The fresh water regulator is a positive step. "My reckons is there is no further polling damage 3-Waters can do to the government." I respectfully disagree. There are tens of thousands of people invested in privately owned rural schemes (plus the people in...
This one may be one for Judith Collins fans.
"Collins is still in play – perhaps Luxon can keep her in cheque." Collins has been neutered. I'm not sure how they've done it, but it's probably a promise of some overseas posting? Or perhaps they've made up some role for her, say something like the ...
"(“stacking the selection committee“) " And telling lies to smear her, something that seems to have been coordinated from high up in the party. "The person on the other end of the phone that day asked if I knew that the real reason Wall had withdrawn was ...
"There are quite a few differences between Dirty Politics and your example, although it may be difficult for you to spot them." It's a pattern of behaviour. Bad behaviour. And it certainly ties in with some of your examples above (https://thestandard.org....
Correction: the lie about Louisa losing support of the LEC was not to undermine her reselection as such, it was to smear her as an 'explanation' for why she had withdrawn. Audreay young wrote: The upshot was that instead of a candidate selection panel ...
"Why the necessity to differentiate Dirty Politics from "dirty politics as a broader pattern of behaviour" – isn't Dirty Politics an eye-wateringly obscene example of the abuse of political power and resources, and so an exemplar of this "broader pattern ...
"Why don’t you go to your own link on the NZ Police website, create the graph (Crime type by Month) you want there, starting before 1 Jan 2020, copy it, and paste/post it here? " The actual data (I never mentioned a graph) is available at the link I ...
"What's driving this apparent trend? Would've thought Dirty Politics was about as low as Kiwi politicians could go, but maybe not?" It's necessary to differentiate Dirty Politics (Cameron Slater style) from dirty politics as a broader pattern of behaviour....
"So far, nobody here today has shown conclusively that violent crime in NZ is increasing, at least not over the last 2.33 years since 1 January 2020 according to the NZ Police data that you linked to." I'm not quite sure why you're using 1 January 2020 as ...
"The Nat's Dirty Politics initiative didn't help – has anyone on the political right repudiated that deliberate and well-resourced political obscenity? " You mean admit they were actually wrong? I doubt it. The Nats dirty politics 'initiative' was only ...
Ah, I understand. Enjoy. I didn't ,mean to imply YOU didn't think there was a problem btw. It was a general observation about what seems to me to be the level of denial coming out of government. Still, I'll take my medicine. See you in a week.
I think your just a bit sensitive at the moment. Completely understandable.
You used data from 2020, and from a random month without any longer term historical comparisons. I used data over a succession of years for consistent time periods that shows a clear pattern. I'll leave others to decide who is cherry picking. Meanwhile: [...
"What other causes and where is the evidence?" There are many causes of crime, and the right and left argue across each other in an effort to justify their particular policy prescription. There's also the issue of personal responsibility - to what extent ...
"By the way my ex apprentices, that were gang based and involved in crime, when they started with us, have been gainfully employed, and on the straight and narrow for years." Yep, I've seen the same outcomes in the workplace and on marae. Well done.
...and all crime has risen from 203,813 at March 2018 to 246,657 at March 2022, an increase in 4 years of 21%. But there's no problem, eh? (and you do know we're in 2022, right?) [Putting words in my mouth now? But there's no problem, eh? Point to my ...
You've cherry picked to get the result you wanted. The data set you've nicely cajoled is barely 10 days old. You do know the problem with that, right? Using consistent year end dates, and not cherry picking, the data shows a steady increase in violent ...
"In reality you wouldn't have given a stuff." In reality I have a daughter who has been a recent victim of crime. In reality I volunteer with a community organisation that deals with youth victims of crime. In reality I support solutions that get real ...
I'd tell them we need better solutions to crime. The same thing I'd be telling them now.
Three consecutive years of increases is not a 'blip'. Make that 4. In the year to 31 March 2019, violent crime went up 10%.\ Remember this is violent crime. You know, assault, sexual assault, abductions. I'll let some of the victims know you think it's ...
Well poverty and inequality have been mentioned. If you're suggesting these are the issues that are the cause of crime, and crime won't come down until they are addressed, then you need to have a chat to Poto Williams.
So your response to actual Police data is an opinion piece that looks at data that is 2 years old. Seriously? PS - Gosman and Incognito specifically referred to 'violent' crime, which is the data set I quoted. Nevertheless, you have used data that is well ...
Show us if there really is a rise, Done. "The effects of reduction in crime policies now, can be expected to start showing in 5 to 20 years." What are these 'reduction in crime' policies you speak of?
Crime Snapshot | New Zealand Police Based on the data from 1 April 2021 through 31 March 2022, violent crime (as defined by the Police) has risen from 30,342 to 31,665 across NZ, a rise of around 4.5%. For the year ended 31 March 2021, there was increase ...
How long will it take for the crime stats to start dropping? What is the cause/effect time frame?
Why? As long as I have been following politics (since the late 1970's) there has been an element of this, because power corrupts. But it seems to be getting incrementally worse. I have a passing involvement with local politics in Auckland and it's a ...
“Despite Covid-19 causing the greatest global economic downturn since the Great Depression the Government has delivered reductions in child poverty across all nine measures,” Arden, who is the minister for child poverty reduction, said in a statement. Over...
Slow news day?
Luxon may be a different individual, but even if he is, politics is a cess pit, and the sewage eventually rubs off. It's what makes observing so fascinating, in a perverse kind of way.
Politics brings out the worst in people, unfortunately. But I enjoy your optimism.
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