I think the Greens will drop a bit more before they begin to recover. The latest poll only partly reflects the events of the past few days. Labour+Greens are 41.4% -- still 3% behind National. If that gap closes and Jacinda passes Bill in the preferred PM ...
This is news to me. Any references for this story?
This is a surprise to me. English must have a reason, but we can only speculate. If no one stands against Jacinda, then it will simply not generate any news cycles (positive or negative). Perhaps he is hoping that Mt Albert will become a Labour vs Green ...
Winston First goes whichever way the wind blows. Unless your goal is to stick it to both sides of the house, you can't really trust Peters to deliver.
I don't think this is as big a deal as people make it out to be. It's really just formalising the status quo. I doubt the polls will move at all, but maybe the media will start reporting the combined Labour+Green total (as they should already be doing). ...
Check out this guy burning his worthless college degree, law degree, licence to practise law and computer science degree at the 30 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_RYgkkmcM All this guy has got round his neck is a millstone of debt.
Amen Draco, They dress up with a partial conscience when they think it may benefit them - couldn't bring myself to vote for them this election and I've been left my whole life.
'...actually told key off for making light of people’s suffering.' Yes! The larrikin comment was great.
There might need to be a new register with trustees, settlors and beneficiaries listed and if you don't register then you get charged CGT. I checked the Companies' Office but can only see a charitable trust register.
Judith's career getting a makeover.
Truly hopeless situation of public servants being forced to enforce inhumane legislation on an increasingly hopeless pool of beneficiaries. When people have no hope left they will act out in desperate ways and public servants will get caught in the ...
Good. I'd like to believe that if the Iraq situation degenerated to, say, a genocide, then NZ would be willing to send peacekeepers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_Raj India has a history of having a highly regulated economy run on socialist principles. It has been a disaster that has fostered widespread poverty and corruption. Since 1991, India has gradually instituted free ...
Stop someone voting National - Legend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0tdzJ1oVb4&feature=share
weka: Really?! Are you going down the route of arguing that Maori seats are not racially discriminatory? I am clearly using definition 2. The Maori roll is discriminatory because the majority of the population is *not allowed* to join it. Definition 1 does...
Paupial: You aren't answering my question. You seem to be claiming that I don't understand my own question. Please enlighten me then! When do you think it is OK to discriminate based on race? Maori seats discriminate based on race. If you are debating this...
Knucklehead: Maori seats are by definition racially discriminatory. Maybe you like to move the goalposts by redefining racial discrimination to exclude discrimination against non-maori. But I'm not playing that game. Humour me: let's just say "racial ...
If racial discrimination is never justifiable, does that mean you consider Maori seats to be unjustifiable?
How am I misrepresenting you and pasupial? I'm asking you to clarify when you think racial discrimination is OK and when it isn't. Answer the question, rather than attacking me for not understanding your non-answers.
I think all racial discrimination is bad. I'm trying to understand why you think discrimination against Pakeha is good, but discrimination against Maori is bad. My point is that distinguishing based on inclusion/exclusion is silly. Obviously "whites only" ...
Personal attack...
I fully support measures to improve social, economic, and health outcomes for Maori. However, the democratic process in NZ is being perverted to give Maori undue political influence. For example, we have Maori electorates, Maori Statutory Board on the ...
I don't understand your comment. Having a racially-restricted sports team is racist. My position is that any racial discrimination is racist and wrong. (And generally conflating averages with individuals is wrong.)
That's a silly distinction. So Whites only = Racial group included = Progressive?
You talk about a system of privilege as if it is uniform across all Pakeha. There is a difference between averages and individuals: On average Pakeha are better-off than Maori. But there are plenty of individuals that buck the trend. There are lots of ...
You don't have a counter point do you? Saying racism=prejudice+power doesn't make sense if you don't define what you mean by power.
So you're saying it isn't racism=prejudice+power rather it's racism=prejudice+having the same skin colour as people with power, right?
I did.
Hone Harawira is a lot more powerful than David Ruck. If racism=prejudice+power, does that make Harawira racist and Ruck not racist?
The Pakeha Party has exposed the racial bias of NZ media. They never criticise the maori party for being inherently racist. The rule seems to be: maori only = "progressive" pakeha only = racist!! I doubt the Pakeha Party will make an electoral splash, but ...
Asians are even more underrepresented than women. Asians make up 10% of the population, but less than 5% of MPs. (They are also an important voting block.) Will Labour take action to ensure there are more asian MPs?
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