Positive news around the world for conservatives. In NZ the Labour Party is sending the budget into deficit to fund the first tax cuts in nine years. Given that there is an election in NZ this year and the Government is so far behind in the polls, it is a pretty desperate and conceited attempt to get reelected:
A Fairfax Media-Nielsen opinion poll published at the weekend showed Opposition leader John Key’s National Party on 56 percent and Clark’s Labour on 29 percent.
And in the UK the Labour Party has been routed in by-elections this week:
Mr Timpson surpassed Labour’s worst fears achieving a swing of 17.6 per cent in his party’s first by-election gain since 1983 – and the first from Labour for 30 years.
David Cameron described the result as “remarkable” and attacked Labour’s campaign which targeted independent school-educated Mr Timpson’s background, portraying him as a “Tory toff”.
He remarked: “It was in many ways the end of New Labour. I think it was a great mistake.”
Lets hope the trend continues in Australia.