Being a bit involved in this campaign its my belief that we choose the wrong candidate. Halbert is a political broiler and exactly the type that dont resonate in a progressive area of Auckland where a lot of former Labour voters who have gotten property-...
Excellent reply. We may also need to work with changing certain norms and values in our "failed" communities. When you have whole families where crime is the answer, there needs to be intervention from the state and support provided to children from an ...
This is whats scary, people actually think that the ideas of our 2014 campaign reasoned in NZ. Did you step out of the internet bubble and speak to our electorate in 2014? Another 2014 election and the second largest party in this country is NZ first. We ...
I struggle a fair bit with people that choose to se things through lenses that suit a very narrow reality. John Key will of course paint this as a Andrew Little issue, he is a politician. e knows that Labour is his archenemy and to sow the seeds of doubt ...
Since I am Labour and not just an opinionated commenter I have been assisting with this campaign. We are in deep shit here. The area is rapidly changing, the old labour voters in the ward, bluecollar whites and pacific islanders are quickly making way for ...
Finland teaches teachers to be teachers. True. They also disagree with modern pedagogy and ideas such as round tables set ups, children learning how to problem-solve and primary schools without homework and tests. The kids have almost daily tests from year...
This perceived organisational brilliance is a narrative I struggle with. The telco unbundling, well it was hardly "best practice"" we saw, instead a hogwash of halfhearted efforts. That means we still have very high telco prices and awful bandwidth. Id go ...
Dotcom has been brilliant for the GDP. Supporting small businesses, legal offices and restaurateurs a plenty. However there are few like him. I would be content if we capped the number of skilled migration visas and stopped the practice of providing visas ...
I also had a quick look at his credentials and came to the opposite conclusion. In this case his publication list stands out for all the wrong reasons. (I only checked 3 years behind in time). There are a plethora of so called publications. NON are in high...
Why - how dependent are University of Waikato on International students? Case in point, 10.000 students graduated with level 7 qualifications from private colleges in Auckland. The colleges boast that they have passrates of 99% and they cater solely to ...
And why should the Swedish prosecutor travel to London? Because Assange is special? Because he deserves special treatment? Because he as the accused choose where he gets interviewed and how? Nah, were all equal in front of the law thank you. He has put ...
Interesting topic, I am one parent who always bring my kids on holidays outside semester breaks. Every year. To me visiting foreign countries is always something that children benefit from. Now I wouldn't personally choose Fiji, I am surprised that our ...
Oki so seriously Corbyn is a hardshooter who is like SNP. Sure if we forget that Corbyn supports a few things the SNP doesnt. Like his major issues with: + Taxataion - 75% toprate income tax for the rich. + Fiscal policy - The BoE should print money if ...
While its easy to paint a picture of a National government thats on its knees its probably worth remembering that they got 49% of the votes and we, hmm performed abysmal. We have a long way to go, but the tide has turned and as long as we can perform and ...
Well meaning politicians like Jeremy Corburn? Seriously, well meaning, the man who reckons that Islamic courts are acceptable in Britian, who actively tries to blockade israel a democracy and instead support the hamas led Gaza republic? A man who support ...
I think we need to understand that Helen Clark as a candidate for the top job is a longshot. She is a candidate that may be considered should the frontrunners not be suitable or acceptable for the 5 major powers on the UN board. Its only if there is ...
Hmm, I think the answer is simpler than most of you. John Key relies on his polls. I doubt his polls show strong support for more Maori language outside of committed left-wing activists are some Maori. So John Key can safely say that Maori language is ...
I'm sorry - but that IS funny. Don't pretend you didn't all laugh a little as well. The comments about Sir Anand were out of order.
Labour just doesn't get it. It looks like it wants to be the Limbo party. How low can it go? It's fun watching Labour self destruct. How many more people can they annoy for no gain before election day?
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