Cabinet Club donations are typically $1000 a year for four lunches. It was never a means to get large donations. Just an efficient way for a local MP to pick up an easy $20,000 from 20 friends and supporters.
You haven't listened to RNZ for 13 years?
Yep, appreciate that. Little was too general. His inexperience meant he accidentally appeared to be speaking on behalf of another party - one with a cantankerous leader. Peters has ruled out Little's idea: "Peters says his position not to discuss potential...
Yes, it does seem to contradict the claim "Andrew Little is working on the practical politics of building a government in waiting". Its seems he has tripped up at the first hurdle by making claims on behalf of Winston Peters without checking with him first...
I agree. It would be much more accurate if the next election were framed as National v Labour/Green, with NZ First in the middle and as likely kingmaker.
How does the single 80 year old widow living in a $200,000 home in Hokitika, in which she and her husband brought up their kids, pay her $3600 a year ($70 a week) capital tax?
Of what?
What does everyone have to engage? What's wrong we some saying "fuck that, I like things as they are and don't want to have a 'national conversation' or whatever."?
Belgium was strongly critical of the Iraq adventure, as of course was France.
If terrorism was caused by the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, what caused the attacks of September 11, 2001?
Are you suggesting Labour should review New Zealand's continued membership of the WTO?
The clock ticks
I agree it all seems unlikely. But who would have believed he'd end up Bolger's Treasurer and privatise Auckland Airport?
Yes, I think it would be necessary for him to be the 2nd party, well ahead of Greens and not too far behind Labour.
If you want to "learn from history" since 1996, the lesson would be that it is the party with the most votes that leads the government and (with the possible exception of 1996??) the party with the most popular leader that gets the most votes. But I'm not ...
You are exactly right about it being FPP thinking. The only rule is that to become PM a person has to have the confidence of 50%+1 of MPs and to remain PM they have to not lose a confidence vote. As much as people seem to believe or wish there were other ...
Peters default position is for the largest party and/or the incumbent prime minister. Which will be National. Labour/Green will need to offer him more than National can or will - although, depending on events and the details of an agreement, I could ...
You can think that, but it is what Peters wants more than anything, and what he is working towards. And why he talks so much about George Forbes.
You are naive. Peters doesn't want policy gains. He wants to be PM. That is the thing Labour/Green will need to offer to trump the knighthood, DPM, foreign minister or whatever other portfolio he wants package Key will offer him.
Clark's angry response to John Campbell and Nicky Hager setting her up over the latter's beat-up book about her government and GM corn drove her polling down (even though her response was totally justifiable given how ridiculous the book's conclusions were...
September most likely. Means it's 18 months away
It's ultimately not the leader but the labour caucus who would make the decision
I'm referring to the NZIER consensus forecasts not the Treasury ones
That's my point - that it sums to 50%.
I think National should stay higher than that given positive economic forecasts for next 18 months, despite Fonterra debacle
He was referring to national income per capita. That is different from wages, which are rising faster than inflation.
Sure. I'm not making an exact prediction - think of it as rounded to nearest 5%. But also remember 2002. Who would have believed in March 2001 that National would go all the way down to 20.93%.
More night terror than wet dream. But plausible based on poll trend lines and on current leaders' performances
The revenge that Winston usually seeks is forcing people who previously attacked him to pay homage to him. The revenge he got against Bolger and Clark for their years of attacks on him was making them take him seriously as Treasurer/DPM and Minister of ...
Winston Peters' Party (and, on a much bigger scale Labour) stole money from the taxpayer, lied about it, then - when caught - legislated under urgency to make it legal - and then tried to make it illegal for third parties to communicate criticism of the ...
Alwyn, it is true the government continued until 1999 but to say "it kept going perfectly happily" is a considerable stretch.
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