Simon Manning

Generally speaking the Left sees things through a lens of scarcity (there are only limited resources, there are only limited opportunities to make money, therefore we must control everything as much as possible, to ensure we can allocate the limited resources we have, and work out how to share one pie around). Again generally speaking, the Right sees things through a lens of opportunity and abundance, there are unlimited resources - although we might not have worked out how to access them yet; there is an unlimited opportunity to create more wealth by creating things of value to others; we can bake many more pies (often called “growing the pie”). Now there are people who self-identify as right-wing and see the world through a deficit lens, and there are people who self-identify as left-wing and see the world through an abundance lens (although not many in my experience), so it isn’t always a perfect metric. And it isn’t to discount the challenges that there can be in baking more pies. It is often hard work and requires tenacity, commitment and creativity. But that mindset is crucial - if you don’t decide to bake more pies, you will only focus on cutting up the pie that has been put on the table by others.

🚩Breaking New Poll Talbot Mills. National still stuck in the 20’s. Only NZF’s strong numbers lock the left out. Luxon’s India FTA has done zero favours for the Nats. According to Curia via Hooton WP now leads all other leaders in net favourability. NZF have just under 6months to pull in another 5-10%. With Labour voters realising that Labour is now the party of the blue haired drongos, and not the blue collar worker, it’s entirely doable. (May 1 - 10) Nat 29% NZF 14% Act 7% —— lab 36% Grn 9% TPM 2%

Winston Peters: We're going to have some dramatic changes in our national interest.