He simply knows that he's in a safe seat.
I think National's internal rules prevent this (whereas the Greens...less sure of having any MPs don't have such a rule). Of course, National can always change their rules, I suppose.
Or maybe the "problem" is that the inquiry has her email server?
Reasonable chance that she sent it to herself. Seems very likely that ARHT has access to this sort of information as a provider of ambulance-like services. So that pilots know where to go. It's also unsurprising that Boag, as acting CEO has sufficient ...
Absolutely. I would much rather be called "Pakeha" than "kiwi". "Kiwi" is infantile nonsense.
Renewed interest from ministers on downwards due to change of government and subsequent plans to renter the mine would seem to explain why stuff is coming to light now. Cultivated disinterest by the previous ministers on downwards probably explains why ...
It is not too surprising that the crime scene was a bit of a mess initially. In the first hours and perhaps days there was a slender hope that a rescue was possible and that would have been the priority rather than crime scene control and documentation. ...
@BM "NZ didn’t really culturally change significantly till the mid-1990s." If that is true, then people who are 40 today would have been in their late teens in the mid-1990s. Teenagers in the 1990s would have strongly affected by, if not at the forefront, ...
Sure, Bridges doesn't need to respond to the media. But if he chooses to not respond in a coherent and fulsome manner then he creates room for speculation. After all, Bridges was the one who called a media conference to talk about JLR. The fact that the ...
I don't know. Continuing to fight this keeps both Greenpeace and therefore the issues that they campaign for in the news. Which is effectively the whole point of Greenpeace. Whenever the media reads and publicises a Greenpeace press release and / or a ...
While a US embassy in Jerusalem would undoubtedly be fortified I doubt it would be quite the extent of the Baghdad one. The circumstances are quite different. Also, as the US does have an embassy in Israel I doubt anyone will be in any great hurry to ...
@ D'Esterre If a NZ citizen who’d worked for the SIS or the GCSB were to migrate to another country, I’m guessing that individual would be ordered not to disclose the fact of their having worked for the security services here. Perhaps, but do you think ...
Sure. Getting good statistical information is complicated. It sure as hell helps, however, if the objective of the minister is to "gather data about reality" (i.e. the Green's approach). As opposed to "suppress data which reveals the government's policies ...
Yes, this is great idea. Of the options in our politics, the Green movement is generally the political group most closely based on reality and scientific evidence. Hence, why versions of their policies eventually get adopted by the mainstream parties. So, ...
Sure, but it was a National dominated government enacting National policies. National determined what the government did.
@Ad First off, for nearly equal vote share, NZF and the Greens got vastly unequal outcomes in power and policy. Clearly the will of the electorate is not reflected. What’s reflected is merely negotiating skill. You can't tell that yet. You can't judge yet ...
Displaying a higher degree of ethical standards than Nat. voters doesn't really mean that Labour + Green voters are stupid.
I doubt that there was anything important about Barclay. It would have just seemed easier at the time to cover it up. Then, each time there was an opportunity to do the right thing, it would have always seemed easier for National to continue covering up ...
You don't know what the fuss is about because you are a pathetic fool, Ian.
Don't be ridiculous. a) Key wouldn't have done anything of the sort "on his own". At the very least, there would be administrators who would actually process the payment. b) The context is a dysfunctional relationship between English's successor and ...
Except that he isn't gone. Still in Parliament, still voting for National, still getting paid. Barclay should resign now; and Bill English should too. Both lied to NZ public in an attempt to cover up an illegal act.
Also, a lot of these right-wing tabloids become very boring when their guy is in power. Unclear if that is true with Brietbart, but in NZ DPF *was* worthwhile reading when Labour was in power. Not because I usually agreed with him, but occasionally he had ...
But Dublin and Belfast are in Ireland. Westminster isn't.
NZDF *have* commented on this specific raid previously. Their previous comments appear to be lies. That is the whole point of the book. NZDF presumably have a whole platoon (or whatever) of press officers. If NZDF wants to say something it doesn't need to ...
This is pathetic Gosman. NZDF and government have produced official statements in the past about the events in "hit and run". "even if it is to highlight how the official sources are so much at odds with other evidence presented." Exactly. Congratulations....
I think that is merely idle (but very safe) speculation by Peters. If Peters knew about a specific issue he wouldn't be coy about being the first to raise it.
You're the one who thinks there is going to be a critical crisis of food production, not me.
Sure, but people in Trump Tower undoubtedly had their communications intercepted by US intelligence agencies. Every off-shore communication is intercepted, practically by definition. And we've had a Trump appointee resign because their communications with ...
@Antonine: "Thus, it ends up taking more people to do the same amount of work." I'm not sure that the real world works like that. But nonetheless, you seem to mean productivity loss in the real world (i.e. food production) rather than simple productivity ...
@Draco T Bastard: "No you fucken moron, we won’t be able to adapt at the time as it requires a massive investment in infrastructure..." Exactly.
@Antoine: "... having people sitting around not working will likely be a luxury we cant afford." You don't understand the problem. The problem of automation is that there is nothing to do. It's uneconomic to employ people.
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