This is a selection of some of the tweets about the Act Party leadership contest. The tweets below are in (rough) reverse chronically order – the most recent tweets are first. More will be added. [Read more below]
Jamie Whyte to be the @actparty's Epsom candidate peaked at 60% this morning before crashing to 37%. https://www.ipredict.co.nz/app.php?
CarrieStoddart-Smith @Ellipsister
Jamie Whyte will do some damage to the Conservative right if he gets ACT leader, imo. Very principled. Unusual in RW pols. #ttrttpRT
Jaime Whyte's ACT credentials were lost when he spoke of smacking children: libertarians should respect a child's autonomy over their body.
@MVLibertas Both liberal but Whyte would very likely take the party more classical lib while Boscowen likely focus on econ only.
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Rumour is @JohnBoscawennz will give $1m to @actparty if he becomes leader and $100 if he doesn't #nzpol
Radio NZ news said Boscowen the frontrunner after last night's ACT Party meeting. @ipredictnz says 22% chance for him, 77% for Whyte.
ACT all pretending they are a proper party still. Bless.
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
Whyte says key ACT problem is that people don't know what the party is about and can't distinguish it from Nats. #ActFuture
Act's leadership contender Jamie Whyte: "Act is not a party for rich pricks. We are a party of the people."
@Michael_Parkin ipredict: Whyte 90% to win leadership only 14% to be Epsom candidate? ACT mad enough to embarrass new leader like that? Yes
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
On youth engagement, Whyte highlights youth's interest in "big ideas" over trimming around the edges. #ACTfuture
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
Boscawen wants ACT to draw heavily from centre-right Nat voters, whereas Whyte does not consider ACT centre-right nor far right. #ACTfuture
Mitchell Houlbrooke @Mitch_NZ
Whyte and Boscawen - huge contrast. Boscawen talking about party history and Whyte talking pure ideology #ACTfuture
Act Epsom hopeful David Seymour (left) says he'd have won already if it were a hair growing contest. pic.twitter.com/FEqbisJuyg
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
While Boscawen speaks, @dbseymour takes notes, Whyte adopts Thinking Man position. #ActFuture
Except for Jamie Whyte, it is really #ACTPast sorry to harsh your mellow
Michael Parkin @Michael_Parkin
Only paperwork being handed out at the Act leadership meeting is a 3 page stuff article on Boscawen
So is ACT livestreaming its leadership primary tonight? If not, why on earth not?
Rachel Glucina @RachelGlucinaNZ
@CactusKate2 Zainab's smart, successful, opinionated. She's no doormat political wifey. They're a formidable team. The Act party needs them.
Rachel Glucina @RachelGlucinaNZ
Jamie Whyte and his wife Zainab Sokona are what the Act party need. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11193256 …
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
@PeteDGeorge @JohnBoscawennz ACT is an ideological party - mere political survival isn't necessarily enough. No dignity in relying on Nats.
