TIL the New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon, once called a snap election while extremely drunk. His party lost 10 seats. nzherald.co.nz Submitted by EucalyptusBrain t3_zwcnxu on December 27, 2022 at 10:32 AM in todayilearned 67 comments 1,988
bruzie t1_j1wnc55 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 11:15 PM Here's the drunken announcement Edit: Election night result - Muldoon announcing that they'd win the next one [in 1987] by a landslide. They didn't - in fact it was the first time Labour had back-to-back terms. Permalink 16 Illum503 t1_j1xw17o wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:07 AM > in fact it was the first time Labour had back-to-back terms. They formed a government 4 elections in a row from 1935 - 1949 Permalink Parent 5 bruzie t1_j1y2lu2 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:14 AM Shows me what I know - I'm sure I read a fact years ago stating that was the case, but obviously incorrect. Permalink Parent 3
Illum503 t1_j1xw17o wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:07 AM > in fact it was the first time Labour had back-to-back terms. They formed a government 4 elections in a row from 1935 - 1949 Permalink Parent 5 bruzie t1_j1y2lu2 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:14 AM Shows me what I know - I'm sure I read a fact years ago stating that was the case, but obviously incorrect. Permalink Parent 3
bruzie t1_j1y2lu2 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:14 AM Shows me what I know - I'm sure I read a fact years ago stating that was the case, but obviously incorrect. Permalink Parent 3
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