Retirement of Jim Sutton
Wainuiomata-based Labour List MP Jim Sutton is to retire from Parliament as part of Labour's 'refresh' to help it keep power at the next election. While I have no strong feelings against Jim Sutton, or his replacement Charles Chauvel, I find it a curious decision.
The support that Labour lost at the last election was primarily the conservative rural and provincial vote it had managed to pick up off National in 1999 and 2002. It already picked up some of the urban, liberal, socialist vote off the Greens at the last election.
So dumping a farmer who was respected for his work as a Minister in trade and rural affairs for an urban lawyer (although a very sucessful one) seems counter-intuitive to me.
The support that Labour lost at the last election was primarily the conservative rural and provincial vote it had managed to pick up off National in 1999 and 2002. It already picked up some of the urban, liberal, socialist vote off the Greens at the last election.
So dumping a farmer who was respected for his work as a Minister in trade and rural affairs for an urban lawyer (although a very sucessful one) seems counter-intuitive to me.
posted by Michael at
11:27 AM
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