Don't expect an answer from wee Jordee. He hasn't got the balls.
And turning Work and Income offices into a battleground with their paid up army of thugs is another big thing keeping people away. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/95092628
People like Hosking are beyond learning.
You have an extremely disingenuous writing style, Wayne. Do you intend to create the illusion of saying something without actually saying it? Is it deliberate so that when challenged you can deny saying it? You're really something.
A heck of a lot of support for NZ reciprocating around Australia's decimation of the so-called special relationship: http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/92242934/gerry-brownlees-aussie-trip-nothing-but-a-fizzer I hope Little and Labour take note and ...
Thanks for that, Bob. That makes sense. Will be interesting to see what happens. (I should say, though, that my comment was really more about BM's appalling grammar.)
Are you saying that, in some circumstances, a better tool could include abandoning the concept of innocent until proven guilty?
Just because it might seem that the notion's been lost, or is unreal or fanciful, unattainable or what ever, that doesn't mean we should give up on the concept. In fact, it means should strive even more to embrace it.
Say goodbye to Air NZ. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/92102345/former-prime-minister-john-key-to-become-an-air-nz-director
Alarmingly, there's a lot of so-called "progressive"or "liberal" thinkers who'd think this was a good idea. And ironically there'd be a lot of unthinking boorish gits who'd oppose it, and not because it's an affront to basic constitutional principle.
I truly hope so, but NZ hasn't recovered from the cultural damage governments over the last 30 odd years have continued to bestow upon its citizens. The 1990s were in many ways the worst, but what's important is there's been no effort to even try to show ...
Even if National go down the general public will see trying to use the song and then choosing to fight the claim as a sign of strength and a badge of honour.
"National brought the rights to use this song" How could they have brought them when they didn't have them in the first place? That's the point. The only thing National brought was the song, and they brought that to the election campaign. And they weren't ...
"I am pretty sure that Don Brash will be vastly more knowledgeable about this issue than Bryan Gould." No doubt your belief is commensurate with your political leanings, Wayne. I hope you're not trying to pretend otherwise.
The main problem facing governments when it comes to affordable housing is assuming there's a significant role for the private sector. The same goes for electricity, water, transport etc. In housing allowing property developers to clip their ticket stuffs ...
Do you think that about everyone you hold a different political view to? Or just those who've made mistakes? Either way, on your analysis, there'd be plenty of people who'd say you should be banned from voting.
The 55+ benefit wasn't a benefit at all. It was simply a policy not to work-test people on the unemployment benefit who were close to 60. And in any case that policy's now gone.
He also said the capital gains tax was too complex to convey to people, implying it's still on the table and that all Labour needs to do is convey it more simply. I don't know if the same went for NZS but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. Either way ...
"Just to get this right, I presume you are stating that the retirement age should be fixed at 65, basically forever." You sound as if the age should be regularly reviewed. 65 today, 67 tomorrow...perhaps followed by 70 then 75 followed by 80 and maybe ...
Paula's been told to keep a low profile. Her incompetence is too obvious. The whole situation National's found themselves in is a simple reflection of their lack of depth and the reliance they placed on Key as a phenomenon. They no longer have that and ...
I agree that the police union's stance in the example you gave was "sensible, principled and correct". All I'm saying is that was an exception to the general rule, and probably would've had anything to do with most unions' opinions on scab labour, for ...
"Sensible, principled, correct is what I’d say." More like pure chance that the view of the police union happened to align with the views of the other unions, I'd say.
I'm surprised by that wholly illogical remark coming from you, Andrew.
Labour will never learn how to use MMP effectively. Personally, I think it's because of union dinosaur complex.
So you're saying that it'll be another case of Labour MPs "supporting policies they may not agree with"? So that means we should then vote for these MPs? Is that how it all works? Wow. No wonder Labour's so fucked. They expect people to vote for policies ...
So by saying that in principle there should be no need for private charity, but also that because some do "their work" damned well "why re-invent the wheel", aren't you really saying that your approach to private charity is unprincipled?
He's certainly lost his mojo without Key. All the talk of English being "a different person" from how he was in 2002 is just rubbish. The nats really blew it putting English in there. You'd think they'd have learned from history.
Stuart Nash?
"I’ve seen her in action." Yes, she is completely evil.
It was pleasing to finally see one or two welfare issues get a bit of attention in 2016, but generally social security and beneficiary issues aren't usually near the top of people's priorities at TS. Kind of consistent with the approach of unions towards ...
I seem to remember you saying not that long ago that your complaint about CV is that he declared himself "not left". When others tried to point out that this did not make him "right-wing" you went into a tizzy. It's pretty ironic that it's you calling CV ...
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