I just woke up from my post lunch nap! Lovely to see you.
He is the classic speaker - a long serving politician who knows the arcane rules inside out and no longer has a dog in the fight ambition wise, seeking to round out a thirty year career in politics with a successful stint as a respected speaker before ...
Anyone who thinks Peters will allow Seymour to be deputy PM for 18 months is nuts. we'll be back at the polls in two years, tops.
Dear Labour, it shouldn't be that hard to work out what you need to do to beat plutocrat funded right wing culture war politics. https://theintercept.com/2023/12/04/nebraska-senate-dan-osborn-deb-fisher/ https://osbornforsenate.com/platform/
The guy got less votes than I did when I ran to be president of the local pigeon fanciers society, and I lost to Derek, the night janitor of a local sewage plant and a pigeon fancier of long note. Not sure, then, if the self-style bishop is worthy of our ...
I was interested with the fawning media reaction to James Meager's maiden speech. He has been declared that most precious of things to the middle class - an "authentic" working class joe whose moral suasion appeals to their class values. Of course, the ...
What do they have against Te reo? Pretty simple. They see a ripping the country apart in a massive culture war as a path to semi-permanent power. The MSM will never concede how heavily they were played by the narrative created by National's vastly ...
If you want to know what shape our Topham-Guerin, post truth government is going to take then watch how it reacts via it's social media proxies to todays protests. The Maori Party are fools who have taken the bait and decided it's going to allow the far-...
I dunno, I read a lot of Dennis Frank's posts as billboards for the Dunning-Kruger institute.
when will be rid of this tedious troll?
Swarbrick is a hugely talented politician. If Labour continues to flounder along selecting politically anondyne managerial no names as candidates there is every chance a Swarbrick led Green party could sweep past them as the main change agent party in NZ ...
Cron job troll.
"...What am I missing?..." MMP. This government is looking it is going to be a strong example of one of the biggest drawbacks of PR systems - they can be gamed by niche parties that demand extreme concessions as the price of government.
If it's got the balls then Labour has just been given a considerable opportunity. Nothing from what clearly is going to be a deeply unserious government will do anything to address the economic, social and climate issues facing NZ. Luxon looks like he ...
The long and the short of the announcement this morning- a spiteful and revanchist government that is going to borrow for it's tax cuts.
First review of the coalition talks.... The National flag on the table is bigger than the other two flags, however the NZ First flag is above the other two and the ACT flag whilst lower and smaller has a stand that has three steps instead of two and it is ...
I love the way Dunne quotes Many Rice-Davies, referencing a long forgotten scandal from sixty years ago that accidentally reminds us of what an anachronism he is.
I dunno, did I commit a gender crime?
Maybe she listened to the AI This is what happens when you listen to the AI, lots of positive ideas. https://news.artnet.com/news/prankster-trolls-internet-ai-hopper-nighthawks-2396909
We are 3% of the way through the new parliament.
There's still time for Chippy to form a government if Mike Pence does the right thing.
Fun fact of the day: The Soviet Union came into being 7th November, 1917 and ceased to exist 26th December 1991. It lasted 74 years and 49 days. The People's Republic of China came into existence on the 1st October 1949 and has lasted 74 years and fifty ...
If a politician has a good idea of where they want to go, then their ways and means can - and should be - flexible.
Luxon won on the back of a very negative mood fostered by a very well funded and sophisticated social media campaign run by Topham Guerin. His personal numbers are terrible and National's share of the vote wasn't a ringing endorsement of his party. He has ...
Why does Ingrid Hipkiss feel the need to suffix any comment crticial of Israel with... "Of course, the IDF say..?"
Reliable neolib poodle Luke Malpass is warming us all up for a Reoublican style attack on the independence of the judiciary I see: https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350112591/judges-beware-black-letter-law-day-could-be-coming?utm_id=mh_stuff It seems to ...
This story is just awesome, it's got unconsented buildings, breaches of the healthy homes rules, an unrepentent slumlord, a basically corrupt local council refusing to act on breaches of consenting laws, and presented as though the real victim is the ...
Three waters - piss water, weak as water and non potable water.
According to Simon Wilson in the (paywalled) Herald today, Luxon "..should establish a high-powered Fix Auckland Group, with direct access to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet..." Ah yes, FAG. Groundswell might find the name appropriate. In ...
The MSM response to the cone of silence from Luxon though hasn't been to report on TPM or the Greens or even remark on the apparent insouciance of corporate guy Luxon to democratic accountability - it's been to lazily carry on it's jihad against Labour's ...
Gideon Levy's lecture is still relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnaacT4eBrA
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