The Thomas Coughlan article is about allegations of verbal abuse of two teenagers. At the end, there are these unrelated comments which are not enlarged upon or substantiated. "Hipkins was confirmed as the Party’s leader this Tuesday and said he would ...
What's in a headline? "Hipkins still Labour leader" says my morning paper. How else could that have been framed? "Hipkins re-elected Labour leader" or "Hipkins re-endorsed as Labour Leader"? "Still" has connotations of 'finger-tapping frustration', or ...
Maybe Winston could be playing this song from Aftermath, the 1966 album by the Rolling Stones. "I Am Waiting" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMNEozyzpZI
A wee matter of some high level cricket and rugby as well as post-election gardening. My mate and I dropped off some of our vegetables to the local food kitchen- a glut of broad beans, greens and onions, and picked up some free brioche buns. So more bread ...
Politics and sport do mix. There are a few parallels with the 2023 election result and the All Black loss over the weekend. First, we all lose at times. Second, sometimes there's not much in it, and what will the TMO say as the results are reviewed on ...
"Send in the clowns." Don't bother, they're here. What we need are Shakespearean clowns, the role of whom was to talk sense to power and to criticise stupidity. The Fool, or Clown, Touchstone, said- "The fool thinks he is a wise man, but the wise man knows...
What's new? It seems in Ancient Rome in the time of the kings, young Roman men raced each other on chariots around the seven hills, causing destruction to property and danger to pedestrians. The answer from the politicians? Circuses! And laws to protect ...
Thanks, Ian. That is my understanding. A make-up about make-up.
Make-up classes for the Mongrel Mob? If Mitchell says cosmetic usage was enforced in Australia, then look how well that did for them. They now export their 501s to New Zealand. Winston will want to send Māori gang members back to Hawaiki! https://www....
Is this to be the MO of the new government- make it up or cover it up, aka lies and deceit? And they say we get the government we deserve!
Well said, MickeySavage. We must not be afraid of a good internal debate. One point you make that resonates in rural NZ- "the issue was there were not enough of us and the same people were doing more and more." Organisation with funding and resources, ...
R-o-G, I cannot see how I have trivialised anything. I am Labour but I can still see that we need to review and improve. The 'other side', far more so. I made no reference to disabled people. I share some of your apprehension about where NACT will take us,...
I think both sides have some gardening to do, a little weed plucking and the establishment of a nursery where viable seedlings can be raised and nurtured for the next seasons' plantings, compost to be made and the ground prepared. The analogy is always a ...
Some who have been involved in politics for some time know what it's like to be voted out of power. I made this point to our LEC a week ago. Since my first vote back in the 1969 election, Labour has four times experienced this- 1975, 1990, 2008, 2023. The ...
"It was his selfless act to move aside in mid 2017". Yes, indeed, Ad, what I honour Andrew Little for as well. He taught three great lessons, there. Firstly, that personal ambition and ego must be subject to reason and the greater good. Second, that we ...
The thing about Ian's comment that people who slag Luxon are not hard-working farmers who move the economy forward- I know Adrian personally and he is just that...... an award-winning farmer and exporter, very intelligent and very hard-working.
It's obvious that Damien has a bladder problem because it must be an absolutely fluid retentive experience to have to run the media gauntlet just in order to gain relief. As an older male, I'd be saying fuck off to someone impeding my progress with ...
Two great images. "King Luxon consults his in-flight video On 21st Century End Times Corporate Leadership" and "In a desperate last measure, King Luxon consults his moral compass, But it swings wildly in meaningless circles." So much there. What is the ...
We are late into the fifth act, and the dénouement approaches. The clues have all been disclosed and the false leads have been laid. The characters have all been revealed and the suspects assembled in the drawing room. Will it be the vicar alias Bishop ...
RadioNZ also told us this in September! https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/497947/no-significant-donations-to-the-labour-party-from-businesses-in-over-two-years [please fix the typo in your user name in your next comment, thanks - Incognito]
I believe the assertion! "Since 2021, people aligned with the property industry have donated more than $2.5 million to political parties. More than half of the cash from the property industry went to the National Party (53 percent), followed by ACT (32 ...
Full Baxter poem here. http://www.tallpoppiesdrama.co.nz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/The%20Maori%20Jesus%20-%20Baxter.pdf
There is a beautiful Maori Jesus in a window of a church in Rotorua. In looking for a picture of it. I came across this description of a poem by James K Baxter. " In Baxter’s poem, the Maori Jesus is killed because he is different and has the courage to ...
Actually, Luxon is preparing to negotiate with Winston Peters with this new ministerial portfolio. First in the world position for a near 80 year old to go where no man has been before and brave the final frontier. God help the aliens...
Wales and Ireland would say differently. "Researchers in Wales found that motorists’ reading comprehension time saw no increase when English was displayed above Welsh on bilingual signage." https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132174311/what-happened-when-...
Amen to all that. I have been to six public meetings so far, about 400 people, and these racist calls from the ACT, NZF and Democracy NZ candidates have met with just a smattering of applause, mostly from their entourage. In contrast, the Labour candidate ...
And when you've taken the piss and had your little laugh, there remains that little problem that Labour's plan is tenable and verified independently, whereas National's plan is still on the back of an envelope somewhere it deserves to be- in a rubbish bin,...
It has to be based on feelings, ianmac, because numbers and logic are not on their side which is why they can't even produce them.
To not disclose their figures means they do not trust them, or they have manipulated or manufactured the numbers. That is cynical because they do not fear the consequences of their dishonesty. They think they can get away with it. To disclose their figures...
I think National are banking on a mass exodus starting 15 October to Australia and further overseas , sending back 501s, Australian criminals in NZ, as well as out of work civil servants, rugby and netball coaches, pyjama-wearing beneficiaries, road-cone ...
"Our examination of Labour’s various policy commitments confirms that the line-by-line costings provided to Infometrics can be met within the fiscal settings outlined in PREFU," the economics consultancy firm said." https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/...
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