It’s no surprise National looks inward and backwards. Once again, the party squandered its time in opposition on torrid internal politics and cynical attempts to win back voters. It learnt nothing about how the world’s changing or what new and effective ...
That speech to me had undertones of facism "Victims of social prejudice far from confined to inter-war Germany were readily to hand: prostitutes, homosexuals, Gypsies, habitual criminals and others seen as sullying the image of the new society by begging,...
I would like (but I'm not holding my breath) for a joint statement by Labour, the Greens and TPM saying, quite explicitly that: a Left-leaning government would nationalise any recently sold, privately owned water resources without compensation upon coming ...
My pick, though only for 2 of the 4, would be Craig Renny, of the CTU and Russel Norman of Greenpeace. /s
Didn't Luxon slag NZ off to a right wing think tank in the UK? Does that think tank have any connections with Atlas?
All I can say is GHU [God Help Us] When confronted by 2 pieces of evidence, she completely ignored them! Her clear intention is to put the boot into beneficiaries - at the same time as her government is giving tax breaks to landlords! Immoral!
Oh oh, Winnie going the same was a Joe Biden? Cognitive decline?
From No Right Turn on the sidebar: Of course, there's a third option: buy politicians to legislate legal impunity for polluters. Which would of course be nakedly corrupt as well as sociopathic. Unfortunately, with our current crop of politicians, that ...
Because for a bunch of people, this government’s tenure so far could be summed up with two main ideas; supporting smoking and questioning the Treaty of Waitangi. At the moment. Give them time. They'll soon be summed up by their opening NZ to foreign ...
Yes, Observer, ration yourself to only major faux pas. Which still means you'll be spending a considerable time commenting here. As you say - 'sticking point' my arse. He could have called both Seymour's and Peter's bluffs - where else could they have gone...
What you seem to be suggesting, Adrian, is that Luxon would struggle to keep that job at McDonalds he posed for in the cover photo for Micky's post. Umm . . . I agree!
On the midday news - RNZ has seen a document that suggests Costello requested the information about freezing the tax increases on tobacco from the Health Ministry. Does this mean she's lied to Parliament? To the Media? To the PM? [Note I listed them in ...
Agreed, but quick witted as well. When asked if she and Winnie had buried the hatchet, Winnie pulled an exasperated face, but she replied "Yes, but not in each other."
After watching QT the last couple of days, I think the opposition needs to refine their method of asking Luxon. They need to abandon double pronged questions, so he can't evade by just answering one part. They need to ask direct, simple questions so he has...
My impression of QT today is that Hipkins, Davidson and Shaw missed the mark when they directed questions to Luxon! Their questions were too long, and Luxon couldn't follow or understand, so he was able to fall back on vague nothings as answers. Words of ...
And whether Luxon will actually answer any questions with more than vague platitudes!
"For the ACT leader, the campaigning last year did not end - it was but a prelude. "Seymour understands that the stability of the current coalition government is only a veneer. Quietly simmering not far beneath the surface is an unresolved volatility as ...
“Because Luxon is such a weak Prime Minister, he is being railroaded by a far smarter David Seymour and out played by a far more cunning Winston.” Bomber sums up the situation quite nicely! https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/01/29/mediawatch-when-even-heather...
The point needs to be made that Luxon didn't have to pander to any lunatic fringe! Where were Winnie and David going to go if he'd (Luxon) had any real negotiating skills and told them to shove their wanky and racist policies? At worse, he might have ...
And what will Luxon do if Seymour threatens to pull the plug on the CoC after the lengthy select committee hearings? Will Luxon have the strength to call his bluff, face an early election and possibly go down in history as the least successful NZ PM? Or ...
putting Seymour back in his box Significantly, Seymour said on TV1 news last night that the Natz might just be a little braver when it comes to returning his bill to the house after the select committee hearings! Seymour has Luxon's measure - he only has ...
As my grandmother used to say (and that's going back a bit, believe me) the Natz are 'bought and well paid for' by . . .
And when it finally becomes patently obvious even to Nicola that she hasn't the money to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy and landlords, will she raise GST to 20% or just 17.5%? Because it's coming!
Of course National could surprise us all, work to improve the plight of ordinary workers, and increase their bargaining power so that wages can increase to address the cost of living crisis National trumpeted about. Don't hold your breath!
And you won't be the only pakeha to do so. This stale, male, pale and increasingly frail bloke will do so too!
I obviously don't know the details, but I imagine it would be pretty easy to slip a small product into an open shopping bag in a crowded shop! Just saying!
Yes, weka and all the moderators do an admirable job of preventing The Standard from becoming a sewer like kiwiblog. It's been shown on here before, but worth reprising: weka chasing a right wing stoat! https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=weka+chasing+stoat&...
English is a wonderfully inventive language - so how about "covidents"
To sum up: we, NZ and the world, can't afford the rich! [Some of the graphs used are hard to read because the X and Y are not labelled!]
And let me echo the above sentiment. In an ocean of right-wing fuckery, the Standard is an island of sanity! I don't know if I could exist without my daily dose of (generally) left-wing common sense/comment! Compliments of the season to all.
Quite right, Blazer. Cuba and Venezuela have successful economies, but of the wrong sort - the sort that puts people before profits. So the US imposes sanctions, and the two economies in question begin to tank. Then - oh look, socialism never works! ...
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