I don't blame you for not wanting to watch TV news, but then you can't really say how it's being reported if you decide not to see how it's being reported. No need to take my word for it, the evidence is there. Here's tonight's report from TV3: it's pretty...
Less idiotic than shouting "Nazis!", I'd suggest.
"This will not be seen or portrayed in the media as the Greens being reasonable or principled but as a win for National & Key." Early media portrayal says the opposite: TV3 and TV1 both highlight Key's U-turn and praise the Greens. I don't think how it ...
Freedom (and Russel Norman) nailed it. The most serious issue is not the cost or the irrelevance, it's the dangerous - and very real - prospect of a decision based on a very low turnout. A decision that is binding. The cynical opportunist in me says this ...
There will be significant flexibility on many Green issues. Love to hear what they are. The Blue_green fantasy is "leapfrog logic". The silly notion that National would reject Labour (who they disagree with) and embrace the Greens (who they disagree with a...
No.
Casually dismissing large numbers on the left and from ethnic communities as "dishonest" EXACTLY illustrates the problem.
I think it's more cock-up than conspiracy. Questions in parliament last week showed the problem. Little started asking about the flag referendum, a minor matter for the leader of the opposition. He was backing off the housing issue. National are giving ...
I think the message of the poll was pretty obvious. On the substance of the issue (the policy question on offshore buyers) Labour had got it right. On their handling of it, they didn't. So, no pay-off in the party vote. National are in trouble, but Labour ...
Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_New_Zealand_general_election,_2008 Funny how many people prefer to rely on their fixed and faulty memory to one second of Google.
Please tell us about all the issues where Labour have led and the Greens have followed. Since 2008, at least. CGT? Climate change? Raising benefits? Land sales offshore? Anything, actually? Let us know about these "hard yards" where the Greens took an easy...
Presumably Labour's expectation was to lose some to the Greens ("PC Liberal intelligentsia" - here I am!). And to take votes from Nats/Winston, for a net opposition gain. Well, they were half right ... (But I accept it's too soon really, most voters aren't...
That's very kind of you, Anne. However, I am a recovering blog-aholic, and made a resolution to keep off the strong stuff, and obviously I have just had a lapse! ;) Just the occasional tipple, perhaps. No more blog-binges, I got sick of the headaches ...
The reporting of Little's comments on "90 days" may well be a beat-up, that's par for the course. But Little can settle that with a single statement - even a tweet. "Labour's policy has not changed. Labour will scrap it. Period." We need to hear that, and ...
If it's that simple, why isn't Shearer the saviour standing for leader?
"On the whole, they really liked the policies, they just didn’t like or trust Labour." Agreed, and polling on policies supports that. So, why don't they like Labour? I'd suggest it's six years of self-indulgent behavior by the caucus, petty divisions, and ...
Latest brilliant idea from Clayton Cosgrove - control the internet! https://twitter.com/mizjwilliams/status/521790986666520576 Yes, that'll work.
What are they saying? Forget platitudes ("move to the centre .... lost voters ... yadda yadda"). That's empty, everyone wants more votes. What policies should be dumped? What should be adopted? All I'm hearing is code, and if they (you) can't spell it out,...
if it's permanent opposition, why are there parties around the world who are in government? Britain's Tories, Germany's CDU, there's a long list of right-leaning parties who extend their leadership election beyond the caucus.
But he hasn't - and you and BM haven't - mentioned a single. policy or concrete issue. If Shearer said scrap the CGT or paid parental leave or anything at all - then we'd have something to debate. But he hasn't. He's just uttered total truisms ... Labour ...
David Shearer has, in the past 24 hours, given interviews on TV3, Radio NZ, Radio Live, the Herald, probably more I've missed. Meanwhile, this is a comments thread on a blog. If you'll agree Shearer a) has far more access, b) is paid, and c) should stop it...
And what does any of that have to do with Shearer acting like a dick?
@BM As in nearly every other political party, all over the globe. Words to Google ... Primaries, Conferences, Conventions, etc. Learn how it's done.
More like: "We want to make it clear (wink) that this is not acceptable (wink) and on no account should you go on TV with Mike Hosking tonight (wink) or give an interview to Newstalk ZB in 10 minutes, just down the hall, second door on the right ..."
@Here You've made a number of points about the leadership contest, but what do any of them have to do with Shearer's behavior? Is he standing? Is he articulating a way forward? Is he backing a candidate? Is he contributing to the debate? No... x 4. He's ...
Caucus elects the members, the leader allocates the portfolios.
Shearer happily accepts Plunkett's framing, negative all the way. What Shearer really wants is a job as political commentator. Edit: interview finished, and not a single word about policy, principles, anything except .... "wah wahh, me me". Pathetic.
Fair points, MickyS. And from my darkened room, I would just add - Dear David (S), there's a very simple reason you're not running for leader, and it has nothing at all to do with David Cunliffe. You wouldn't get the votes, because any one of the other ...
I dunno Tom, I think Morning Report, the Herald and Paul Henry have bigger audiences than "Micky Savage". Basic problem: Shearer wants to talk, and blame, but not stand. Not helping.
Since the misogyny and nasty abuse in the e-mails from Slater, Lusk etc is far worse than the comments on this thread that have "offended" Carol, I think we can safely conclude that she hasn't read the book.
I was responding to your silly "book burning" line. Reductio ad absurdum. Labour lost the election badly, and needs to look at what went wrong, that's a given. Doing so with a megaphone isn't smart. And falling back on "But we can if we want" isn't ...
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