Yes agree...we will see! Remember what matters most to people is what occurs in there day to day lives...the cost of everything, the ability to work, access to health care, how they perceive the Govt of the day is managing the economy etc.
Cinny, no I did not. My point in this was when Bridges discussed Pugh as fucken useless it was in private. And Pugh's reply was dignified. However, Bridges assessment seems to be 100% correct with the local insight you have provided!
"We all have unsavoury rellies chuckles." Yes, indeed we do Gabby thank you for that astute observation. Hence lumping all National supporters in with someone like JLR is absurd. Like roycartland @ 11 did with Ankerawshark giving it a 100+ rating.
"Chuck do you not see the ...
I disagree...Bridges call for the leak enquiry now makes sense. Despite many here (and elsewhere) saying he was stupid for pushing on with it. The bullet dodged by National was this did not explode out into the open months out from the next election. The ...
"Absolutely no accident that Ross is in their camp" As opposed to Ross being in one of those Young Labour camps? When the alleged molester is publicly known, will you still say the same thing about his family ties with Labour?
Drums had been beating for a while that JLR liked to play away from home. That was all I had heard anyway. However, JLR had taken it to a whole new level and I think the National party and NZ have dodged a bullet with JLR having been exposed.
So you would have liked JLR to have continued on without any repercussions just to try and prove a point? You are confusing two very different set of circumstances with Kavanaugh v Ross. Yep, I understand all things to do with the Nats is to be seen as ...
Did you see Pugh's response to Bridges apology? I would not classify her as gutless...quite the opposite. Good on her mum for coming into to bat for her!
"It mirrors in a lot of ways that Kavanaugh situation." Go on tell us why? "I look forward to these same RWNJs applying the same logic to Ross…" Once you have explained your LWNJs logic to your "it mirrors" then you may have answered your sentence above.
I remember the joe90 tv series it became something of a cult classic. Ok so if it was an open secret, then why was Paula taken to task for "bringing MP's personal lives into it"? Micksavage post from yesterday "There is an equivalent theory in politics, ...
"So soimon and Pullya were willing to sweep this under the carpet if JLR did as instructed ? Is this what he meant by natural justice ?" Maybe you need to have another coffee to wake up tc...If the women did not want to make official complaints there was ...
"JLR is not a hero". Good to hear you say that... "He’s as nasty as Bennett, Bridges and Collins" That just undid what you said above and exposes your underlying bias by dragging Bennett, Bridges and Collins into it. Putting politics aside you should be ...
Further north...few hundred million more of the provincial fund might do the trick. He would need Jacinda to give NZF a clear run...but that will indicate to soft National supporters not to vote NZF.
"National voters to give up on their party’s prospects in 2020 and switch to NZF to keep Labour on track." No National voters who voted for NZF did so to keep National on track. Winston has to appeal to them again in 2020, he is a master at it but how many...
I am sure Ardern would have preferred Bridges to of been leading National come 2020. A lot can go wrong for this current Government, 2020 will be very interesting. Watch NZF and Winston go into election mode as the time nears...Winston needs to present NZF...
I would guess Pugh was going to slip down the list rankings quietly until now of course!
Yeh, I agree that Bridges is on shaky ground (not to do with the $100k JLR has well and truly over-egged that one). JLR is now pretty much unemployable in NZ. Hey he could always work for Whaleoil :)
Come on Ed, apologising was the right thing to do. You will have to be a very naive person not to think within the inner circle of every political party that such decisions occur (merits or not of individual MP's). Even Jacinda would have been calling ...
JLR just confirmed he has NO evidence that Bridges told him to split the donation up. Only that Bridges was aware of the $100k donation.
Jacinda Arderns "Captain Call" on banning oil and gas exploration was always going to be a disaster... "The country has just seven years' firm supply, and production is forecast to start falling away from 2021, according to Patrick Teagle, a New Zealand-...
"because there’s a decent and ethical government in charge." Really?? The current Deputy PM was found by the privileges committee to have filed a false return to Parliament when he failed to declare a $100,000 donation from billionaire Owen Glenn. Labour ...
Well, that would be the kiss of death for JLR - Kim Dotcom is toxic.
Yes JLR needed to get his side of the story out in as much detail as he could for maximum effect. Once he accused Bridges, he had to make sure he gave as much detail as possible. It will not take too much time for it to become clear if JLR is spinning or ...
"Why did he keep avoiding very direct questions on the subject?" Show me a politician that does... One could pull up any number of interviews with Jacinda deflecting very direct questions. The Grand Master is, of course, Winston Peters he leaves reporters ...
Looking through National Party returns suggests they don't have an issue with anyone with a Chinese sounding name. If its as you assert and is a systemic rorting of the system then any investigation will uncover it.
The National Party President (Goodfellow) just confirmed (One News) that he has checked the records (donations) which do not accord to the JLR allegations. Which brings me back to the question - why would Bridges risk it all on trying to hide a $100K ...
Dennis ask yourself this...why would Bridges (and others) decide to hide a donation from a well respected Chinese businessman? If it was NZF and Winston I could understand it being hidden, as one of Winstons key platform/vote winners is anti-Asian. He also...
"The average of the under $15k is LESS THAN than $5,000 minimum.!!" That will be due to the "aggregate effect". BTW: The returns are audited by BDO.
solkta you can try to imply I have no morality and that somehow by me pointing out the facts confirms it. If you want to change the world, my friend, firstly you need to understand how and why it works the way it does. The major powers are alike and ...
"Now i can start selling P conscience free knowing that if i don’t someone else in my neighborhood will." Yes, you could solkta - if you have decided to become a P dealer/cook. Maybe its gone a little over your head, but the countries listed above ALL have...
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