This whole interview looks to be a hit jog attempt by Jack Tame who unfortunately made bad property decisions he's lost money on. Chris made money so I would rather he ran the country.đ¤Łđ¤Ł [lprent: This got put into moderation until I had time to deal with ...
Yep, they need to do something inspiring if they hope to turn things round. Out of what you have listed I think these things are winners: "Rollback" National's GST increase to address the cost of living. The other tax changes would be too expensive. Free ...
I think the move from level 4 to level 3 was the first indication they were responding to pressure from National and the media. The rushed way it looked makes me feel like it was two or three weeks before they planned to. Now that Labour is much better ...
If Carmel Sepuloni was driving the changes she did it with the handbrake on. After the WEAG report, Labour's prevarication about how they somehow had to get more information etc. etc. damaged their credibility with a great many people. I don't know what ...
30,000 houses.
1. It's very unlikely that use will increase, so it follows that voting yes will actually reduce or not affect exposure to those risks. 2. We can encourage people to vape or use edibles, and again, the number of people smoking will not increase. 3. Potency...
2017 party votes for Labour were mostly for Jacinda I think, but I doubt Helen White thought she would win the electorate, so yes, likely the ground team would be aiming for party too. As the Greens will probably be closer to 5% than 8% in other polls, and...
It's no surprise Jacinda doesn't want to bring new people into cabinet just before the election. Just imagine a Labour minister making a mistake like Jacqui Dean did - huge damage.
I agree we have to broaden our base - I looked for policy on senior affairs the other day and couldn't find any. As someone on the other side of the pride debate, Green policy on it didn't really register as I just saw it as doing the right thing. The ...
There was a massive Jump in polling when Metiria announced what she had done. You didn't look that up? As it all came from Labour, it's almost certain that's what triggered Andrew Little to resign, and then along came Jacinda. Labelling something as "...
Simon had quite a range of discussion documents up on Nationals website apparently. These have been taken down, and are almost certainly being given a polish, ready to be rolled out at strategic times to take up air. Mathew Hooton was actually working on ...
Pre Covid, I recall thinking he was rigid and arrogant over something or other that really needed fixing, that in hindsight he was almost certainly blocking because of the BRR. I believe he's a scapegoat now. Sacrificed due to relentless spin from the ...
Heh, I got Lou going on twitter by saying that.
Absolutely. Malcontents will use it as an excuse to bleat, and of course, the usual right-wing charlatans will try and use it as leverage, but it won't drop below the 90% approval it has now.
He's right though.
That would be really interesting to look at. Apart from media archives, I wonder if there are contemporaries from the Jim Anderton side who could comment. [Changed to the user handle you have previously used here]
Is this payback time? I recall wondering what happened at the time. It does look like Dom post management did something fishy.
I can't help thinking of Maggie Barry after reading that :)
I'm truly impressed by the amount of thought you've put into this. I tend to think Labour is appealing to sentiment given their track record, but you make a really good case for the land to be preserved as it is.
Did you actually look at the numbers? only 48% of UK food is imported. That means they supply 6x our population locally, on top of exporting a great deal too. Interesting that they export 8.4 billion NZD worth of whisky a year, which, as we know, is made ...
I see infill as the preferred solution to the housing shortage, so not a fan of building on horticultural land, which may have issues with pesticide residue etc in any case, but I do wonder if the problem is being overstated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ...
I've often thought let nature heal land the way it wants to. Even gorse can be beneficial, forming a kind of nursery in its midst. I would probably pick manuka over pine though. It self seeds well once established, and it's good for stabilizing hills. ...
I'm almost completely certain Labour would do a lot more if it wasn't constrained by NZF. We don't really see that because it would make both parties look bad if it was in the open. Labour must be acutely aware of how close things still are between the ...
Judith's new hairdo makes her look a bit like Frankenstein's monster. Seriously, it's probably costing her a few votes at the moment.
5G has flown under the radar. People are assuming it's as safe as the previous standards, but it's way more dangerous. https://mdsafetech.org/problems/5g/
It's almost certain Lees-Galloway was acutely aware of the negative publicity it would get, so I'm picking there must be a credible reason he has let the guy stay. That reason might be that he has a bloody good lawyer, but it could also be that it's very ...
All these people bleating on about her not paying her rates, and the weird thing is we never hear the whole actual story behind why she was doing it. It seems like there is some sort of conspiracy in the media to keep it all quiet.
RIP Penny Bright. All these people bleating on about her not paying her rates, and the weird thing is we never hear the whole actual story behind why she was doing it. It seems like there is some sort of conspiracy in the media to keep it all quiet. I ...
(Replying to Matthew Hooton's spin) Here you go, John Key from roughly the same time in his premiership. Much less actual planning, much more politics of fear. Comparing them highlights what an insubstantial charlatan Key was: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz...
I'm picking it was probably leaked by Simon himself, via a third party, to lower the impact of the announcement and take up some air. In light of Judith's somewhat arch comments on the matter, she probably knows or suspects.
That's easy. Check water and electricity use. It is already being done.
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