Daily Review 13/02/2018

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  1. Carolyn_Nth 1
    13 February 2018 at 5:49 pm

    So, to the gloating Soper-followers who were yesterday claiming Hipkins was backing down from ending Charter Schools – ie changing the legislation to special character schools – bad news.

    The Labour Māori caucus and Hipkins reckon with a bit of tweaking, the Māori MPs will be happy with the legislation to switch to Special Character Schools – they also prefer Hipkins funding model over the Charter School model.

    Their press conference got lost in the other news today.

    From Stuff a couple of hours ago.

    Education Minister Chris Hipkins is now prepared to make the necessary tweaks to legislation to allow a pathway for the eleven charter schools that under a Labour-led Government will cease to exist.
    …
    Jackson said he didn’t support the charter school model but he does support “parts of what we were able to do from the charter school perspective”.
    …
    Jackson said he was a charter school “convert” early on but he had an issue with the funding model and said many of the charter schools, particularly the Māori ones, would find transitioning to a new model much better financially.

    Ahead of last year’s election Davis said he would resign if the two charter schools in his Te Tai Tokerau electorate were closed.

    On Tuesday he said he had “total confidence there will be no need for a resignation”.

    “We’re very confident that together we’ll make sure this transition happens … with very little fuss. In fact, the students and their whanau should really notice no difference whatsoever.”

    Davis said it was clear the designated character model needed to be “tweaked” and “the process needs to be improved” to make it easier for schools to get set up.

  2. Carolyn_Nth 2
    13 February 2018 at 6:43 pm

    Goodness. The Dom Post has an anonymous editorial, posted at 6pm, expressing doubts there’s any adequate candidate for Nat leader.

    Headline: “Editorial: There is no promising National leader to replace Bill English”.

    It gives an assessment of the main contenders:

    The most plausible is Simon Bridges: he is youngish, ruthless, and embarrassed the Government early with a swift tactical triumph in Parliament. He might be able to appeal to centrist voters as well as the hard-right core of National.

    But his ruthlessness and very Right-wing lean might put many people off. His rewriting of the law to stop offshore protests against the oil companies was slanted to commercial interests rather than democratic rights.

    He has a certain blokeish appeal. But whether this proves a match for Jacinda Ardern, the huge political problem that National must somehow solve, remains most uncertain.

    Bennett:

    But her day in the sun is probably past. And the caucus seems to have turned against her.

    Adams: competent; aloof;

    sometimes she looks like a politician who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

    Joyce and Coleman are no-goers with voters.

    Nats have deeper problems: no mates; Labour and Ardern are on the rise; and Nats may be facing “succession of caretaker or temporary leaders”.
    Describes Collins as divisive; Kaye “lacks bite and political cut-through”

    • Ed 2.1
      13 February 2018 at 6:46 pm

      No mention of mercenary Mark?

    • AsleepWhileWalking 2.2
      13 February 2018 at 7:24 pm

      !!
      Off topic slightly I worry about Bennett (and others) and that gastric band surgery. Keto + IA is so much safer.

      • JanM 2.2.1
        13 February 2018 at 7:57 pm

        Can you remember David Lange having it? I was at a wedding he attended not long after – he came over to our table to talk and as he stood up to leave he grinned and said “I’m just off to refuse pudding” – lol

        • Hornet 2.2.1.1
          13 February 2018 at 11:39 pm

          I met David Lange on a number of occasions, and he would have made a terrific stand up comic. His sharpness of wit was seriously entertaining. I was genuinely saddened to see him so unwell in his latter months and years.

    • Draco T Bastard 2.3
      13 February 2018 at 8:02 pm

      But his ruthlessness and very Right-wing lean might put many people off.

      Probably put most people off. The only way National gets elected is pretending to be Labour.

      He has a certain blokeish appeal.

      No he doesn’t.

    • ianmac 2.4
      13 February 2018 at 8:28 pm

      We are right that no one stands out with universal appeal. Squabble Nats.

    • Ed 2.5
      13 February 2018 at 8:58 pm

      Just watched John Campbell ‘s interview with Bridges over Andarko.
      At 45 submitted by outofbed on the Bill Is gone post.

      Here it is again.
      Unmissable.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eD2JKoKGrjA

  3. joe90 3
    13 February 2018 at 8:01 pm

    There are many copies. And they have a plan.

    • ianmac 3.1
      13 February 2018 at 8:23 pm

      A takeover of National? Yea!
      Thanks Joe.Amazingly flexible. On the verge of something amazing!

