad Boy Arron Banks on his love for New Zealand and his respect for Winston Peters

The Brexit architect, who was trapped in New Zealand for six months during the lockdown, loved the place so much that he is thinking of moving here.

British businessman Arron Banks, who along with his colleague Andy Wigmore are labeled the bad guys of Brexit and financed the Leave.EU campaign, has spoken about how he was drawn to the NZ lifestyle and the NZ First leader. , Winston Peters.

Banks was living in Herne Bay in Auckland during the first quarter of 2020 with her son attending King’s College private high school, but when the country closed at the end of March, their stay was extended and they ended up in the country for six months. .

He and his family have since returned to the UK, but Banks said his son loved his time here and wants to go back.

“He’s been talking about wanting to come back and make sixth. Because he’s a great rugby player, he loves his rugby.”

Banks told the Herald that he loved New Zealand and could be seen living here for part of the year.

“It was fantastic. We had a really fabulous time. New Zealand would be a lovely place to live.”

When asked if a move was in the cards, he said: “You never know … Possibly. Possibly. I thought I loved it. It was a nice lifestyle. I’m quite international anyway, so I could easily see myself living New Zealand part of the year. I travel to America a lot and go everywhere. “

However, Banks said he may have to wait until after the October election to make a decision, as he was hired to provide Winston Peters with social media services to aid his political campaign.

When asked why he cared about New Zealand politics, he replied, “Why wouldn’t we care? And we like Winston.”

“We have a worldview of the kind of politics that we think is the right one and that’s why we are always interested.”

He described Peters as a “kindred spirit” and part of the anti-awakening movement.

“The bottom line is that I think he’s going to do a lot better than people think.”

Banks believed that the race between Labor and National would stiffen and that Peters would return to maintain the balance of power.

“Jacinda (Ardern) is popular, but her party is not,” he said.

“The way we see it is that the left-wing guy has tamed the National Party. They’re just emasculated. And Winston is that person willing to take the role of the antichrist, if he wants, to awaken brigade and I think he’s a winner of votes “.

He said Peters’s greatest strength was that he was authentic and “doesn’t change his message to suit whichever direction the wind blows.”

Last month, the Herald revealed that Banks had contacted Peters’ office in his role as foreign minister, seeking help regarding a transit visa for Australia in mid-June.

But Peters’ office denied that he had used his ministerial influence and taxpayer-funded staff to ease his path and that providing consular assistance was part of his role.

In July, Banks told the UK Telegraph: “I am going to be on the ground in New Zealand causing trouble – mischief, mayhem and guerilla warfare in New Zealand elections.”

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