"What I want to know is who leaked to Gower?" Interesting that the new look portfolio for the new Labour leadership was characterised by the early leaking that Cunliffe was dumped from the front bench. I'm guessing this means either: A) Little can't stop ...
I disagree that it would be helpful to try and force retirement of certain factions this early on but I suspect that Andrew plans to stage the renewal over the coming couple of years. He needs to show fairness and balance, which is why we see Cunliffe drop...
This is totally not targetted at buyers, its for investors. The fully geared interest only loan on a large property allows annual losses that write off any income tax paid. Over time the real value of the loan relative to the property value declines ...
Hey Salmon - you may be missing something looking just at the last election. I live in Bayview (the Glenfield bit of the Helensville electorate) it's a fairly distinct community of around 8000 (as at the 2006 census). You can check out the demography of ...
Interesting - Winston not to be outdone by Labour has decided to start ripping off Green party policy himself.. It's all good, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! The really interesting bit to me is seeing how John Key's tone has changed in two ...
That meme will be very powerful - the number of voters who despise Winston vastly outnumber the ones who love him. Key proved in 2008 and again in 2011 that there are at least as many votes to be won by committing not to work with Winston as you get by ...
"The only thing which will keep the wolves at bay at that point is if Key convinces everyone that the loss will be much worse without him." And that is demonstrably the case. Key's latest approval has dropped into the mid 50's - if the party drops below ...
Sorry, I just don't see Key standing down or getting knifed before the next election. In personal popularity and name recognition he is head and shoulders above the other possible contenders. Critically, given that its the party vote that matters, his ...
+1 to Metiria in Deputy PM - she would provide a good Robin to Cunliffes Batman. Plus complements him well in terms of Male/Female, Pakeha/Maori, Economic Focus/Social Focus. I could also see her picking up associate housing and assoc Maori affairs. But ...
The challenge is that there really isn't anther candidate that is likely to beat Cunliffe in an open competition. I can see why it would be in the other candidates interests to try and swing a deal whereby the winner invites the loser to join his ticket as...
Given the way the coalition maths is looking I would think there is an obvious candidate for Cunliffe's objective of sharing his leadership with a strong, credible, Maori, female. But, the mainstream media seem to make the rather sexist assumption that ...
"We urgently need to amend constitution to allow for open lists and all members voting for list members." It already happens - it's called the Green Party - get with the program!
@Hannah - I also worked in the public service for a while in a department under Cunliffe as minister and heard similar stories. He's no Kevin Rudd but he certainly can be abrasive and appear arrogant if you disagree with his approach. I don't think this ...
Responses for America include: America is... Collapsing, Evil, Corrupt, Doomed, Dying... But my personal favourite: America is... ...running out of Subarus!
@Mac1 "Firstly, why did the right stay out of this contest?" The most obvious reason would be that they don't want to run in a Maori electorate and give the seat some kind of legitimacy for their party because it is still National Party policy to abolish ...
Indeed. Not to mention that it is very bad practice to buy shares in just one company. It worries me to see reports that for lots of people MRP will be the first time they are buying shares. There are a lot of people who could be sinking an overly large ...
@Watching 1. Probably a good case for an amendment clause in the legislation. Logically I would say they wait till residence is granted or buy the property in the name of the NZer and then change it later. I expect any law would have to have rules about ...
This is great news. I think it is safe to say that there are more votes to be won by refusing to work with Act than by working with them so this position only hurts National. Plus, the refusal to just let the Act party die acts to split the minor party ...
“Those who are hyper-critical of the current Labour leadership please take note!” To be fair - I don't think any of those people are concerned that the electorate doesn't like Labour - I think they have legitimate concerns that Shearer is not a great ...
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