Mana and Internet Party split
How Life After Kim is shaping up.
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The Mana Movement has split with the Internet Party as the pair’s controversial coalition comes to an end.
A letter has been sent to the Electoral Commission to formally close off the Internet Mana relationship after a disastrous election result.
The Mana Party were warned by many not to do it, and they paid the price. Without parliamentary funding, or funding from Dotcom, they will find it difficult to get back into Parliament. Making 5% is pretty much impossible, and Davis is likely to work hard at retaining his seat.
Political commentator David Farrar posts at Kiwiblog.
A leaked Hone Harawira email during the campaign laid bare the ill feeling and divide between the Mana leader and Kim Dotcom (a certain tension between the two parties could already be gleaned from departing Mana member Sue Bradford's comment that Dotcom was "A neoliberal millionaire who sounds like John Key.") Harawira went on to lose his seat and the Internet Party fell well short of the 5% MMP threshold. An undaunted Kim Dotcom has outlined plans to launch the Internet Party in the US. Read NBR's take on that idea here. Laila Harre quit as Internet Party leader on November 22. Meanwhile, Internet Party brand manager Andy Pickering has been photographed socialising with colourful Dotcom citics Cathy Odgers; perhaps an indication his time with the accused pirate's political movement is also through — Editor.
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Mana and Internet Party split
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