THE DID NOT VOTE PARTY ROMPS HOME TO VICTORY!

After its overwhelming success in the 2014 General Election, the Did Not Vote Party romped to another impressive victory - this time in the Mt Roskill by-election. With the political system increasingly disconnected from the people it claims to represent, the Did Vote Party can surely expect more success at the 2017 General Election.

THE WIDESPREAD DISCONTENT with 'politics as usual' was again in evidence in the Mt Roskill by election.

A massive 68 percent of eligible voters simply didn't show up at the polling booths.

Labour's Michael Wood, received only 21 percent of the final vote but it was still enough to send him to Parliament. National's Parmjeet Parmar fared even worse - she only received 9 percent of the vote.

While the corporate media continues to obsess over the machinations of mainstream politics, it appears oblivious to the fact that more and more folk see ‘politics as usual’ as being unrepresentative of their concerns and needs.