Hosking endorses Genter

Mike Hosking writes:

People selected for anything but actual talent and the ability to propel the party forward. Having said that, given I am not a Green, and given this advice will fall on deaf ears, let us turn to the reality of the situation.

If they insist on a co-leader, of the three there is a clear winner: Julie Anne Genter.

Genter, like James Shaw is likeable. I have called her my favourite Green. She didn’t like it for fear that my support tainted her prospects within the cloistered world of the tree hugger and snail lover.

Genter’s bid is probably now doomed, after an endorsement by Mike Hosking!

But unlike them, I judge people on what they bring to the party, whether I am politically aligned to them or not. She is a genuinely likeable, bright, articulate operator of enough appeal beyond her green mandate to potentially be effective.

Genter has the ability to grow the vote for the Greens. The other two are more about appealing to the existing base.