Daily review 31/07/2023

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1. pat 1

   31 July 2023 at 6:00 pm

   Why are we so poorly served by our politicians?
   • Dennis Frank 1.1

     31 July 2023 at 7:35 pm

     Well, poor service could be due to incompetence. It could also be due to poor design. Would it be reasonable to expect that a social system conceived in the late 18th century and implemented in ad hoc stages during the 19th century is suitable for operation in the 21st? Of course not. Only a total effing moron would think so.

     Which is the cue for all Nat/Lab voters to clamour loudly in disagreement, obviously. A good way to test their credibility is to poll them on the question "Does your representative actually represent your views in the parliamentary process?"

     Any intrepid social scientist ought also to prudently ask a prior question: "Is your MP your political representative?" If most people respond in the negative, it can reasonably interpreted as evidence that the concept of representative democracy is no longer supported by public opinion. A statistical measure of the disbelief in the basis of our state would be helpful in evaluating the possibility of democratic reform.
     • Muttonbird 1.1.1

       31 July 2023 at 8:16 pm

       If you stopped at the end of the first paragraph it would have been a powerful comment but, like many amateur artists, you didn't know when to put the brush down.
       • Roy Cartland 1.1.1.1

         1 August 2023 at 8:51 pm

         Do go on, by all means.

         Easy to criticise, more difficult to elaborate. As proven by your neglect to ah forget it
     • Kat 1.1.2

       31 July 2023 at 8:22 pm

       Nationals "Moar Roads"…..funded by….wait for it:

       1. Tolls
       2. Private enterprise – Investment (yeah right, jobs for the boys)
       3. Tax
       4. Time frame – 10 years…..plus….plus a generation

       https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300939736/national-announces-four-lanes-to-whangrei-not-quite

       So…no free school lunches…and even bigger pot holes
       You would have to be brain dead to vote for that lot….
   • adam 1.2

     31 July 2023 at 7:42 pm

     Operating under an economic system which if I'm being generous – promotes psychopathy and greedy thugs.

     How else can our politicians operate?

     Expect at the whim of the corporations who run our world.
   • joe90 1.3

     31 July 2023 at 8:31 pm

     Priority to decisions and results that will see them returned to Parliament.

     Evidence from a new report published by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington—Foresight, Insight and Oversight—suggests parliamentary scrutiny of the quality of long-term governance in New Zealand is less than ideal. Put bluntly, it is limited, ad hoc and unsystematic.

     This is unfortunate. Weak parliamentary scrutiny reduces the political incentives for good governance. It also means poor decision-making may go undetected while non-urgent, but potentially serious, long-term problems receive inadequate political attention. Future citizens are then left to pay the price.

     https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2019/07/taking-the-fight-to-short-termism-in-government
2. Belladonna 2

   31 July 2023 at 6:57 pm

   A very tongue in cheek bid for Palmerston North to hold the next Commonwealth Games

   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/dave-mollards-change-is-constant-how-palmerston-north-could-host-the-commonwealth-games/4IPRPPWLERHUBHGZ75RJLU2VQU/

   Obviously not intended seriously – but there's a core of truth in it – bringing back the Games to an amateur level….

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