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Speaker 1: There's been a concerted campaign by Don Brash and Nick Mowbray to get national voters to split their vote, to engineer an overhang, a move John Key has said would be the opposite of clever. And so in the weekend Herald, Don Brash went to press again to say why it's a good idea, the upshot being that national strength in the electorates could mean a loss of list seats, which affects several senior ministers, notably Nicola Willis. And in the piece on Saturday, he argued that national voters are smart enough to work out split voting for themselves and and they don't need John Key telling them how to vote. The irony is that Mr. Brash and Mr. Mowbray are also telling people how to vote. Mr. Brash believes it's the only way for National to save a centre-right coalition, but there is another way. Be more popular, National in particular. The other disconnect is that many on the right, in fact, many in New Zealand, already believe New Zealand has too many MPs. And here's Mr. Brash and Mr. Mowbray wanting even more. If there was an overhang, it could get as high as 124 MPs, and we're paying for these people. And the other irony is that many on the right can't stand it when Helen Clark-Buckson, with her tuppence, And yet here is a former leader of National and ACT doing exactly the same at the age of 85. What source for the goose, Mr. Brash, is also source for the gander? And I would prefer Mr. Brash to zip it, sweetie. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to Newstalk ZB from 5am weekdays or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.