The Standard is literally providing a regular platform for climate change denial in the sidebar on the right. That could end with a couple of clicks, but it persists, for no evident reason (inertia?). Please do something about it, or provide a ...
It's a slow burner, but the government's deception on tax cuts and their borrowing really is starting to hurt them. As suggested in the OP, there is more and more criticism coming from the Right, not because they are now cheerleaders for the opposition, ...
I quite like Chippy, more human than most politicians. If he had never been PM he would be a good leader of the opposition now. He constantly gets the better of Luxon in the House (although that's a pretty low bar, outwitting Luxon is like outrunning a ...
Ha, posted while I was typing! But still, it needs repeating ... Quotes: “He is gutted at what National has done. On the one hand they will be requiring him to stop and make gang members remove their patches, a stupid idea in my opinion, but on the other ...
This is even more damaging to Luxon than all the Seymour/Peters undermining. He's undermining himself. ‘Laughing stock of the whole police station’ - cop slams PM | Stuff The most revealing part is that when he got the numbers wrong, there were no alarm ...
Come and have tea in the 1950s ... ladies. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s wife Amanda Luxon hosting $110 ‘ladies’ afternoon tea’ - NZ Herald They really do live in another world.
You (and Chris Lynch) have simply chosen to ignore the evidence that doesn't suit you. It doesn't matter what the media opine, it only matters what Peters actually says. And here it is. His words. His mouth. Watch the moment Winston Peters says comparing ...
Really shocked by the news today. I can only agree with what others have said. One of the best.
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink, he drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink ... Then he gives a speech on TV. No wonder he couldn't remember what he said.
I, like most other people I would guess, had never heard of the band. The song has been played constantly at sports events, on soundtracks, on commercials, on classic hits radio ... it's hard to live for long without hearing it. Assuming that you are like ...
Mark Mitchell accidentally tells the truth, and it reveals so much. "That was then, this is now". Police Minister Mark Mitchell responds to 'insulting' police pay offer | RNZ News
Yes. A classic case of "reap what you sow". Mitchell and Luxon have the same fool's confidence, believing that swagger and bluster wins the day. In elections, maybe it does. In pay negotiations it certainly doesn't.
Politically this is a real risk to the coalition. It is similar to nurses and others in the health workforce protesting against a Labour-led government. That was very damaging because they were not the predictable opponents, the usual suspects. When your ...
"Work with" means something very different when the Right are no longer in opposition. Shaw sensibly tried to work with Todd Muller in the hope of making it last. Just as Labour worked with Collins/Willis on reaching a housing agreement. But now the hard ...
It's not simply a blip. See the link in comment #7. Very clear historical data.
From OP: The poll clearly shows that National has not had a honeymoon. I can recall vividly in 2009 when John Key’s support surged and National appeared to be unbeatable. Things are way different now. Yes. Luxon is the first PM in MMP history not to get a ...
Curia would not be my favourite pollster, but it is certainly more reliable than all "non-polls" which are often cited as measures of public opinion (Facebook comments, self-selecting text polls, talkback callers, the echo chamber we live in, that bloke at...
It's frankly ridiculous to start asking why people haven't commented on one topic, as opposed to the infinite number of other topics. We might just as well ask why you haven't condemned every bad thing the coalition has done. The one you voted in. "Because...
No, the poll is reasonably reliable (it's Curia). Not surprising that Seymour gains because he knows his RW audience, and he panders to that minority shamelessly but effectively. Whereas Luxon panders shamelessly and ineffectively.
No surprise here: Latest poll: Christopher Luxon’s popularity crashes after allowance blunder, now trails Chris Hipkins - NZ Herald It took 5 years for Jacinda Ardern to move into negative approval/disapproval. That is a comparison from the same TU/Curia ...
Taxpayer funding? It financed Melissa Lee's broadcasting career before she became an MP. She presented and produced Asia Dynamic and Asia Down Under (both good and useful shows, but unfortunately stuck in the Sunday morning timeslot). Without NZ on Air (i....
I think he reversed after pressure from anyone living on Planet Earth.
My comment at 1.02 pm: "As so many times before, his political judgement is hopeless. We can predict what will happen: like Bill English, he will insist that it's not an issue, and then after public pressure, he will later pay it back. How can he or his ...
How can he be so tone-deaf? Of all the possible responses, he chooses "I'm entitled!". Does he really not understand how that will look? Live: PM answers questions on $52k accommodation allowance | Stuff "it's an entitlement and I'm well within the rules ...
Luxon has given the classic justification ... it's "within the rules". Luxon claiming $52,000 accommodation allowance for his apartment | The Post (thepress.co.nz) As so many times before, his political judgement is hopeless. We can predict what will ...
There is still some humanity and decency in Parliament. House will adjourn after 2 pm tributes today, resumes next week. Thanks to all parties for that.
Horrible, shocking news. Can't believe it. All Aroha to his family.
Congratulations to Barbara Edmonds on her new role, taking on Nicola Willis in Finance. She is more than qualified for the job. It also finishes off Willis' one line of attack: "The big bad previous minister yada yadda yadda ...". Eventually Labour will ...
In theory, yes. In reality, they were offered 3 Cabinet positions each, and plenty of policy gains. If they'd walked away there would have been months before the GG would agree to an election (Seymour and Peters couldn't call one, they weren't PM). It ...
I assume that National will replace Luxon before the election, the usual internal change to be presented as real change (Thatcher/Major, etc). But then again, I assumed the same before the last election, and was proved wrong. The difference is that he was ...
I'm not going to comment every time our embarrassing PM says something false or foolish, because I'd be doing it every day and we all have lives. But this is an absolute whopper, on TV3 this morning, talking about the Treaty Principles Bill: He said it was...
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