His legacy will obviously be COVID. He was faced with something no Finance Minister had really been faced with since WWII, and got us through it. He calmed our collective anxiety when we were told we had to go home and stay home for 9 weeks. Thank you ...
Robert....not Robin
I would have expected a bounce for the left with all the protest action over the first 6 weeks of this year. Any changes are within the margins of error. My read of this is nothing has changed since the election. If there was an election today I think we ...
imagine National, go-governing in the agricultural space with Federated Farmers Are you kidding me? You seriously think nobody would have batted an eye about Federated Farmers governing agriculture? There would be protests on the street lead by the Green ...
Very well said Weka. Thank you for putting in words how I feel
I think she needs to articulate what she actually means by that, She has repeated it a couple of times but what does she actually intend to do that is not already done by the Green Party to mobilise the community.
I think you will find its the other way around. These are the people that pay thousands to National each year. Now they expect a return on their investment. As part of that payment they are given direct access to Ministers.
The Taniwha has awakened the people. I just wish it had been before the election Do you think that any one of those thousands who turned up voted for this government?
I do find the Maori Party's strategy here somewhat confusing. It is a very aggressive and antagonistic position and I'm not sure how it would ever work in practice. But in my view its dumb because it plays right into Seymour's hands. He will use this ...
Exactly. If you want to direct a Minister to answer, you need to ask a series of short questions with little room for an answer you don't expect. A question with several limbs allows the Minister to waffle and ignore the key point.
Most good politicians know when its time to go. Cullen didn't hang around to stubb out English, as he identified his time had passed, he had been voted out, and it was time to pass the role onto young blood and new ideas. Robbo will do the same in the next...
I have the impression that Luxon has a lot of respect for James. Pure speculation but that appointment would not be at all surprising.
Chloe will be the new co-leader. That's my speculation
She can stay in all the way until July 18 when the Nominee will be formally chosen at the Republican National Convention. But the reality is its over.
Thank you
Indeed. Its a tricky one. I don't think making cigarettes cheap is wanted by anyone. But increasing tax on the poor now isn't a great outcome.
I agree It is one of the worst forms of regressive taxes. It is mostly paid by poorer people, and in paying it, they pay a much larger portion of their income than a richer smoker.
I fear you are correct Gosman. This is pure populism. The 3 waters debacle was in my view the issue that Labour lost control of, and resulted in a wide spread anti Maori backlash. That ultimately saw them lose support and in the end, the election. That ...
Trump wins New Hamsphire....
Okay... Do you want to tell us what words he used either side of saying 'devolution' so that your comment means something?
You are using a product with a Maori name. You didn't give it that name.
It can be very difficult to know when you are committing cultural appropriation. It is very easy to offend, even when you think you are doing the correct thing. In my opinion it is best to steer clear unless your use of that language for marketing purposes...
Stop the weapons,stop the cash flow and he's done And so is Israel
Of course its nothing new. A Hipkins lead government would have done the same thing.
I earn a pretty good salary. Paying 30k for a car is an eye watering expense. If you think that is a cheap car you live in lala land.
which is far less than Scotland who are still demanding a separate say from their original conquerors What do mean by this? New Zealand became independent from Westminster in 1947. Legislation was passed in 1947 that granted the New Zealand Parliament ...
I agree with you Robert. National didn't promise to do anything positive or new. It was simply "we will cancel, repeal or stop stuff". I am not entirely sure what the hell they will do once the 100 days are up and they have completed their 'stop stuff' ...
Okay, I'm just curious and want to loop back up the thread. Do you doubt that Trump will, almost certainty, win the Republican nomination?
Done. Apologies for wasting your time
I think we will find that we are already in recession. Liam Dann had a good analysis pre-Christmas Liam Dann Of course, government policy will accelerate this though.
I am not sure you will get to much disagreement from the right on your conclusions. Their intention is to limit wage growth as a way to reduce the rate of inflation. Throughout the summer, they have proudly and repeatedly promoted the fact that they have ...
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