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So it turned out OK.\xa0

Well, this part at least.\xa0

A deal is done, the pens and papers getting rolled out today and we have a Government.\xa0

You have to say, 20 days on from the final vote is not bad going.\xa0

There is a lot of weird democracy going on in the world. If you look at Argentina or Spain or Holland in just the past couple of weeks alone, the fact that some got exercised over 20 days in a free and fair election reminds us we don\u2019t know how lucky we are.\xa0

As it has been pointed out, three parties in Government is a first in Cabinet, bound together by what I assume is a moderately detailed document.\xa0

You have to commend, firstly, Chris Luxon. The media gave him a ridiculous serve over his mergers and acquisition claims. Even if you suggest, and I probably do, that he shouldn\u2019t have spruiked his credentials 20 days shows, details pending, he delivered.\xa0

But that is the Luxon story so far isn't it?\xa0

The media, who have been shockingly exposed these past six years over their bias, decided Luxon was a clown, couldn't connect, didn\u2019t know politics and was set for a fall.\xa0

Yet, look at the proof. He fixed National, won the election and stitched together a three party deal in less than three weeks.\xa0

You also have to commend David Seymour and Winston Peters. There were no leaks, plenty of professionalism and Seymour, as I have said, gets extra kudos for being pretty available to tell us, within constraint, what was going on.\xa0

The potential here is huge.\xa0

MMP has been ropey. Too many deals have not been delivered, too many people have fallen out and too many parties have been punished, even vanished, as part of deals.\xa0

This one might end up the same. But my gut says it's got a better-than-even chance of actually being a hit.\xa0

There is genuine good will and genuine common purpose, with people who have a combination of real world experience, political experience and plain, old zeal to get this country, this once great country currently battered and hobbled, back on its feet and firing.\xa0

There are details, jobs, policies and compromises to come.\xa0

But at this stage - let's get into it, let's sort some stuff and let's wish them well.\xa0

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