Maungakiekie is quite hard to pick. Majority of about 2300 last time, inflated by Chloe Swarbrick running a strong campaign, winning 4,000 electorate votes, twice as many as their party vote in the electorate. In theory it should go to Labour or very close...
James, I would not rule out a deal between Winston and the Nats after the next election. With the numbers in this poll, Nat/NZF/Maori could form a govt. Maybe Winston couldn't govern with Key, but do you think the Nats would hesitate to roll Key if that ...
So your reasoning seems to be: When Labour did x, that proved that Labour were corrupt and self serving. National are doing x, and that is ok, because Labour did it. Really?
From my rough calculation, and depending on how many seats the Maori Party win, this result would basically mean that either Labour or National would only be able to form a Government with the cooperation of NZF. I'm not really concerned if the Greens ...
Micky, the Muppets characters are too pleasant and politically credible to be POAL Board members.
Yes, before the line-up was announced I hoped Cunliffe would get economic development. A chance for him to work on innovative policy, and take on Joyce.
+1.
I am a Labour voter/member, and I would have to say I have not been impressed by Parker's delivery, for instance in the Close Up piece earlier this week, he did not seem assured, charismatic, or convincing.
I hear what you are saying Jordan, but it seems to me that many of the commenters are not trying to help Labour per se, they are trying to limit the damage done in the 2011-2014 term, by trying to constrain National by forcing them to work with an ...
Electorate: Carol Beaumont in Maungakiekie, the only candidate with a chance of turfing out the Nats candidate. Party: Labour. I have voted Green in the past, but Labour need the support this time. The idea of voting tactically for NZ1 occurred to me, but ...
Lprent, I presume that you mean that Banks will lose Epsom, how do you think that will happen? I can't see him losing it.
How is it subjective to say that people who voted for a party in government support that government? Sounds like a logical conclusion to me.
Although Wodehouse usually makes his characters with a bit more class. They tend to the eccentric rather than the foul.
Indeed, but I was trying to make the point that our head of state really ought to live here....at least part of the time!
So, we have a couple of major disasters, and our Head of State sends her grandson out for a visit? Awesome.
Would you say Williams is from the left? Really?
If I could like this, I would! So glad to see Quax down the road. Captcha: Finished(!) By the way Toad, a minor correction, Richard Northey is actually on a Labour ticket, rather than city vision.
Rex, what do you mean by "sanctions against abuse"? The entire point of the law is that employers can sack anyone, anytime within 90 days with no reason. There is no way that kind of law can be checked, given that there is no requirement for employers to ...
And Tuhoe land was stolen by the Crown. Thats the historical truth
Hide is the Minister for Local Government. He is speaking on his views on Local Government. Inside the brochure he is described as the Minister for Local Government. It is absurd to suggest he is not speaking as the Minister. The simple fact is that the ...
Slightly off topic, is there a bank AC no. for people to donate money to the locked out drivers? I can't find one anywhere.
The Labour Party are not at historic lows in the polls. They are current polling in the low 30s. Far higher than at times in the early 90s. Incidentally also higher than the Nats polled in 2002.
himself? The old PM Finance Minister double? I don't think he would want the workload.
Really? The likely consequence is a drop in influence/effectiveness for Bill English. How would that harm the hard right of the party, given that English seems more like a relatively moderate tory than a hard right ideologue (hence his replacement by Brash...
Actually, I think they are likening the new Super City Council to Rome. My take on it is that they are saying that it will hold all the ultimate decision making and financial powere, with no real balance from the local boards.
When I'm finished, the city council will have this many staff.
Andrew, this law is about employers being able to fire workers for no reason in their first 90 days of employment. The law already allows employers to dismiss workers for poor performance, or for dishonesty. This law is simply about the ability to dismiss ...
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