Do you think NACTZ will be spending anytime making accusations against their opponents? I wish they would, but I suspect they will simply ignore them in their entirety and move this through at pace.
What’s cruel and divisive is that the problems with the no-debate crowd have long been raised by very brave biologically sexed women and females has resulted in perjorative slurs being developed and thrown at those biologically sexed women and females ...
One of the interesting things about this comment thread: Women - biologically sexed, are commenting in good faith and highlighting the actual and real concerns. Men - as usual, not affected by the encroachment onto women’s spaces by men wanting to be women...
The first ministerial scalp? No.
I'm curious. How many hours do you think MPs work now?
Because we should always call our government to account and push them to be courageous. Especially when they fail to do things that they promised to do or when they fail to do things we would expect of a left wing government. In a democracy it is our role ...
Chloe is confident that the Green Party can be the major party on the left. Without saying it, she is coming for Labour and their traditional supporters. I don't expect there to be much co-ordination between the parties in the next 18 months. Labour has a ...
What does that have to do with attacking National?
I don't like the taxpayers union and sit at the other end of the political spectrum from them. But what I find refreshing is a lobby group calling the government to account, despite it being a government that they voted for. It annoys me when people ...
To me it sounded like he ignored what Labour actually is and went for the sound bite of Tax reform.
This would be powerful if it was from a guy who wasn't a senior minister for the past 6 years (including 6 months as PM) and failed to do anything like he is now saying he will. I am all for it, but he has a credibility problem that won't be fixed with ...
And the dairy economy exists because there is an international market for dairy products. Every kiwi can become vegan, we can close every cow shed down in New Zealand and re plant the farms in native trees. But that international market for dairy products ...
Most likely the properties are "owned" by her parents in a Family Trust. A Family Trust generally has the Settlors/Trustees children, and even grandchildren named as discretionary beneficiaries. A very common form of property ownership in New Zealand. When...
Thanks National Officially in recession. Economic geniuses.
Something that has really saddened me this week in listening to Grant in his various speeches and interviews is his belief that being gay was an issue within the Labour Party and a was a factor in his leadership bids. I would understand being gay is a ...
Afraid to haul them in? I think he is intentionally letting them go. Don't you think he agrees with what they say?
This type of “controversy” is what keeps Peters in the headlines. He loves the media coming at him for this kind of stuff, which in the greater scheme of things is meaningless. Other than a band who had a hit a quarter of a century ago, who is losing sleep...
Why do you have zero sympathy for those voters? We need a large number of them and come back and vote for Labour/Green if we ever want to see the back of this government. 6 months in and not many of them (if any) seem like they are in a hurry to move left.
Removal of interest rate deductibility was good policy. House price increases have stablised and gone backward and more first home buyers are buying houses. Hi MS. Do you have any studies or commentary to support that claim? It would be helpful for all of...
What has any of that got to do with Jewish people being offended by a senior politician repeating a phrase that is commonly used and understood to call for the destruction of a country that their families live in? One side is worse than other is your ...
I don't think it is worth us debating this when you try to equate a phrase which many people use, and others interpret as, the destruction of Israel, with the use of Te Reo. Many Jewish people in New Zealand live with the daily fear of rockets being ...
Do you not think that repeating a line, that you have been told is extremely offensive to a section of our community, is a problem?
That is what I was going to ask. I can't see any claim that rents will reduce as mentioned by MS. I might be wrong but a quick search doesn't find that claim easily from anyone in government. Its a bit like the removal of GST policy Labour had pre election...
I agree with you Weka To be able to change anything you firstly need people to vote for you. We need people who voted for one of the 3 coalition parties to switch and vote Green. When you consider the policies they promoted during the election campaign, ...
Was he ever identified and charged? I have seen grainy footage of the assault but can't see if the Police ever did anything about it.
They just need to sell it and start again.
What's up with Nash? What a tosser. Even if what he is saying had an element of truth, why would he come out and try and start an internal war at this point of the electoral cycle?
You seem to be surprised by a government minister attempting to run down a previous government? That's what every government, since the beginning of time, in every democracy in the world has done. It what makes politics both infuriating, while at the same ...
If by "over" you mean the elimination of COVID 19, then the pandemic will never be over. So on the basis of your comments do you think every Finance Minister (or government) should assessed on how they deal with COVID 19, on the assumption the disease will...
The voters (including me) gave them the majority they needed to do that. Once the election was over it was solely up to them to do something. They failed to. Jacinda said capitalism was a "blatant failure". But that failed system is still in place. So no, ...
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 ...
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