PATTRICK SMELLIE: Are we there yet?

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Are we there yet?
Pattrick Smellie
Finally, exhaustingly, the election is nearly here.Political parties will never stop campaigning until the very last moment, but that moment is midnight tonight – less than 24 hours away. The remnants of the campaign-that-would-not-end will excite few and change even fewer voters’ minds.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has two or three last shopping mall throngs to negotiate. National Party leader Judith Collins has but a few hours left to offend those who are skinny, having offended those who are not.The last TV debate is done, w...

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