Alliance: what alliance?

From: The Press | Date: February 19, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The Alliance has chosen an election year to hit the self-destruct button. Last year's internal dissension has once again reared its head, and this time looks likely to finish the organisation off once and for all. The Press' political editor reports from Wellington.

Alliance leader and Christchurch MP Jim Anderton would make a very poor gib-stopper. His attempt to plaster over the cracks that became gaping holes in the Alliance late last year would have had him sent smartly back to Trades 101. The patch-up job lasted no more than the length of the Christmas break, when the two wings of the ...

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