The need for unity in Auckland

Bernard Orsman writes:

's political right is fragmented and facing failure in the Super City elections, warns former mayor John .

Vic Crone, John Palino and are splitting the centre-right vote for the mayoralty while a new Party-backed Auckland Future ticket has emerged – to run a separate campaign from its long-established Communities & Residents (C&R) stablemate.

Banks, has tasted victory and defeat at Auckland local body elections, says it is impossible for the centre-right to win the mayoralty with three mayoral candidates.

β€œThe centre-right needs to sit down and clearly identify a candidate of preferred choice. There is simply not enough from the centre-right to overcome the fight between the three candidates.

β€œ[Labour MP] is getting some serious momentum that is going to be difficult to catch,” Banks says.

agree that a three way split between centre-right candidates will hand Goff the Mayoralty on the plate.

At some stage no doubt a organisation will conduct a poll in Auckland. My suggestion would be that any candidate under say 10% drops out, as you have no chance of winning if you're in single figures at stage.

Comments (32)

Login to comment or vote

Add a Comment