Daily review 29/08/2023

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  1. bwaghorn 1
    29 August 2023 at 6:03 pm

    Sugar tax , fast food tax, vape tax,

    • Incognito 1.1
      29 August 2023 at 6:20 pm

      Your point is what?

    • observer 1.2
      29 August 2023 at 6:54 pm

      Whatever taxes National propose tomorrow (and I might even agree with them, let's see) we already know that if Labour or the Greens proposed any of them, it would be greeted with anguished cries of "Taxcinda! Taxation is theft! No new taxes!" …

      … from the National party.

  2. joe90 2
    29 August 2023 at 6:41 pm

    If you need a reason to like Biden.

  3. Belladonna 3
    29 August 2023 at 6:59 pm

    To be read with caution – it's not a huge sample, with a consequently higher than usual margin of error – and a relatively high 'undecided or unwilling to say' component (18%)

    But this poll is not signalling good news for Manji in his quest to win Ilam and bring in TOP under the 5% threshold

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/election-2023-national-way-ahead-in-ilam-denting-tops-chances-of-entering-parliament/E5XB2HN7NRDVVEB3J5LBO5NMYY/

    National is way ahead. Hamish Campbell at 33% is more than double the next candidate – with Labour 15% and TOP 14% on virtually level pegging.

    I'd expected Manji to be a lot closer to Campbell – he's got (I understand – not my city) a high local profile.

    The reportedly leaked poll from TOP has the two a lot closer – but National still ahead by a significant margin.

    • observer 3.1
      29 August 2023 at 7:11 pm

      His chances effectively ended when Labour took the seat in 2020. If it were still a Nat seat then a Labour candidate could be encouraged to go easy. Not perhaps the full Epsom "cup of tea", but half a cup, like Jeanette Fitzsimons in (Nat-held) Coromandel back in the day.

      But a sitting MP can't be expected to do anything except fight to hold it.

    • Corey 3.2
      29 August 2023 at 7:23 pm

      No he does not have a large local profile, he's basically an unknown, he's just some dude who was on the council 7 years ago and who ran as an independent 6 years ago.

      That's it.. He's not well known, he lived in wellington for much of theast six years and ilams about as safe national as it gets, lots and lots of old money, 2020 was a fluke it's as blue as they come.

      Theres bugger all billboards or top pressance in the electorate , I've seen more green billboards than top, if they are doing street corner meetings or door knocking they are happening in a vacuum. He's invisible.

      Also I've met politicians from across the spectrum and from prime ministers down to community board members, I've never experienced a politician be so stand offish and robotic before after performing at an event he was a part of he was just so posh and snobby.

      Weirdly, I actually think with grumpy fed up vibe nz has atm, if Gareth Morgan ran the same campaign this year that he ran in 2017 ( a grumpy gruff but likable rich old man and his "evidence based" policies) I reckon top would get 5%… But Raf is not delivering Top to parliament, Jess Hammond in Pete dunnes old electorate would have been a better chance.

      It's a shame though because Tops not a bad party and has good ideas.

    • gsays 3.3
      29 August 2023 at 8:14 pm

      FYI, The Working Group has a Ilam candidate 'debate' tonight. I can view it on You Tube.