Agreed. Deborah Russell convincingly losing my dark-red electorate of New Lynn to the National candidate is a pretty damning indictment, yet here she is back on the list.
The Greens have some good candidates and some good policies. It is unfortunate that their "social justice" wing embarrassed themselves to the extent that they did at the Albert Park debacle and its aftermath. Although I've voted Greens in the past ...
Me too Ed. It will be interesting to see how the Greens perform amongst people aged 30+ this year compared with past elections. A lot of long term Green voters seem to be walking away at the moment. The question will be whether they can capture enough new ...
Agree Ed. I thought her blindly loyal defence of that Albert Park shambles was the first major misstep I have seen from her. There will undoubtedly be another if she continues to hitch her raft to the current Green crew. If she's ever going to cut herself ...
That would make me very happy. I think it would be a much better fit for her but she is so in deep with the Greens at this point it would be a big ask to make a clean break without damaging her reputation. If she took over as TOP leader it might just be ...
Weka, having read the bill in full I noted that it leaves sections 43, 46 and 49 (which protect single sex facilities and sport) as they are. Not sure if this is intentional or an oversight by Dr Kerekere, but either way it makes the bill considerably less...
What a farce. I've lost faith in the Green Party this year, but Chloe is a politician for whom I still have considerable respect. Her Alcohol Harm bill was an attempt to do something practically useful for the community rather than just navel gazing.
Unbelievable. The left is imploding its own support just after Hipkins had managed to get Labour's back onside with a lot of middle voters. Hugely unhelpful contribution from TPM, and I won't be surprised if this is the turning point which results in Luxon...
I'm with you Beverly. I've been a regular Green voter for over 15 years. I am not going to suddenly change my worldview overnight and start voting for Act or National, but I certainly couldn't look at myself in the mirror and vote Green based on the ...
Judging from Twitter, the activists seem to have absolutely no idea how much damage has been done to the "Joe Average" public perception of LGBT+ causes and the political left generally over the last week or two. It is extremely concerning. If the Prime ...
I also can't vote for National or Act. At this stage I think I will be voting for TOP in the hopes of a left wing government not wagged by the Greens. Will probably end up a wasted vote, but that is where I am at.
The only thing any serious politician should be saying to Mrs Alp is "No comment". Who was asking the question can't justify that unhinged rant.
I'll be having a serious look at TOP as an evidence-based progressive voice.
There you have it loud and clear - the Greens no longer want the support of cis men or indeed anybody who regard cis men as equals. As a cis man who has voted for the Greens more often than not (including 2020) I am so done with the toxic crew currently in...
Thanks for creating this thread. This week it has felt like the left has completely lost the plot. I have already had to walk away from my decade-long support of the Green Party because of their toxic, ideological and anti-science approach to these issues....
PD = Professional Development, I presume in particular to help teachers develop the skills to deal with the special needs they're increasingly being faced with.
Busy month for ZB's complaints team. I'm waiting for a response to my complaint about Mike and his wife's deliberate undermining and underplaying of expert advice about Cyclone Gabrielle. I suspect I'm not the only complaint they received about that ...
Completely bizarre for activists to conflate sexual preferences with transphobia. Do these people also think that gay men are misogynist?
I am impressed that Luxon has so adamantly drawn a line in the sand, despite the fact that this will alienate a substantial portion of his base. The first time in his tenure that he has publicly shown what I would regard as meaningful leadership. The acid ...
I'm more interested in why are these articles being written? Every time JK pops up in public lately it seems to involve excessive fawning over China. It isn't something he did a lot during his time in politics, so why is he getting on the wagon now? Is he ...
Selling public assets is entrenched in the sense that it is pretty much irreversible regardless of the policy of subsequent governments. Compared to that, a 60% clause is child's play.
Act's position is ideologically inconsistent. How can a libertarian party justify supporting arbitrary legislative restrictions on the right to participate in the national democracy? It seems that the rationale is no more sophisticated than "removing the ...
No the decision would not have been the same if it was about 8 year olds, because the Human Rights Act provision about age discrimination only applies to those 16 and older.
No I never go near the cesspit that is Newstalk ZB. I am just at a stage in my life where I have occasion to talk to lots of middle class families with young children, although clearly not the same people as you. What line of work are you in, if you don't ...
I disagree. 3500 seats on a plane is nothing in a population of five million. The top 10% of earners and asset-rich retirees are still doing fine. The "middle class" of self-employed or salaried mortgage holders are absolutely hurting right now. Pretending...
The most annoying thing about Hosking's "broken record" columns about how shit we have it is that if National won the election you just know that the tone would immediately change and everything in NZ would instantly be sunshine and rainbows before ...
How pathetic to vote against a motion not for the substance but because of some sort of personal grudge against the person proposing it. Someone this petty does not belong in Parliament, much less (God forbid) as deputy PM.
"We will support whatever the industry wants" says Luxon. Never a truer word spoken.
Even if Simon Wilson and Mike Hosking were journalistic equals (they are not!), the comparison doesn't hold water. Imagine if Jacinda articulated a desire to denigrate Mike Hosking in a similar way. NZME would run it as front page news for a month and the ...
I'm a bit puzzled about what was the point of including a "green" setting in the Traffic Light Framework if they never intended to use it. Seems odd to just throw away the entire regulatory framework as soon as there's a lull and then have to start over ...
Susie Ferguson has made calling Luxon on his bullshit a national sport. Unfortunately within the key MSM interviewers she is the only one playing at the moment.
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