Auckland was originally the capital from such 1841 to 1865 when it was moved to Wellington. At that time Canterbury and Otago were the economic powerhouses of the colony (especially after the discovery of gold in Otago in 1861) and they demanded a more ...
I see that Greens candidate Ricardo Menéndez March has started coalition negotiations on Twitter with respect to the wealth tax. It might be a good idea if he shut for a bit and let his leadership do what they have to do to get the the party over the line ...
@Ad 1 Remember when John Key, on his way out the door, said that the opposition MP he feared the most was the Member for Mt Albert? And so it has come to pass.
@anker 2 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/10/asia/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-election-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
@mosa 9 I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of Swarbrick coming through the middle on election night. Be great to see that happen.
Be interesting to see if Ardern heads to Auckland Central in this last week? Winning is still an uphill battle for Swarbrick but she’s clearly in another league from White and Mellow.
Leaving aside the total bullshit around National’s lies about the Green’s Wealth Tax, it’s the target audience that’s probably the most interesting aspect. The party has been forced, in the last week, to roll out some pretty crude scare tactics to try and ...
Richard Harman on his Politik website is suggesting that Collins has had to rejig her campaign diary in this final week. She’s now not going to Tauranga (a visit that somehow Simon Bridges wasn’t even aware of) and instead will head to Hamilton where, ...
@Alan 4.1 No I don’t have a telly. Been watching the polls. I actually think the Greens will be fine but I’m keeping that party vote for them in my back pocket just in case. And I’d really like them to better than bloody ACT.
@weka 1.1 My party vote would ordinarily go to Labour. And if the election was close it would this time too. But I think it’s clear National has no pathway to power at this point. Barring a last minute disaster Ardern looks on track to win an historic ...
One week to go. I’ll vote on Election Day like I always do. By mid to late next week, after the last polls have been published, I will have decided whether or not it’s best to give my party vote to the Greens this election. Yikes! Can’t wait it for it to ...
“No pathway to victory for National.” How good does that sound?
Anyone else thinking of all those pundits (mostly clapped out National and ACT apparatchiki) who were sure Labour’s vote was soft and would head back to National once the campaign started? No, me neither.
Just got a fundraising email from Labour telling me that regardless of the poll tonight the election will be close. Now I don’t know whether to be relieved or worried?
How could it possibly not occur to any of Collins’s media people that cancelling a media visit to a supporter at the last minute and not letting them know might generate a few unhelpful headlines?
So this morning National wheeled out Key to put in a good word for Jude. The fact they put him onto Hosking’s show on NewstalkZB, probably the most reliably pro National radio show in the country, really tells us that they’re way more worried about losing ...
Haha. Hosking in the Herald says the election is Labour’s to lose and that’s why we’re so nervous. There will be an absolute torrent of this tripe from all the usual suspects over the next few days.
Judith’s stand up after touring the Potemkin Village in Ponsonby “I’ll tell you what Tova/Susie/Jenna, there will no more of this nonsense once I become Empress of all the Russias!”.
@Morrissey 11.1 I think most people will have no trouble sifting through the spin and desperation on this one.
Nats are now officially in save-the-furniture mode as the house burns down https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-10-2020/keen-to-see-judith-collins-jettisoned-careful-what-you-wish-for/
New post debate, post Trump Covid diagnosis Quinnipiac Poll FLORIDA: Biden 51%, Trump 40% PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 54%, Trump 41% IOWA: Biden 50%, Trump 45%
Amazingly Republican veteran Lindsey Graham is getting outspent and completely outplayed in the South Carolina Senate race. The Cook Political report has moved it into the toss-up column. https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/south-carolina-senate/...
The PM is heading to East Cape today to give Kiri Allan’s already good chances of taking this seat a further push.
Big shout out to Auckland Central branch of the National Party for giving us all the unexpected delight of hearing the term “Potemkin Village” introduced into the election campaign.
Andrew Little is awesome https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/nz-election-2020-andrew-little-hits-back-at-suggestion-that-labour-shouldn-t-prioritise-conversion-therapy-ban.html
Not much sign of Judith’s mob on Twitter. And wonder of wonders Henry Cooke at Stuff thinks Ardern won it.
Hooten and Paula Bennett are scrapping on Twitter as Hooten tries to get a head start on framing the impending disaster.
I don’t have a telly. Has Labour launched any attack ads so far this campaign?
@Ad 14.1.1.1 The whole bloody country was embarrassed for her. It was a set up for crying out loud. Maybe it will achieve what the National Party wants it to achieve. Who knows? But one thing’s for sure it’s just another sign that National has had to ...
Looks like the National Party hit job on Jake Bezzant is winding back up again.
@Ad 14.1 Judith Collins drove herself across the isthmus to a church outside of her electorate where she had to cast a special vote in order to get a photo op. All just to try and mop up a few supporters who are straying to the loony Christian fringe ...
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