    • McFlock 3.2
      13 February 2018 at 8:43 pm

      I’m intrigued that they’re still fairly noisy – ISTR that’s one of the reasons the big dog didn’t get bought by the US military.

      • joe90 3.2.1
        13 February 2018 at 9:13 pm

        Their first all electric so it’ll probably get quieter.

        And I imagine there would be hazardous site/work place uses for a highly mobile semi-autonomous machine with dexterous appendages.

        • McFlock 3.2.1.1
          13 February 2018 at 9:29 pm

          Maybe. But fairly limited, I would have thought, until it can compete with wheelbarrows. Mostly still-hazardous disaster sites, e.g. Fukushima or Pike River..

    • Carolyn_Nth 3.3
      13 February 2018 at 8:53 pm

      This is the one I saw earlier today – cyberdogs – coming to your house soon, when you least expect it.

    • Nom 3.4
      13 February 2018 at 9:02 pm

      If you haven’t already you should check out the episode ‘Metalhead’ from the latest season of Black Mirror – a nice dystopian nod to Boston Dynamics.

  4. Ed 4
    13 February 2018 at 8:04 pm

    Bill and the Nats are spinning like crazy.
    “Why I resigned “

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11993702

    • ianmac 4.1
      13 February 2018 at 8:26 pm

      Don’t suppose it matters what Bill says any more. Key vanished without “regerts.” And vanished – thankfully.

      • ScottGN 4.1.1
        13 February 2018 at 9:02 pm

        Dead right. They’re goneburger. And in a little while nobody will remember them.

      • patricia bremner 4.1.2
        13 February 2018 at 9:03 pm

        John “vanished” to ANZ. ANZ economics Bagrie left to form his own business. Wonder if John can create a spot in the vacancy for Bill? Drive a tractor? Tosh!!

    • Draco T Bastard 4.2
      13 February 2018 at 11:01 pm

      It’s nice to be able to leave at a time when you’re credible.

      hahahahahahahahaha

      Any pretence of him ever being credible is now gone.

  5. R.P. Mcmurphy 5
    13 February 2018 at 10:07 pm

    both of those nitwits have gone now.
    the country is set to sail on new seas.
    tonight the nationals imploded in the house and labour too slick for them.
    When the new crop of labour mps get going they will massacre the opposition.

  6. mac1 6
    13 February 2018 at 10:14 pm

    “Come back, Winston, all is forgiven.”

    In a stunning volte-face, Winston Peters revealed that he has been approached by National to become their leader.

    He has accepted, taking his caucus with him, thus not allowing Simon Bridges in time to become NZ’s first Maori Prime Minister.

    From King-Maker to King in 120 days. Peters said that this has been his long term strategy. He also said that this could not be construed as hypocritical waka-jumping since he was “just reboarding the canoe.”

    He further considered a diet of rats to be suitable kai for his new crew.

    Meanwhile in other counter-factual history……..

    • ianmac 6.1
      13 February 2018 at 10:24 pm

      Jolly good mac1. Must be tempting for Winston to stay as at least this year he will be acting-PM for a while when Jacinda delivers a baby. (But anyway would National keep its word as after jumping, Winston could hardly go back to Labour.)
      Phew. Real world sounds better.

    • mac1 6.2
      13 February 2018 at 10:24 pm

      ………………. England have just beat New Zealand at Wellington.

      • James 6.2.1
        13 February 2018 at 10:37 pm

        Umm nope. Black caps won.

        • mac1 6.2.1.1
          13 February 2018 at 10:40 pm

          Refer my post #6 above. The trick is to consider ‘context’, James!

          • James 6.2.1.1.1
            13 February 2018 at 11:12 pm

            As it was a new thread I hadn’t read your prior post.

            • mac1 6.2.1.1.1.1
              13 February 2018 at 11:39 pm

              All part of #6. As I said context is everything. It makes sense of what might seem nonsensical.

              I know that you so believe that I believe what I write is true that you couldn’t see that what I wrote I didn’t believe, being too readily accessible to the idea that lefties are thick, get it wrong, and certainly have no sense either of humour or of the ridiculous.

              Now, did I believe that?

            • Molly 6.2.1.1.1.2
              14 February 2018 at 9:02 am

              Your admission that you fail to read before commenting explains a lot about your usual engagement here on TS.

              • James …
                14 February 2018 at 9:05 am

                Molls – reading on iPhone – some threads don’t follow well – as I said. This thought it was a new comment.

                Peace out.

                • Molly …
                  14 February 2018 at 11:12 am

                  Goes to prove, never safe from surprises until you are dead! – a latent hippy inside James, who would’ve thunk it – 🙂

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