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Bomber is running the 4-year Parliamentary term up the flagpole;
I hope this was a provocation. As @norightturnnz pointed out a few months back, NZ governments already have a default 6 year term. No MMP govt has ever been turfed out after one term, so the first election they face after getting Executive power is really just a sanity check. Any govt chucked out at this point would clearly deserve it (like the current one).
@strypey No MMP government has been tossed out after a single term... so far.
There were two single-term FPP governments, but the last was 50 years ago.
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> No MMP government has been tossed out after a single term
True. Misleading paraphase corrected, #MeaCulpa.
> There were two single-term FPP governments, but the last was 50 years ago
If I remember rightly, that one really only happened because the PM died during the first term, throwing the governing party into disarray and giving their opponents the inside track. I think you mentioned this in your blog piece railing against the 4 year term nonsense.
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