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Date published: 8:37 am, September 27th, 2017 - 116 comments
During the election campaign elements of the farming community protested the possibility of a water tax and of farming being in the ETS on the basis the sector could not afford it. In awkward news it has since come to light that the Chief Executive of Fonterra and senior executives are being paid huge salaries.
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Date published: 7:02 am, September 27th, 2017 - 170 comments
Peters campaigned hard against the Nats, and for a change in government (check out the speech and video). To keep faith with democracy and with his party members he has to go with Labour Green (check out the feedback and polls). If Peters goes the other way NZF will implode.
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 27th, 2017 - 110 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 26th, 2017 - 119 comments
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Date published: 8:00 am, September 26th, 2017 - 40 comments
On the other side of the world another western democracy with an MMP system has recently had an election which has thrown up a complex result.
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Date published: 7:27 am, September 26th, 2017 - 127 comments
What she did wasn’t a mistake.
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Date published: 7:20 am, September 26th, 2017 - 168 comments
A plan for how the Greens could save the election.
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Date published: 7:03 am, September 26th, 2017 - 27 comments
National have maintained their own vote but killed off all their political friends. Which is why their only route to power is now in the hands of an enemy, and why that enemy should be very wary of hitching his wagon to their fading star.
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Date published: 6:23 am, September 26th, 2017 - 84 comments
Peters has hardly cleared his throat yet and he’s already clearing out Nats and their proxies. Seymour, Eagleson, Carter – Peters won’t be stopping there. Bill English will agree to anything to cling to power. Peters is already enjoying humiliating him in public.
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 26th, 2017 - 115 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 25th, 2017 - 112 comments
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Date published: 4:36 pm, September 25th, 2017 - 178 comments
Labour didn’t deserve to win on Saturday because, firstly, because it failed to bring a fully-fleshed tax policy to voters, and, secondly, it never attempted to win the ideological battle over tax. To succeed at the next election, Labour must begin work today to frame this debate.
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Date published: 4:02 pm, September 25th, 2017 - 45 comments
“Its not going to be a comfortable term. But it will probably be an exciting one.”
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Date published: 2:43 pm, September 25th, 2017 - 40 comments
The papers are full of the expected establishment hysteria today, trying to paint the election as a done deal for the Nats (I wonder what Peters will make of that?). Professor Richard Shaw: “Nobody’s won the election yet. The people who won the election are the people who form the government.”
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Date published: 9:12 am, September 25th, 2017 - 45 comments
David Seymour and the ACT Party are back in Parliament but their role this term will be nothing other than nodding lap dog.
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Date published: 7:02 am, September 25th, 2017 - 172 comments
The Nats lost this election. It was a vote for change. NZF party members are calling on Peters to do the right thing.
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 25th, 2017 - 192 comments
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Date published: 4:59 pm, September 24th, 2017 - 66 comments
Some analysis of where the increase in party vote for Labour occurred.
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Date published: 12:45 pm, September 24th, 2017 - 55 comments
The political reputation of NZ First as being a one man band. It isn’t. It is a real political party with the classic volatile mixture of members, supporters, candidates and MPs, plus undercurrents of factionalism. They will take some time to negotiate how they should negotiate and with whom.
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Date published: 11:55 am, September 24th, 2017 - 153 comments
Some post election thoughts on what James Shaw said last night, what the post-election options are, and that given the Left got a possible reprieve not an outright win, what are we going to do next?
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Date published: 9:17 am, September 24th, 2017 - 44 comments
The fact that we could even hope for a Labour Green win is remarkable – was inconceivable just 2 months ago. Labour’s surge has been incredible. Thank you Jacinda Ardern, and thank you all who worked so hard! Now it’s up to MMP…
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Date published: 8:39 am, September 24th, 2017 - 361 comments
Some thoughts on the morning after a bitter sweet election result for Labour and the Greens.
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 24th, 2017 - 69 comments
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Date published: 7:01 pm, September 23rd, 2017 - 15 comments
The timing of this election’s results, how NZ governments are formed, and election stress.
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Date published: 7:00 pm, September 23rd, 2017 - 419 comments
Election night post for discussion. Updates during the evening.
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Date published: 1:18 pm, September 23rd, 2017 - 13 comments
Some places for lefties to follow the counting and take part in the talking.
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Date published: 6:00 am, September 23rd, 2017 - 289 comments
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Date published: 11:48 pm, September 22nd, 2017 - 4 comments
National do a last ditch dirty politics effort. A few hours before it becomes impossible for anyone to refute this, Tracey Watkins publishes an opinion piece which sounds like the usual National BillShit. Another cynical lie designed to stop the horses from thinking rationally when they vote. This time it is a lie about things that the Greens can’t do – not without going to members. Who aren’t going to go for it.
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Date published: 6:10 pm, September 22nd, 2017 - 5 comments
From the legendary Matafai family and West Auckland Labour how campaigning really should be done …
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Date published: 5:30 pm, September 22nd, 2017 - 43 comments
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Date published: 5:24 pm, September 22nd, 2017 - 4 comments
Who are you going to wake up with on Sunday morning?
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