Byron Clark

So the commentators are all towing the Labour Party line that "a vote for the Workers Party (or RAM or Alliance) is a vote for National" first the The CWG, then Steve from The Standard and now Matt McCarton has joined in:

"There will be a temptation for these [staunch left] voters to give their party vote to openly left-wing parties, such as RAM (Residents Action Movement), the Workers Party and the Alliance (my old party). The combined party vote of these left-wing parties will be less than 2 per cent. That will mean all their party votes they get will be allocated proportionately to other parties that make it into parliament.
Interestingly, that means that half of the staunch left vote will be added to National. If these left-wingers instead gave their party vote to the Greens it would give them another two MPs they wouldn't otherwise get.

It is true that if a large percentage of the party vote goes to parties that don't cross the 5% threshold the remaining seats would be divided up between the parties that did, however there will be no remaining seats this election, Jim Anderton, Peter Dunne and almost every Maori Party MP are likely to cause an overhang, meaning there will be extra seats in parliament, so no seats will be given to parties that didn't win them. Hear that? there is no way voting Workers Party will give more seats to National

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For those readers wanting to keep track of my election campaign, I would recommend bookmarking my page on VoteMe.co.nz it will contain all my speeches (including a video of my campaign launch speech), press releases and a diary of candidates meetings and other events I'll be attending.

The Workers Party page on VoteMe.co.nz is here.

This Monday we celebrate the 40 hour work week. The party calling for a shorter working week (in fact, for many workers today even 40 would be shorter) will be out campaigning.

In Wellington:
Progressive Alternatives to Labour debate hear the parties to Labour's left debate who represents a progressive alternative.
Southern Cross Bar, 38 Abel Smith St.

In Christchurch:
Workers Party members will be attending the Council of Trade Unions picnic at Heathcoate Domain on Port Hills Rd (map, bus time table) and giving out leaflets as well as talking with working people about issues that concern them. Come along and have a chat with us. 2pm to 4pm.

There are two candidates meetings come up in the next couple of weeks that I'll be speaking at in my capacity as the Workers Party Candidate for Christchurch Central. If anyone can make it a long and ask questions (most questions usually go to Labour and National and third-party candidates don't get a chance to say much) that would be appreciated.
Here are the details:

When: Thursday the 23rd at 7:30pm
Where: St Albans Community Centre, 1047 Columbo St, St Albans

When: Thursday the 30th, 7:30pm
Where: St Albans Baptist Church Hall, 64 McFaddens Rd, St Albans

It seems people are politically involved in the suburb of St Albans.