It seems to me to be a 21st century dilemma. To win, you have to capture the middle. Yet, voters born after about 1980 only know neoliberalism. They grew up in a world where the the word socialism has been captured by a matra that associated it with ...
Some Nat-friendly people I know are waxing on about the mess the current government inherited and the consequent need to do the hard times before things come right again. Associated with that is the need to do all this other stuff, just to help get the ...
For a government that sees jobless benefits as a short term solution to getting people into work, this is probably the worst policy to do that. It makes coming off the benefit a massive risk, given the difficulty of getting back on if you are terminated ...
For all people say about him, you didn't have to watch Muldoon's eyebrows to know when he was laughing. It may have been an evil chuckle, but his laughter was infectious.
No disagreement. My comment wasn't directed at the actions of the last government but at climate change attitudes in general. Like switching to electric cars and burning fossil fuels to generate the electricity. The end user feels good about their decision...
To really respond to climate change, we would ban imports from the major polluter countries, but who is bold enough to do that? In the meantime we cut another 5% from our measly contribution to the global climate change, pat ourselves on the back and buy ...
Maybe, maybe not. If Luxon had met with Hipkins prior to the election and made a pact that both parties had been burned by NZF in the past and it was in both their interests to rule out going with them, both sides would have picked up some of the NZF vote ...
Luxon says "... Politics is a team game". Hope his coalition partners feel the same way...
All for democracy and freedom of speech, but I think any protests need to be well-thought out and carefully managed. If not, the protesters risk playing into the hands of the Coalition partners who may be seeking to polarise "the average kiwi" and by ...
Could've saved a lot of lives, but Americans would've been driving Toyotas decades earlier and bikers would've been riding around on Honda 50s.
We know, from Luxon's impromptu press conference, that he admits to having difficulty expressing himself, but I'm a bit nonplussed about your quote, and I checked out the link. Hipkins asked if the government would only call for a ceasefire after it had ...
I was brought up to understand that there are two types of Christian - one sees being a Christian as a responsibility to others. A "good Samaritan/noblesse oblige", if you like. The other sort, which appear to be quite prevalent these days, is the ...
Sigh, I wish they would, but I don't think these leaks will do the government too much damage. Dyed in the wool lefties are already unimpressed by the government of the day. Dyed in the wool right whingers (scuse the deliberate typo) will loyally follow ...
I doubt there was a class on backstabbing and undermining when BVV did her uni qualifications and she hasn't had enough life experience to meet those people along the way, I guess. Funny, though, how politicians, who play the kind of games documented in ...
Who wrote the speech? I thought the Monarch and therefore his representative had to be publicly impartial and at arms length from the politics and ideologies. Can anyone explain the process?
Observer, I think I'm of a similar opinion . My opinion is that National doesn't necessarily have anything against Te Reo, but it: Is something that presses the buttons of some National, ACT & NZF voters, and therefore Is likely to garner support from said...
If you mislead me, then tell me you didn't intend to mislead me, how do I know whether you intended to mislead me or not? Liar' Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox
Perhaps people like you find it "rather nice to again hear a Prime Minister admit to having made a mistake". That's your opinion and who can challenge you on that. However, if you thought a little more deeply about it, I find it rather not nice that such a...
MickeySavage, you've missed a couple of equally-important points to note: 1. Yes, removal of the Auckland regional fuel tax, but replaced by some kind of congestion pricing that will have the effect of penalising workers (the fuel tax spread the load). ...
Indentured labour would be preferable to the kind of employment contracts that NACTNZF is about to rewind us to. Roll on the first independent political poll of the new government. As a proxy, generally the share market does a bit of a Mexican wave when a ...
Always? I don't think he will be in the job much longer than it takes to do the controversial stuff that no one wants to be tainted with, like legislation to promote tobacco use etc. Then I reckon he will be rolled and delegated a reputation in Aotearoas ...
On the other hand, he could be a handy pair of apron strings for Luxon to cling to, when necessary... Or, in other terms, the left's secret weapon...
Thanks to Alwyn, I downloaded the NACT coalition agreement. One of the conditions reads: "Work to replace fuel excise taxes with electronic road user charging for all vehicles, starting with electric vehicles" (my italics). I get the main point of the ...
Deliver savings in public sector spending by reducing non-essential back office functions, with expenditure reduction targets to be set for each agency, informed by the increase in back office head count at that agency since 2017." and the bit you chose ...
"Policy Agenda" section, bullet point 5. Dont forget to take the log out of your eyes first. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-11-2023/the-coalition-deal-at-a-glance
"Received wisdom that Labour has six years or more to sharpen its arguments and settings on inequality is lazy thinking. The three-headed hydra now in its birth throes does not exude an air of stability and jointness of purpose. It is clearly intent on ...
Yes. If the term "workingmans' club" is used perjoratively by the left as a criticism of the right, then which party truly represents the working man (or woman)? And where do we find those people, such that, whatever an election outcome, we are not solely ...
Hmph. Don't tempt them. Nek minit, some junior clerk at Doc will lose their job so that they can get some of those pens issued to Luxon and his courtiers. 🙄
"Today may be the day we have a new Government..." Not according to the 6 o clock news. Nicola Willis' face seemed to revel in the fact that she has some knowledge that other people would like and she's not telling. On the right-of-centre politicians, ...
...So, you're saying that some public servants have to lose their entire jobs in order to make necessary financial sacrifices for the country, yet two people can have what the PM-elect described as ceremonial roles added to their primary roles. Incredible ...
Not sure whether this is hiphop or what but its from newshub: Video: Newshub's mega montage: Eight minutes of 'progress', 'final stages', and 'strong stable Govt' | Newshub
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