Written By: - Date published: 8:15 pm, April 2nd, 2008 - 43 comments
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Tracy Watkins tells us in today’s Dom-Post that John Key may have taken a beating in the stock market lately.
He wouldn’t say how much he lost, but did admit, ‘I’m worth less than I was.’
And, I’ll bet some in his Caucus would agree.
Anyway, Tracy tells us that Poor John came to New Zealand with a fortune worth $50 million and now he has lost a bit. He said the amount wasn’t significant. So, what, maybe, he lost maybe a million or two?
I have to say, it brings a tear to my eye thinking of the poor guy sitting in his cabana at his $6.8 million Parnell mansion counting his remaining $48 million.
And, John Key wants us to think he is an average Kiwi Bloke yeah, right!
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Draco TB
‘I can’t actually recall a businessman becoming an effective politician here or elsewhere when you look back from 20 years. I can however remember a number of them that screwed up pretty badly. Italy at present comes to mind.’
I think you’d have to say as an exmaple that Jim Anderton is an effective politician due to the of legislation he’s got through and his time in parliament and he does have a business background. I’m sure there are a number of other examples in NZ and outside of business people contributing in politics at the highest level.
The alternative is a never ending parade of academics, lawyers and career politicians surely the larger the array of backgrounds and skills in parliament the better ?
The continuing demonisation of business people on the Standard buy some posters shows a tendency such as that of Travellereve who sees anyone in (or previously in) business as somehow unclean and only motivated by greed.
Depends on what you define as an average Kiwi Bloke. John Key’s perception and mine would be completely different. AG and I would get the jest of it. You Nappy supporters are barking up the wrong tree.
“If NZ votes for John Key and the kiwis are stupid enough to fall for Nationals crap again they deserve everything they are going to get.”
Given nationals poll numbers it appears that you hold a significant number of NZer’s in contempt.
yep, and I hope that most of them come around before the election. By the way our lovely landlady blessed with ample money supplies witch I don’t begrudge her at all, thinks the same way. Why, because she uses her (business) brain and her excellent memory, and something most of you seem to lack, her knowledge of how bad it can get in other places in the world were guys like Key get elected. Just imagine a moneyed landlady and her penniless but very happy tenants actually agreeing.
Poll figures are pretty volatile at present (and quite inaccurate as well). That has been discussed here a number of times, especially the inherent inaccuracies of phone polling in this age.
Poll trends are more interesting. What was the last one? Movement away from the right and towards the left. I’d expect to see a lot more of that
Geek,
Blame the method of polling rather than address why people have turned off Labour and lookng for an alternative government. That is kind of like bury ones head in the sand.
I do blame the method of polling. It inherently distorts the results and the methodology absolutely sucks.
Look at the first part of my name. I’ve been aware of polls and elections for more than a few decades. I came to the conclusion long ago that there was only one valid poll – the one where the whole voting population goes into the polling booth.
At this point in the electoral cycles it is fun to blame the g’vmnt for everything. The real poll makes the ability of the replacement government much more of an issue. So far the Nat’s would be hard put to impress anyone with their abilities or policy coherence.
But please be my guest (jest). Believe that the polls reflect electoral outcomes as much as you like. If it keeps the Nat’s thinking they’ll cruise to victory without putting in the hard yards (like they thought in 2005), I’m all for it.