...% of the party vote (i.e. 1/120 - the ratio of...
CV: yes, exactly, Nats will pull their candidate and the oleaginous one remains.
Iceberg: winning electorate seats is not nonsensical if you can do it without it costing you party votes, as National is doing in Epsom & Ohariu.
The significant point of what happened in Ohariu is this. In the Party Vote, United Future got 273 votes and National 18,810. National got an extra seat for the cost of 273 Party Votes allowing the 18,810 to be counted into their overall Party Vote ...
Partners? In the case of ACT and UF I'd describe them as National adjunct parties - substantially the same but used as a device in MMP to finagle two more seats above National's party vote percentage. Remember, at last election Nat/ACT/Maori/UF got total ...
After you finish watching this you'll have no qualms. http://viooz.vc/movies/Merchants_of_Doubt__2014-17631.html Also here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YmRovaSYkE
Because they don't want to change. Furthermore if they accept humans have affected the planet that undermines their worldview and political philosophy. Strong correlation between denial and right wing views. The right in general believe that the earth and ...
Judith Collins puts her foot in it - again.
The question should have been phrased, "Have you been to Iraq recently?"
All those billions that were borrowed didn't vanish into thin air, they ended up somewhere in someone's hands and are now presumably in a bank/s somewhere or under a lot of mattresses. Whose?
Sssh, don't mention West Papua.
Lucky that glistening mane of yours isn't in a ponytail or I'd be all over you like impetigo.
Say, how about you hop on my lap and we talk about the first thing that pops up - don't worry it won't be a long conversation.
I do a great version of the Jaws theme song, wanna hear it?
We have maintained a silence closely resembling stupidity.
There is no depression in New Zealand; there are no sheep on our farms, There is no depression in New Zealand; we can all keep perfectly calm, Everybody's talking about World War Three; everybody's talking about World War Three, But we're as safe as safe ...
About the time that Judith Curry is able to change (diminish) the heat absorptive properties of carbon dioxide and the other significant greenhouse gases I'll be paying attention.
One of the root problems for unity on the left is that the left starts from a base of principles and the right starts from a base of power. They know it's all about winning while we wring our hands about "is it right?". So we need to be clear on our ...
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