ELECTION 2020: Winston Peters, King of the Grumps, Vows Happiness

ELECTION 2020: Winston Peters, King of the Grumps, Vows Happiness
Jane Clifton
Winston Peters has a price on his head this election, and he knows it.Every single other party is re-imagining the movie Kill Bill as Bin Win - most especially his erstwhile mates Labour and Green, who owe him everything. He says of his coalition partners: “They go from zero to overjoyed ecstasy to forgetful ingratitude at great speed.” Despite his kingmaker role in putting Jacinda Ardern’s Labour into office last election, against expectations and in the teeth of global practice in coalition politics, he i...

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