I agree. Key got away with not answering policy questions in any detail. He was a master at that. I think the country is ready for change, and Ardern as contender for PM, needs to have a clear and simple message about what that change will look like. I ...
I was amused Espinor brushed off talking about Gareth Morgan in his "serious" questioning of Jacinda around taxation, saying something to the effect of "let's not go there, or talk about GM".....(and I thought "great": a substantive interview)....but less ...
Last line is an own-goal clanger! "...led by a confused coalition of parties who can't even govern themselves". Give Nats a mirror, for some self reflection.
Well if there is always a threshold (even if its 0.8% or whatever it takes to get 1 seat), there may still be people who don't get representation in Parliament, if their first choice does not get 1 seat. I think that's the only reason it would be useful in...
Matthew, could single transferable voting, (preferential ranking) work outside of constituency vote? Any reason why it wouldn't work in our system for party voting? E.g. ranked party vote, and if party doesn't reach threshold, those party votes go to ...
Thanks for this post. Very informative, regarding allocation of list seats.
Perhaps! Has he broken his addiction with this site? I don't see him commenting here anymore (but I have only recently returned here). Is he banned or just disinterested in The Standard?
I do feel sad for Matthew Hooton, as I do for anyone who battles addiction. It must be a terrible affliction. But wtf is he doing using addiction as a derogatory term for GP supporters? POT....KETTLE....BLACK?
Link to webcast for NZ delegation to UN CERD committee meeting: http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/human-rights-treaty-bodies/committee-on-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination
Ha ha - love it Ad! We've waited a long time to be able to say that.
That's a bit too ambitious. (Non-National) Epsom voters should switch to Goldsmith, to try to get rid of Act. And party vote however they see fit.
"Do people nowadays have the strength of will to withstand the erosive power of opinions that flow through our daily lives, flooding us with the message that we must do as the majority does, follow the direction of the right-thinking, play the game, ...
Trying to get my head around that idea. Initial question: would this logically lead to residential property ownership concentrating in large capital and investment funds? (What you are trying to avoid?).
+ 1 Was just going to post something similar. She's intelligent, articulate and refreshing. I'm glad she has a voice on the radio. Kia kaha Stephanie.
Women in Iceland went on strike at 2.38pm to highlight the 18% differential in pay compared to men.
Another great post. Really encouraging. Great to see the links with Sami who have been fighting the good fight for decades. Indeed they became politically mobilized in the face of oil exploration on their land and then formed their own parliament. Great to...
Great post Weka. Much respect to you and to Kingi Snelgar, who I was very impressed by, in a RNZ interview a few months back.
Thanks for that useful clarification. Further questions: why was there a jury in this (presumably civil?) case? Is the jury paid for by public funds or is the cost of the jury incorporated into the costs given to Williams?
This post and comments are inspirational. I've planted a few fruit trees on the verges of reserves, where the Council doesn't mow. Always a bit apprehensive of Council workers' reaction to them, and neighbours. But so far so good. My little gift to the ...
+ 1 Weka I am reminded of this John Oliver clip regarding cc deniers..... applicable now to the knee jerk reaction that any action is not enough, or the immediate dissing of any positive action toward addressing emissions. It's becoming boring, and should ...
BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze is well worth a listen to. Discusses morality in context of winners and losers of Brexit. Raises some fundamental questions about belief sets in representative democracy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hgh5f
Paul I appreciate the watch you keep on some of the deteriorating social conditions in NZ. Your scanning and synopsis is very important. However I also agree with Ad, that it could be condensed into one post.
It was early 1970s they joined, and very much on the back of creating political stability - they watched the success of the founding EC members (from 1957 I think). Not ill informed at all. EC was a different beast back then - pre monetary union.
Peter Sutherland (former Irish MEP) and former head of WTO speculated that Brexit may benefit Ireland as US capital (FDI) will switch from UK to Ireland on next 10 years (English speaking EU country etc etc). Irish commentators are worried. They entered EC...
Beginning to take the U out of UK!
Elites rarely do! That's what makes them elite.
From my listening to BBC: Scotland annoyed that UK will leave EU. EU membership and benefits were part of the campaign to keep Scotland in UK, in Scottish referendum last year. Hoodwinked! Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland is agitating for...
Yes, and one Brexiter murdered an MP. Charming.
CV your discussion style is informed and I read your comments with interest. But please do not jump to conclusions about my opinion of democracy. You are way off the mark.
P.S. My response was to Miravox, not BM
Not at all. I respect the result. I don't like the facile analysis that this referendum is based in xenophobia or immigration that I have seen here - calling Brexiters stupid, as it is far more complex. However I think Brexiters played a bitter divisive ...
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