Mt Roskill by-election – polls and punditry as it goes to the wire
Mt Roskill is as Labour as Micky Savage's brainstem. If Labour loses – or even only manages a tight win – the result could be cataclysmic.
One of the most basic rules for covering politics is to beware political operatives who sidle up to you and declare they have a private poll which shows them well ahead in whatever electoral race is going on.
The only sensible response is to declare you, yourself, have a private poll which shows