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Seymour responds to Prime Minister

Seymour responds to Prime Minister

ACT Leader David Seymour responds to criticism from the Prime Minister:

"He's upset about a bad word? We're upset about the prospect of NZ first running our country's finances with retrograde 1950s policies.

"And the 2.7 million members of KiwiSaver will be doing far more swearing when they see the cost of NZ First's confiscation policy has on their retirement savings.

"The supposed Kingmaker threatens to nationalise New Zealanders' savings and National's main concern is ACT's language. National used to be a party of protecting property rights, and standing up for the individual against the government. Now they stand for toadying up to Winston Peters to keep their ministerial cars and salaries.

"Thank God ACT did draw attention to NZ First's asset confiscation policy, forcing a backdown by Peters, while National looks the other way even as New Zealand First's economic lunacy gets more outrageous.

"Has Bill English spent any time at all with voters recently? Because what I hear from angry constituents when I go door to door puts my language to shame. People are furious, not just about shifty Winston Peters, but a broken housing market and rising crime under both Labour and National.

"I do not regret my words and ACT will not back down."

ENDS

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