Perhaps you should now quote the National MPs who spoke so strongly and passionately against the law, but have been silent since the coalition was formed. Wonder why? The law could be gone tomorrow, because neither Labour nor the Greens have any interest ...
You're wrong, as Incognito points out. And more importantly, as Winston Peters himself said in the House on Tuesday. Maybe next time you should provide evidence for your false claims.
Deputy (and recently Acting) Prime Minister of New Zealand disagrees with Government of New Zealand. Another normal one in the coalition of contradiction ... NZ First disagrees with Cabinet over current Covid-19 inquiry continuing | RNZ News
It's amazing how Luxon at Question Time gets away with a level of incompetence and lack of preparation that Ardern never would have. On the Cook Strait ferries ... Hipkins: (gist, not verbatim): Who was the Minister who announced the ferry purchase which ...
Yes, the long-term consequences are enormous, perhaps not yet realized. The government has just committed itself to a massive increase in spending, and not only for one year. Now we watch and wait for the cuts elsewhere to enable this.
Specific promise: From July 1 2024. Timeline here: The full timeline of National’s broken cancer drugs promise | The Spinoff Let's not be disingenuous. It wasn't in the Budget - as promised. Now the money has suddenly appeared. Why wasn't it in the Budget?...
"You would have thought that National would have learned from the experience but clearly it did not." They learned exactly what they wanted to. Use cancer for votes. It worked. Nobody seriously believes they care about the consequences after winning power,...
Poverty is a decision you guys made. National have been in government for 6 terms, 18 years since 1990. The 7th term is now. The Greens have never even been in Cabinet. Not once. There has never been a Labour-Green government. Not once. Those are the ...
And there was much more in similar vein, the journos asking about broken promises and Luxon refusing to engage, just constantly repeating his self-praise. They were still asking when he walked away at the end. Does he really think this works? Does he ...
Luxon being a jerk at the post-Cab. Reti says (direct quote) "I apologise" (for the cancer shambles). Luxon immediately asked if he will apologise too. Answer: "What I would say to you ..." bluster, bluster. Minister forced to apologise, but PM won't. ...
Yes, I'm saying Winston would block it.
The OP is a reasonable take on what National (plus ACT) may want to do, but would Winston wave it through? It would be his final legacy, a deeply ironic and contradictory ending to his career. So, I doubt it.
Steve Braunias skewers Luxon, although it is increasingly difficult to spot the difference between satire and a real Luxon press conference. They use the same verbatim quotes. The secret press conference of the PM (newsroom.co.nz)
Obviously you don't mean the Covid response in 2020, because that was judged by the people at the ensuing election. That is exactly how it is supposed to work. But we don't expect you to come back to us with any specifics on this alleged Ardern "precedent...
If there's anyone still pretending that the fake "Free Speech Union" is really about free speech, here's a reminder. Right-wing UK writer arrives in NZ, says how jolly nice it is to be in Ye Olde Englande instead of Aotearoa, and churns out the standard ...
"Want", yes. I'm sure you don't expect him to. Does anyone?
Another day, another foot-in-mouth ... "No questions in press conference is ‘Asian protocol’, says Luxon" PM Christopher Luxon to speak to media ahead of meeting with Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida - NZ Herald So he makes a sweeping generalisation about dozens ...
An amateur psychologist writes: Clearly the subject is driven by envy and insecurity. He is so resentful that a woman who previously had the same job was widely praised around the world, while he is completely ignored. It wounds him deeply that his ...
Well done to Amelia Wade on Newshub for skewering Luxon on his latest petulant whine (sub-text: "I'm an awesome CEO, why don't you all love me?"). The link should be up shortly. (Sadly, there soon won't be any Newshub reporting at all, our loss).
I wouldn't object to the government spending money on a long-term option, subject to proper scrutiny. It makes no difference if the PM is Luxon or Hipkins, Ardern, Key ... it's a recurring problem. Needs fixing. What I do object to is the bullshit politics...
Seconded. All aroha to her. And credit for using the press conference and her own case to encourage more women to get checked. One high profile headline in the news is worth any number of ads. She might have saved a life today.
The biggest story from that poll is the one that has never changed, and probably never will until Luxon is dumped by National. His personal favourability rating has dropped again, in negative territory. Reminder: it took Ardern 5 years to go "negative" in ...
This is a serious problem for the Coalition, bubbling under but will soon come to the boil. The "fast track" legislation is unpopular, and not just with the predictable opposition. It's Muldoonism and alarm bells are ringing: (no need to shoot the ...
Of course Trump has already been impeached, and in electoral consequences it means nothing today. No bar to the Republicans choosing him again as a candidate, or voters choosing him in Nov. Second impeachment of Donald Trump - Wikipedia Impeachment has ...
I haven't seen any legal opinion to suggest that might happen though. Happy to be persuaded but the consensus of informed commentators is that there is no way he'll be kept off the ballot, given the appeal process.
Yes, that's the key point. It's wishful thinking to hope/expect that he now won't be able to run and become President. He can, regardless. The only barrier is the voters in swing states, and their election officials.
Trump will be on the ballot in every state. His Supreme Court has already ensured this.
There are no old school moderates in the party now. Every statement on the verdict by every relevant Republican has trashed the case, the judge, the entire process. Nobody - absolutely nobody - is saying "respect the verdict". The few who dared to ...
Never trust a politician who uses cancer suffering for votes. Luxon lied: Election 2023: National promises to pay for 13 new cancer treatments if elected | Newshub
Imagine Ardern responding to those protests against her government by Groundswell and the like, by saying they should only be allowed to happen at the weekends. Imagine the media furore if she had.
"I think it’s both funny and pointed the protest organisers used the word strike and a bunch of people went off on one about that. Luxon said it was illegal, and it’s hard to tell if this was ignorance or him politicising the situation. Off the back of ...
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