The winner of the third NZ election leaders' debate? Death
by Steve Braunias from on (#58V3A)
Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins both bring B-game to seemingly interminable show
Are we there yet? Is it election day? Is it possible to bring the date forward a little bit from 17 October? Not by too much - things have to be put in place, pens secured to pieces of string and the like. How's tomorrow?
Election fatigue hit hard during Tuesday night's leaders' debate. It was a long programme. It could have been worse: it could still be going. Mind you, it feels like it still is and always will be; that the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, and the opposition leader, Judith Collins, will go at it unhappily ever after in front of a live audience in a dark room in Christchurch.
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