Churchill also did not hold elections during WWII either. Wartime requirements for a country under attack from an outside force take precedent.

Yep, you already nailed the answer. John Key was on record before the election hoping for this outcome. Act and NZ first will all be hard AF and eager to duplicate the US dismantling of any progress in the last 50 years and firing of civil servants and experts, and the spiteful rhetoric at the plebian class.

Fuck this guy, with his own dildo rocket straight to any assteroid he wants to mine.