Why do you have zero sympathy for those voters? We need a large number of them and come back and vote for Labour/Green if we ever want to see the back of this government. 6 months in and not many of them (if any) seem like they are in a hurry to move left.
Removal of interest rate deductibility was good policy. House price increases have stablised and gone backward and more first home buyers are buying houses. Hi MS. Do you have any studies or commentary to support that claim? It would be helpful for all of...
What has any of that got to do with Jewish people being offended by a senior politician repeating a phrase that is commonly used and understood to call for the destruction of a country that their families live in? One side is worse than other is your ...
I don't think it is worth us debating this when you try to equate a phrase which many people use, and others interpret as, the destruction of Israel, with the use of Te Reo. Many Jewish people in New Zealand live with the daily fear of rockets being ...
Do you not think that repeating a line, that you have been told is extremely offensive to a section of our community, is a problem?
That is what I was going to ask. I can't see any claim that rents will reduce as mentioned by MS. I might be wrong but a quick search doesn't find that claim easily from anyone in government. Its a bit like the removal of GST policy Labour had pre election...
I agree with you Weka To be able to change anything you firstly need people to vote for you. We need people who voted for one of the 3 coalition parties to switch and vote Green. When you consider the policies they promoted during the election campaign, ...
Was he ever identified and charged? I have seen grainy footage of the assault but can't see if the Police ever did anything about it.
They just need to sell it and start again.
What's up with Nash? What a tosser. Even if what he is saying had an element of truth, why would he come out and try and start an internal war at this point of the electoral cycle?
You seem to be surprised by a government minister attempting to run down a previous government? That's what every government, since the beginning of time, in every democracy in the world has done. It what makes politics both infuriating, while at the same ...
If by "over" you mean the elimination of COVID 19, then the pandemic will never be over. So on the basis of your comments do you think every Finance Minister (or government) should assessed on how they deal with COVID 19, on the assumption the disease will...
The voters (including me) gave them the majority they needed to do that. Once the election was over it was solely up to them to do something. They failed to. Jacinda said capitalism was a "blatant failure". But that failed system is still in place. So no, ...
His legacy will obviously be COVID. He was faced with something no Finance Minister had really been faced with since WWII, and got us through it. He calmed our collective anxiety when we were told we had to go home and stay home for 9 weeks. Thank you ...
Robert....not Robin
I would have expected a bounce for the left with all the protest action over the first 6 weeks of this year. Any changes are within the margins of error. My read of this is nothing has changed since the election. If there was an election today I think we ...
imagine National, go-governing in the agricultural space with Federated Farmers Are you kidding me? You seriously think nobody would have batted an eye about Federated Farmers governing agriculture? There would be protests on the street lead by the Green ...
Very well said Weka. Thank you for putting in words how I feel
I think she needs to articulate what she actually means by that, She has repeated it a couple of times but what does she actually intend to do that is not already done by the Green Party to mobilise the community.
I think you will find its the other way around. These are the people that pay thousands to National each year. Now they expect a return on their investment. As part of that payment they are given direct access to Ministers.
The Taniwha has awakened the people. I just wish it had been before the election Do you think that any one of those thousands who turned up voted for this government?
I do find the Maori Party's strategy here somewhat confusing. It is a very aggressive and antagonistic position and I'm not sure how it would ever work in practice. But in my view its dumb because it plays right into Seymour's hands. He will use this ...
Accountability for the requirements of any software solution resides with the customer / purchaser. The software company is responsible for meeting the requirements with this being validated by client side testing and validations. While there can be other ...
Johnr - because LPrent owns the standard he considers it gives him absolute license to be abusive and small minded and be a bully to people on here, which is totally against the rules here. however, none of the mods pull him up against it no matter how ...
Exactly. If you want to direct a Minister to answer, you need to ask a series of short questions with little room for an answer you don't expect. A question with several limbs allows the Minister to waffle and ignore the key point.
Most good politicians know when its time to go. Cullen didn't hang around to stubb out English, as he identified his time had passed, he had been voted out, and it was time to pass the role onto young blood and new ideas. Robbo will do the same in the next...
I have the impression that Luxon has a lot of respect for James. Pure speculation but that appointment would not be at all surprising.
Chloe will be the new co-leader. That's my speculation
Cannabis is not addictive. the 10% finding is likely a result of those who do chop - cannabis mixed in with tobacco. such users get addicted to the nicotine in such a mix. cannabis itself has no addictive properties.
She can stay in all the way until July 18 when the Nominee will be formally chosen at the Republican National Convention. But the reality is its over.
Thank you
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