"One thing that would have helped there is if Labour had had overt pro-beneficiary policy that wasn’t just about family/worker stuff. That people missed that the Greens had a policy to increase core benefits is a problem too."I These two sentences ...
"The problem is the telling of lies and that needs to stop and to have consequences for those who still do it." This is something I have been thinking we need - some kind of judicial body that could impose a financial penalty/retraction requirement on the ...
"But, NZ DOES need change: low income families living in cars, garages and campsites need change; our environment needs change; our economy needs change to work for all for the future." I really hoped we could have a Labour Green government without the ...
+1 McFlock
Spreading lies worked very well for National, mostly about tax. I have heard so many stories now of ordinary working people who were convinced that Labour was going to increase their income tax dramatically - these were people who were only just making ...
I feel desperately sad that we do not have the Labour/Green government I had hoped for and worked for. The left (Greens and Labour) made a few mistakes in their campaigns but the main reason they (we) lost was that too many voters believed the lies spread ...
Yes - that was confirmed by the electoral commission. The votes by anyone who enrolled during the advance voting period will not have their vote included in the totals given tonight. They will be treated the same as specials so we won't know the result ...
"National would have been the government without their support anyway" But they still voted for the selling of state houses - they didn't need to do that. There are several other examples that show they are much more aligned with National now than ever ...
Catherine Delahunty is a hero when it comes to advocacy on disability issues and I was devastated when she decided not to stand again.
Not really. There are only three Labour MPs left who voted for that legislation standing in this election. Both Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little before her and several other Labour MPs have said Labour were wrong. Labour will have between 12 and 14 Māori ...
I agree with all of this except we obviously look at different people on twitter! I haven't seen any Labour people criticising Shaw at all.
O'Sullivan and Robinson are both rightwing, so not a particularly balanced panel. I am sure some in the MSM will try and make the most of this because they are always looking for signs of conflict between the Greens and Labour and the Nats will try and do ...
+1 Marty. "argue like a rightie" - he always does as far as I can see.
Hurrah!!!!
There must be money in it for the National Party or otherwise it makes no sense at all. I would be great if this story got some cut through in the MSM because it really highlights the lie that their funding decisions are evidence based. Hopefully Stephen ...
Vote early, vote often! Great post, Robert. You are one of my all time favourite Greens. I know I live in a bit of a bubble but I have heard of quite a few giving their party vote to the Greens for the first time this election.
I would just like to know whether there is a difference in undecided between their last few polls and I find it odd that they are refusing to provide that information.
I am encouraging everyone I meet to vote early because stuff can happen on the actual day and you might not get there. Also, if you are not on the roll for some reason you can enrol and vote at the same time right up to 22 September. You can't do this on ...
For a so-called evidence based party TOP are proving to be anything but. There is absolutely no chance of them winning a seat just as there is absolutely no chance of them reaching the 5% threshold. Voting has already started and they are polling 2% at ...
Numerous people have asked Newshub to provide the figures for undecided voters from their poll last night. They are ignoring all requests. Why? Boonman @boonman 30m30 minutes ago "Still waiting for @patrickgowernz OR @NewshubNZ OR @NewshubPolitics to tell...
The Flybuys database is what the Herald uses for it's analysis - I have seen nothing from TV3 to suggest it is the same for their panel. One of the things I find interesting is that they are refusing to provide the figures for refused and undecided in ...
That's interesting - I wondered whether that was happening because of hearing from some campaigners that people they talk to are claiming all sorts of things about Labour policy that are not true. I don't do Facebook so haven't seen it. I have also heard ...
I decided to party vote Green when they announced their policy on benefit reform and their climate change policy has reinforced this decision for me. However, I disagree strongly that the Māori Party are progressive. I am very interested in Māori politics ...
This is another reason to party vote Green so that Labour doesn't have to rely on NZF.
+1 Anne I saw Andrew three weeks before the leadership and he looked exhausted. The polls were bad before Metiria's speech and he knew very well that no matter how hard he worked he was unlikely to persuade enough of those uncommitted voters to Labour. He ...
Have a look at this NZF candidate for Northcote speaking at a candidates' meeting in Beachhaven last night - she is going full Don Brash it seems. Didn't go down well with the audience it seems. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/09/nz-first-...
This is amusing - poor Leighton: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/11-09-2017/shes-a-fast-talker-comrade-leighton-smiths-warns-nz-about-jacinda-ardern/
Good post Mickey - just one point that you alluded to but didn't spell out - Act are currently polling so low that if Seymour wins Epsom the Nats will get an overhang seat .
It is a great policy. Well considered, wide-reaching and transformative. I look forward to James Shaw being Minister for Climate Change in the next government.
Even National Party cheerleaders like Mark Richardson are appalled by Simon O'Connor. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/09/jacinda-ardern-wants-old-disabled-to-kill-themselves-national-mp-claims.html
Neither Labour nor the Greens have ruled out a coalition with NZF. Labour and the Greens signed the MOU as a sign that working together in a future government was their preference. Yes, my evidence is anecdotal - I wasn't claiming otherwise. I am not going...
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