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"
Yemens support and actions should be noted.
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! ...
Just waiting for van Velden or Seymour, or Peters or Jones, or Luxon or Brown to suggest Arbeit macht frei should be displayed at the entrance to boot camps!
"Keep your friends close - but your enemies closer!" Frankly, Luxon has no idea about the protocols of government. JCs appointment smacks of weakness and cronyism. The Coaltion of Chaos 100 day plan also testifies to Luxon's weakness and lack of experience...
This quote from Joe90 on last night's Daily Review, sums up ACT completely: "When it came to COVID, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I’ve never seen such a high value on life.” That’s a quote from ACT health spokesperson ...
Very possibly! (If only because you obviously haven't read No Right Turn's post)
This speech by Jones is probably the most disgraceful I've ever heard from years of listening to Parliament! I get so bloody angry listening to the bloated blowhard that . . . I feel like kicking the cat! https://ondemand.parliament.nz/parliament-tv-on-...
The antivaxxers based their abuse on poor or misunderstood science and/or conspiracy bs. Whereas, climate change is real and likely to end the human (and other) species. Denying science in the face of overwhelming evidence is verging on the demented and, ...
“People might object to the framing of fossil fuel executives and traders as criminals, but these people are deliberately and knowingly trying to kill us for profit. They are deliberately and knowingly trying to burn our homes, drown our cities, and starve...
What with COP28 doing the usual cop-out, emissions rising over 1% during the year etc and crazy ideas like this one being floated as 'real' solutions - I'm not holding my breath on the chances of human survival until even the end of this decade!
It's early days, of course, but I thought the opposition were directing their attacks at two quite vulnerable members of the CoC: Dr Cigga Reti, as Minister of Health for ducking responsibility for pushing the repeal of the Smokefree legislation through, ...
They see a ripping the country apart in a massive culture war as a path to semi-permanent power. Just as Muldoon did in 1981 with the Springbok tour! Deeply cynical and divisive!
Luxon and his CoC!!!! And just incase any readers jump to the wrong conclusion, that stands for Coalition of Chaos!
It's the word 'honest' that raises eyebrows!
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