"well I guess you wont be able to tell us what Andrew Little hoped to gain then' I think he hoped to make the terribly flawed process a little better, a little more democratic, a little more fair, a little more worthwhile and a possibly a little less ...
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You are wrong. Labour or Little HAVEN'T done anything wrong in this case at all.
Labour MPs have different views on it. The referendum is an individual vote, not a party vote. Some want to change, some don't want to, most think that Key has manipulated and poisoned the issue, some want the Red Peak, some don't.
Why? What did I write wrong? Labour did nothing wrong here.
Andrew Little, after Key initiated overture, made very wise, very reasonable and very statesman-like suggestions regarding the inclusion of the Red Peak and the referendums to make the process more democratic and sensible. Key rejected those, even after ...
" If we want a left wing govt, then Labour and the GP have to work together publicly. That’s not happening. Why not?' There are very good strategic, electoral and political reasons for not going too gung go together. That does not mean they, ie, all the ...
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Yep, that is just about what Key said! A crook endorsing the idiots.
"(hint, the exec can’t just do what it likes). That is clearly about formation of coalitions, and equally clearly doesn’t apply to the flag process. Get a grip" Why does it not apply to this secret flag deal with Key? Do you know if the 'executive' had the...
"Maybe they’ll go into coalition with national. There seems to have been a changing of the guard with the greens representing a younger urban demographic, not the old hippies and anarchists" May be. Who knows? One thing is clear to me. At the moment, they ...
" I don’t like what they’ve done re Red Peak" By itself, putting a motion to include the Red Peak is not the main issue. The issue is (a) They did it secretly with Key behind Labour's back (b) Blind sided Labour (c) Gave a helping hand to Key to get out of...
They must have reckoned it is a brilliant idea to join Henry and Hosking in sucking on Key's jowls.
"Why did they do it? Does anyone know?" May be Shaw and Hughes think they are clever! Too clever by half! "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" Martin Luther King, Jr.
That idea may be the thinking of their simple silly brains, but I suspect this move they have done behind the scene with Key, without first signalling it to Labour and blind siding them will back fire on the Greens. I think Winston and NZF will end up ...
Winston Peters blasts the Greens as naive and stupid in doing their backroom deceptive deal with Key. He claims that even the Green supporters on Facebook are dismayed by this dumb move by the greens to help Key out of his hole. And I agree. Listen to his ...
Yes, it does. Thanks. I have listened to 10 minutes of it. Will continue later. Yes, Bill Shorten is impressive and comes across as honest and authentic.
I think Shaw's and Gareth Hugues' major achievement will be driving more votes towards Winston/New Zealand first.
I do not understand the strategy/wisdom/stupidity of the Greens to give Key/National an agreement that they would oppose the proposed Labour's Yes/No amendment. What was the need for such an undertaking? The inclusion of Red Peak and the Y/N question are ...
Link does not work for me. It says, can't view outside Australia.
Some astute observations by ANDREA VANCE : "What's cute, cuddly, vegetarian and suddenly popular with Prime Minister John Key?Green Party MP Gareth Hughes" "Hughes found a solution to which no political strings were attached" "This is a shrewd move for his...
Will be interesting to watch.
+1 You analyse issues so well, Puddleglum.
Will this kind of double crossing of Labour indulged in by the Greens by promising National to vote down the Labour's Yes/No referendum amendment question (as reported by Radio live) increase or decrease Greens poll ratings in the next poll? Personally I ...
"What possessed them?" Idiocy?
"We (the Greens) should have shown solidarity with the other opposition parties – we’ve now shafted potential coalition partners and given NZ First even more ammo to distrust a Lab-Green coalition.' Well said.
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Are you ok mate?
First of all, this whole flag change issue should not have been made at all UNLESS there was a strong ((about 60% plus) support for it as indicated by a series of public media polls. That did not happen. Going ahead with it at GREAT expense was completely ...
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