Article: Prebble talks of political juggling act

LOVE him or loathe him, Richard Prebble is one of the few "characters" among New Zealand politicians. And he has been thinking, again.

He reckons the first MMP election presents us with the biggest political challenge we have had.

New Zealanders, he says, have never been in a situation where so much uncertainty is combining around one event.

"There are no conventional signposts to guide us. The normal compasses don't work. And a dense fog is hovering about two feet from the ground."

And, according to Mr Prebble, it's going to be even worse after the election: "We will be in political limbo-land. For two weeks following the general election, we will not have a government. That's my ...

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