And the Asian and NZ gangs that supply drugs are health workers?
Quite so. But it is naive to imagine that The Greens can manage either, or even want to.
Shaw was a management consultant. So what? Stalin trained for the priesthood. And, on an even more serious note, drop the persona; abuse. Did no one ever tell you it means you have lost the argument?
I think this piece confuses The Greens and the greens. The Greens aren't environmentalists who want to save the planet. They are a combination of crypto-anarchists and anti-capitalists, for whom the environment is secondary. But it would good to have a ...
Yes and an even bigger majority against the socialist alternative.
Yes, it was Winston himself. He saw he wasn't getting much traction in the face of Jacinda mania, so he manufactured an issue. It didn't work, but the oddities of MMP have still put him in a strong position.
And you really think Lab/Green/NZF wouldn't be?
If English acknowledged a lack of confidence in himself, like Little did, you can be sure that the journalists would be in for the kill.
To quote Helen Clark: "diddums" Politics is a rough game for grown-ups, and Turei showed no grace when she was after John Banks' blood. She needs to stop snivelling. More to the point, Labour needs to dump the MoU right now. The Greens were always going to...
Crikey. I know the Nats have a reputation for dirty tricks, but it was Turei herself who created this situation. Journalists are like sharks, as we have seen with Andrew Little. Once they smell blood, they go into a feeding frenzy. Turei should have known ...
Deflection. The issue here is the Greens and Turei. If there was a case against Paula Bennett, I'm sure journalists and opposition politicians would have broadcast it by now.
What's all this apologising for Turei about? She committed a complex and sustained fraud. And even now she is dissembling about it by talking about the money she stole as an "over-payment", She should resign now and face prosecution for her dishonesty. ...
To get a new gov't coalition that excluded NZF, you'd probably need to count on National getting less than 40%. How likely is that?
Brave or "courageous" (in the sense that Sir Humphrey Appleby used the word)?
I think perhaps that Little was begin a bit naive admitting that he had discussed quitting with his colleagues. Journalists are like sharks - they smell blood and they go into a feeding frenzy.
Really can't see the problem? Let me help. The problem is that Peters loathes the Greens, and they have completely opposed support bases. There is no way a Lab/Green/NZFirst coalition can come together. Besides, if Peters becomes kingmaker, would his ...
Relax, it's not an elephant. It's just a figment of your imagination. Trying reading this: https://www.thegwpf.com/earth-day-predictions-that-were-all-wrong/
Not sure what you mean by the first bit, but there has been public debt for many years. It was around $20 billion for a while before the GFC and the earthquakes and then it blew out to around $70 billion. It is now in the low $60 billions and slowly ...
Correct, Andrew. According to the IMF, amongst advanced economies, only Estonia, Luxembourg and Hong Kong have a lower public debt to GDP ratio than NZ.
Here it is: http://www.oecd.org/newzealand/economic-survey-new-zealand.htm
For a more balanced and impartial view: "New Zealand continues to enjoy a strong, broad-based economic expansion. Strong economic growth is being driven by booming tourism, strong net inward migration, solid construction activity, and supportive monetary ...
Katie Bradford? You mean the Katie Bradford who said this: "No matter what we talk about, no matter what we do, the polls don't seem to be shifting at all"
"Show us where there is left wing media in NZ ..." Here you go, garibaldi: https://yournz.org/2017/04/16/media-bias-nz-updated/ The state-owned radio station is left wing. Who would have guessed where John Campbell's sympathies lie? Also interesting to ...
Interesting choice of evidence there, OAB. Re your first point, I wasn't making any claims about the environment, but in any case our rivers haven't just become mucky since National got into power. Re your second point, the economic growth data shown ...
I'll buy B, but not A. The left thinks the media are right wing, and the right thinks the media are left wing. It would be interesting to see an analysis of the leanings of journalists, but I would be surprised if it showed strong bias either way.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know that Sir John hated poor people and was only concerned for his rich mates, but how about some intelligent analysis of how he manged to get elected three times. [How about you read many of the 20,000 posts on the site that ...
Says Bill, furiously tapping away on his filthy, capitalist-inspired computer, which is helping to reduce harmful emissions. How about standing up for the workers in the class war? You should be submitting all your comments by post. And who cares about the...
Not much change from a year ago. Nats pretty much unchanged. Lab + Green down a bit. Winston First up a bit.
Peculiar analogy. Ike and Tina were together for 18 years. Are you suggesting we're going to have another 9 years of National?
I'd be happy for you to demonstrate with CB polling data where my reality check is incorrect. But, then again, it's up to you if you want to ignore the facts.
Reality check. At this stage before the 2008 election, the leader of the opposition was ahead of the incumbent PM in the Colmar Brunton preferred PM poll. Now the leader of the oppostion can't even get into second place and has less than a quarter of the ...
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