ELECTION 2020: Three years will be gone in a blink of an eye - Collins

ELECTION 2020:  Three years will be gone in a blink of an eye - Collins
Rebecca Howard
National Party leader Judith Collins congratulated Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and said her party will be a “robust opposition” in a gracious concession speech.The election result is an “outstanding result” for Labour but “three years will be gone in the blink of an eye and I say to everybody, we will be back,” said Collins.Let there be no doubt “tonight is the start of the next campaign,” she said.“We will take time to reflect, review and we will change,” she said. “National wi...

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