Comments on: The Standard Week: 24-31 October

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:17:49 +0000

Have just read “The Party’s Over” by Richard Heinberg. Talk about prescient! Written in 2003 about peak oil. Predicts the current crisis with scary precision.
The Greens offer the only rational future with respect to energy self sufficiency. This will affect every aspect of our lives.
All I see in Labour is a bunch of tired old politicians who have run out of energy and ideas. This trip of Mike Williams’ was tacky beyond words.

By: Chris G

Chris G — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:08:16 +0000

Wheres all the bullshit? or you just bought in to the media sensationalism.

And I’m confused, are you a Green supporter whos hating on Labour big time?

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:57:34 +0000

Really looking forward to the result of the centre-left vote:
Labour: HC Muldoonesque lust for power
MC Ideological hatred of success
Greens: JF Unquestionable integrity
RN Articulate and passionate advocate for sustainability
Really a no brainer. After the H Fee debacle this week you could see the Labour vote collapse as the National vote did in 2002 to Act , NZ First et al.
Helen doesn’t seem to understand that “all political lives end in failure”. The Greens are a breath of fresh air after the bullshit that Labour have fed us for the past few years.

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:28:29 +0000

I seem to remember these morons saying the same thing at every MMP election we’ve had.

Hint for angry Nats: maybe the problem doesn’t actually lie with the parties who understand MMP.

By: lprent

lprent — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:51:02 +0000

ACT/NAT/UF would be more stable than the hydra. More common ground

Yes John – commonly they all have small …. brains

Bloody hell – feed me a straight line…

Damn Tane snuck in there – have to quote

By: Tane

Tane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:50:02 +0000

It’s so tiring having to deconstruct tories’ lines for them.

The likely outcome either way is a four-party arrangement of Lab/Green/Prog/Maori or Nat/ACT/UF/Maori.

Labour, the Greens, the Progressives and the Maori Party are all firmly on the Left policy-wise. They’re basically different streams of the left with different focuses but a lot in common and I see no reason why they couldn’t form a stable governing arrangement.

Now, explain to me how a government with National and ACT on one side, United Future in the middle and the Maori Party on the far left could possibly be more stable than the alternative, let alone even work.

By: John Stevens

John Stevens — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:42:30 +0000

ACT/NAT/UF would be more stable than the hydra. More common ground.

By: Anita

Anita — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:04:14 +0000

r0b

I for one would much rather have multi-party coalition is than any single party forming the government by itself.

Yeah! I really don’t understand why people think single party governments are a step forward, perhaps we’ve forgotten what they felt like.

By: r0b

r0b — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:00:32 +0000

Continuing stable govt? You reckon a govt with Greens/Lab/Prog/NZF/MP will offer NZ stability?

Yes, a multi party Labour led government (doesn’t need to include NZF) should be stable. In part due to the growing maturity of MMP in our democracy (and all the participating parties), and in part due to the skills of Helen Clark. Clark has led stable MMP governments for the last nine years, there is no reason to believe that she can’t do it again!

I for one would much rather have multi-party coalition is than any single party forming the government by itself. Let’s not go back to the bad old days.

By: John Stevens

John Stevens — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:49:51 +0000

Continuing stable govt? You reckon a govt with Greens/Lab/Prog/NZF/MP will offer NZ stability? You are having a laugh. Most of these minor parties loathe each other.
Peters is a crook & lier.

Growing wealth – the Greens loathe wealth.