Deemac's first comment is evidence to why this website is slowly being considered an echo chamber. In his clear-seeing eyes, the Nat's can never do anything right. Even their maiden speeches.
I happened to listen to Joyce's speech -- and it was quite humble to say the least. You need to realise that you do not represent the majority of New Zealanders with comments of this sort. Instead you merely display your arrogance and partisan-nature by ...
Someone give Clint a muzzle. His posts are progressively becoming more and more childish and puerile. What happened to the old intelligent SP? [lprent: I've roughly translated that as "I don't like the posts". Now I just looked back through 4 pages of your...
Union's have become over-paid snotty suits. I miss the unions of the good ol' days.
Love your crocodile tears Tane. National's policy on restricting workers rights is very light. Very light indeed.
Clint you're missing one important thing -- John Key was clearly the decisive factor on the night. It was his intelligence, and his ability to connect with all voters, that lead National to the victory they easily achieved. Don Brash tried to be centralist...
I'm all for the occasional ribbing of Mr Key but I have to admit that this particular attack is shallow and pedantic. These slanted posts do your credibility no good Clint.
Tane, the problem with raising the minimum wage in the manner which you're proposing is that all the extra costs go straight onto businesses. If we as society believe that the minimum wage should increase, then society should justly deal with the ...
Was Key actually demoted when working for Merrill Lynch SP? I've never heard the media make one reference to that.
So because lefties go to DL, the people there are "good fellas and fellesses"? I'd hate to see what bigoted remarks you would say about the people who go to right-wing events.
I hate to say this but farmers workers are farmers workers for a reason. They are unskilled. We need to build a skill-based economy. What we should be doing is promoting skill training for these sort of workers, so that they can reach better wages more ...
lprent, I just find this constant ridiculding of anyone remotely wealthy to be rude and quite petty. They deserve tax cuts just as much as anyone else. Yet some people commenting on this site seem to treat them like second class citizens.
A good ol' rich bashing. My favourite. [lprent: Probable troll - see the Policy. Lift your standard - where is the point in your last few comments]
Oh the UN can have her. Hopefully it'll bring down both of 'em at the same time.
The cabinet announced yesterday is in no way a greater move to the right than what was previously signalled. Both Maurice Williamson and Lockwood Smith got the boot, seriously undermining the whole idea of a conservative stronghold on the party's cabinet. ...
I have to agree with SP on this.
I feel extremely bad for poor Maurice Williamson. He may have been a stupid right wing git, but at least he didn't try and hide it. One of the most honest nats we had. As for Paula Bennett. Give the girl a break. She ain't no Moana Mackey.
You guys all still sound in denial about the change of government. As for your many questions Clinton, both the Maori Party and the ACT party are outside government. They can criticise National policy just as much as anyother party. It is naive to say that...
What is wrong with tax cuts for the rich?
Interesting poll puts Labour ahead here. http://www.tv3.co.nz/Default.aspx
Jeannie: "The following is a list of O'Reilly owned news media in NZ from Wikipedia." This election no matter which way it goes is a victory for Tony O'Reilly undemocratically influencing our elections via the mainstream media. I looked INM ( Independent ...
Patrick: "While I doubt Key has ability to hold together a government containing ACT, UF and the Maori Party, I'm quite hesitant to say so" If National has established one thing over the years it is that it cannot work with other parties except perhaps ...
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I just scored 88% with the Maori Party which surprised me enormously, then Greens 85%, Labour 77% and the Progressives whom I would ordinarily vote for, only 71%. How weird is that? But then analysis was also interesting esp on removing tax for lowest ...
... point of the campaign. [lprent: Sarah you are now banned for...
That doesn't really seem a balanced piece on tax cuts at all.
This is simply a reaction to Key's policy. It won't have much impact at all. Best of all the H-Fee scandal should overshadow this well and truely tonight. Way to screw up what would have been a good policy. I think the momentum is with Key now. Who's with ...
travellerev - this site accused John Key of having committed perjury. It once again does not matter if John Key and his advisors are all over news outlets, as that unless you can provide evidence is not illegal. What the Standard did however was insinuate ...
Clinton, I heard reports stating that he took along with him members of the research department. Surely they could have focused on better things (like policy)than looking into Key's past? And how does digging up dirt on his opponent fit into Mike's job ...
Chris G: The site accused John Key of having committted perjury when he did not. If you don't understand how that might be considered as defamation then that's your problem. [lprent: You lied again. That is why you are banned] Criticising Helen's ...
Exactly r0b, the campaign has always been about the policies that matter to people. So why exactly was Mike Williams and the Labour strategy team in Melbourne focusing on Key's past instead of dealing with policy matters like they should be? You can't have...
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