Daily review 19/10/2020

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  1. Muttonbird 1
    19 October 2020 at 5:54 pm

    Talofa, bitches.

    – unidentified intoxicated young woman

    This seems to be the quote of the night from the National Party funeral election party on Saturday night at the RNZYS. Mentioned in two different accounts of that dreadful event.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-results-2020-a-funeral-what-happened-at-nationals-yacht-club-function/4XYNZRMA4JBWUBHDQ77XVHX3ZM/

    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/judith-collins-genuine-concession-speech-the-best-part-of-a-depressing-party-for-national.html

    • Scud 1.1
      19 October 2020 at 6:18 pm

      Got it on Twitter as well, don't ask me why i got it either. But some old hag slap down the pissed young muppet, but was a tad late.

  3. Muttonbird 3
    19 October 2020 at 6:04 pm

    Probably the two highlights for me from the weekend were Ginny Andersen and Shanan Halbert crushing Mr. Snoop and Dan Bidiot.

    What were your highlights?

    • Sacha 3.1
      19 October 2020 at 6:23 pm

      Watching John Campbell and Hilary Barry after the tiredness and sugar took over.

    • FAB mouse 3.2
      19 October 2020 at 9:28 pm

      The (for me) unexpected electorate wins. And pleasant suprise to see David Cunliffe and and an ex Green leader on Three when tired of Nikki Kaye being asked the same question yet again on One and risking a change in channel.

  4. Anker 4
    19 October 2020 at 6:15 pm
    • The win overall. And I have been thinking about how labour’s victory is a victory against the spin of the msm.
    • just prior to covid National was polling higher than Labour. New Zealanders got to see how effective labour’s team and Jacinda are with their own eyes. With a blatant comparison to other countries dealing with the pandemic
    • Draco T Bastard 4.1
      19 October 2020 at 6:39 pm

      With a blatant comparison to other countries dealing with the pandemic doing the same as National said they would do it.

      It was obvious fairly quickly that if National been in power at the time our own death rates would have been proportionally the same as Australia or even the USA. It wasn't luck that saved us from that fate but outright competence from the government that National proved that it doesn't have.

  5. Muttonbird 5
    19 October 2020 at 6:29 pm

    I love how the narrative from the now fractured Nats is all about the mistake in rolling Bridges.

    That's right, Bridges would have saved them. Bridges would have saved them right after he took them to sub 30% in April because of his incessant whinging about JA's gold-plated Covid response.

    The entire thing is Bridges’ fault, ffs. From big-man travel expenses, to “fucking useless”, to candidates for cash, to hacking the budget, to demanding open borders.

    If they think Bridges would have saved them they have a long, long way to go before they're back in the real world.

  6. Paaparakauta 6
    19 October 2020 at 6:36 pm

    What gives Dury of Xero the right to propose driverless buses to WCC while driver families struggle with the Covid-19 depression ?

    [I’ve corrected your user name and e-mail address because yet again you appeared as a new user to the system, which requires Moderator attention. All the incorrect ones will go into the Blocklist where they will not trigger Auto-Moderation that needs Moderator intervention and go straight to Trash – Incognito]

  7. Anne 7
    19 October 2020 at 6:43 pm

    Josie Pagani has a bob each way – what's new? Introduced as an "expert" on TV1 news she reckoned that if Labour has any sense they would do a deal with the Greens and the Maori Party and if the Greens and the Maori Party have any sense they would not do a deal with Labour. frown

    • Muttonbird 7.1
      19 October 2020 at 6:51 pm

      Josie Pagani is an expert in nothing, other than contradictions.

      Incredible that in the most centrist election result in modern times she finds a way to bait and confuse.

      • anker 7.1.1
        19 October 2020 at 7:30 pm

        Yes Josie Pagani "expertly" claimed Shane Jones was the best candidate to lead labour when he was up against Cunliffe and Grant R………….

        She apparently also clammed on tv 3 on election night that Labour would end up of 43%

  8. Robert Guyton 8
    19 October 2020 at 7:12 pm

    "Salmond says that, under Ardern, the “radical idea of aroha is replacing a neo-liberal mythology of life as a market based on egos pursuing their own interests” and “the star path to Aotearoa has been laid down in this election – to cherish diversity as a source of richness in decision-making and ways of living, rather than conflict”."

    https://democracyproject.nz/2020/10/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-leftwing-euphoria-meets-reality/

    • Anne 8.1
      19 October 2020 at 8:01 pm

      From the link:

      On climate change, however, there is building concern that Ardern’s administration still don’t have the ambitions to make it the “nuclear-free issue” of their generation. Jonathan Milne reports that people like Jim Bolger and Greenpeace’s Russel Norman are calling on the new Government “to deliver rapid progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions” – see: Ardern challenged on climate courage. Norman sounds rather pessimistic about environmental problems being addressed,…

      This is where the Greens should concentrate their influence. They have the track record and as time progresses more and more people are going to recognise the urgency of the situation.

      Please Greens! You have a major role to play here. You must play it for all your worth.

  9. Cinny 9
    19 October 2020 at 8:50 pm

    Wow….

    “#CommanderInChief… Honestly… If I did the things you do, I couldn’t sleep”

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