The Decline of the Labour Party

John Key’s strategy of adapting to the party program of the Labour Party surely has left more than a dent in the Labour Party which seems to have been struggling since the departure of Helen Clark.

None of her successors have been able to fill the gaping void of a leading position of the Labour Party that has been left by her. John Key’s success shows us that not only the course of a political party but also the face of a political party is important. Nowadays one could well argue that the latter has become far more important in order to become the leading political party of a country. New Zealand seems to be a picture perfect example of that.

As such New Zealand seems to be approaching the threat of becoming a country with a political system that is essentially only governed by one party if the National Party should pull too far ahead and keep adapting to the program of other rising parties that could impede their success.

Also this could potentially lead into parties only being voted for because of their public face. This could be heavily abused should there ever be parties with malicious intent that come into power that way.

At the end of the day people shouldn’t route for a political party solely base on the ‘Face’ of the party, but also its core values. Otherwise some unsavoury individuals might take the system to their advantage, since actions like this can be easily executed if not enough people are paying attention, and this can easily happen if people only pay attention to the surface or rather the ‘Face’ in this scenario.