It's not the first time that the Greens would be in government with the conservative CDU. On state level there have been three such coalitions (2 of them still ongoing) The big difference to NZ is that the German Greens have been in various state and ...
The largest party under MMP has led the Government but any bloc of parties making up more than 50 per cent of the Parliament can actually form the Government. … This not a "feature" of MMP, but just they way a parliament in a representative democracy ...
Better urge the Labour/Green voters to hold their nose and vote Paul Goldsmith when they vote at this election. Funnily enough, they can make both their votes count!
WHY DID RADIO NZ NOT INTERVIEW ME? This STINKS! Perhaps it's your lack of self-awareness and self-reflection? Besides, what have you achieved that would allow you to even attempt a comparison with Bernie? Unlike Bernie, nobody takes you seriously. Unlike ...
Warren would not have been a good choice as VP. Two women would have been a bit too much for conservative America. A too easy target for Trump. Also, I think Warren would rather be part of the administration and really make a difference than VP. And I have...
Isn't it the other way around? Anti TPPA supports kiwiblog? Because DPF is the one getting revenue from this
Straight lines are actually one of the good principles of flag design. I think the point is to have a choice. None of the 4 alternatives have straight lines or just shapes. All the choice we have now is whether we want a red corner or a black corner.
It would be great if it at least makes it on the ballot as a proper alternative to the Lockwood designs
Is it just me or is the last part of your last sentence missing? [Right you are. Last few words were clipped. Now fixed - MS]
Maybe you could explain what country has a system that would do just that. What exactly does another country have that we do not and how that would apply to John Key. Even the countries that do have an impeachment process, do require some sort of ...
Never said it was insignificant. In fact I did say it is a pretty big win for Labour and the opposition. Maybe you should read the post more carefully. It's just not an "impeachable" offence, nor is our political system in jeopardy.
That's a bit of hyperbole and nonsense. Lying about a txt message is hardly an impeachable offense. And hardly a way to beat John Key. You are thinking like a Republican now. They couldn't beat Bill Clinton, so they started a bogus impeachment process. ...
My prediction is that Labour will get up to about 30% A whole lot of wishful thinking went into that equation.
That's rather ambiguous. :-)
brilliantly hilarious, felix. thanks for that.
Doesn't seem to be going very far either. http://www.petershirtcliffe.co.nz/ is still "under construction". Quite symbolic really. Old man on a soapbox and no one's listening. After taking two major defeats on MMP, I doubt he is the one behind this. The ...
So you think because John Key is also Minister for Tourism, he instructed Tourism NZ to get him on Letterman. Really? Do you have any evidence for that? Don't you think that Tourism NZ may have thought of it themselves? I mean, after all, it's their job to...
Hmm, according to the story, it was Tourism NZ that did the begging. After all, it's their job to promote NZ. I have to agree with Max, this hardly amounts to the proverbial storm in a tea cup.
Hmm, Labour retaining only 67.8% of it's support from 2008. Hardly a number to be proud about. Interesting is also the Maori Party with a huge shift towards National and NZ First. You would have thought that Labour would pick up most of those voters if ...
And Labour went and won the next election. I would love to see the old polls, but couldn't find them anywhere. The latest TV3 poll shows National at 55%. It's a long way from the election, but that's a pretty high number. Comfortably sitting above the 45% ...
"He said health boards should be given electronic access to Internal Affairs’ citizenship records." Would that not violate any current privacy laws? I mean the DHB having access to Internal Affairs records just ike that? Question is whether it is really ...
"So, we create narratives and then we try to realise them to make ourselves feel good and look good to others. That much, I would think, you can’t dispute." The same way you are creating a narrative of how useless Key and National are, despite having ...
Last time I checked Rodney was answerable directly to the voters of Epsom. MMP is not the problem here,
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