Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:02 am, September 20th, 2017 - 64 comments
Categories: election 2017, greens, labour
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, election 2017, let's do this, vanity posts
I voted yesterday. The electorate vote was simple. Dunedin North – Labour's David Clark is a great MP and a lovely guy, very easy to vote for! I struggled with the party vote. I happen to be a Labour Party member, but that's mainly a historical accident. …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 3:49 pm, September 18th, 2017 - 105 comments
Categories: climate change, election 2017, farming, farming, global warming
Tags: climate change, election 2017, extreme weather, farmers, one planet is all you get, protest
The farmers' protest in Morrinsville today unfortunately shows that we have made no progress in the 15 years since Bill English attacked the wrong PM with his "mad cow" insult. Meanwhile the effects of climate change have got worse, our options for dealing…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, September 18th, 2017 - 34 comments
Categories: election 2017, labour, national, same old national
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, election 2017, nasty nats, negative campaigning, nine long years
Excellent Q+A interviews with political leaders yesterday (transcript of Ardern, transcript of English). This summary of the English interview gets right to the point: English raises prospect of slaughtered cows, depopulated cities National leader BM …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 6:25 am, September 18th, 2017 - 10 comments
Categories: election 2017, jacinda ardern, labour
Tags: election 2017, get out the vote, youth
Young people of NZ, it's your election, if you want it. Jack Tame: Millennials – just get out and vote … More than 200,000 eligible voters under the age of 30 didn't vote in the last election. Under-30s had the lowest turnout of any block. With the polls…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, September 15th, 2017 - 56 comments
Categories: election 2017, MMP
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, let's do this, MMP, mood for change, polls
Labour's surge under Jacinda Ardern has us all talking about Labour vs National – who's in front. This discussion seemed inconceivable just 2 months ago, and it is a sign how far Labour has come! Maybe Labour is ahead, maybe it's National, rumour is that …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 12:20 pm, September 13th, 2017 - 98 comments
Categories: accountability, election 2017, labour, national
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, election 2017, let's do this, lies, nasty nats, negative campaigning
Good to see Jacinda Ardern confronting this head on: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern takes a swing at National's campaign of 'fear and lying' Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has come out swinging at what she called National's campaign of "fear and lying." … …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:35 am, September 12th, 2017 - 18 comments
Categories: business, jacinda ardern, labour, leadership
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, election 2017, Emmerson, let's do this, mood of the boardroom
The Herald's "mood of the boardroom" makes encouraging reading for Labour (Fran O'Sullivan): A strong mood for change among business leaders There is a strong mood for change among the 118 respondents to the Herald's Mood of the Boardroom Election Survey. …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:04 am, September 12th, 2017 - 23 comments
Categories: national, useless
Tags: bridges, broken promises, election promises, northland
National are running about promising this that and the other. No costing on how they are going to pay for it all of course, that level of transparency is only expected of Labour. For anyone who actually believes that the Nats will deliver on all these …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:23 am, September 11th, 2017 - 67 comments
Categories: business, election 2017, greens, labour
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, business confidence, business leaders, election 2017, endorsements, let's do this
An interesting piece (Francis Cook in The Herald): Fear of a Labour/Green Gov 'gone' says business leader Fear of a Labour/Green Government in the business community is well gone, says SkyCity chairman-elect Rob Campbell. A refreshingly honest comment, …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, September 11th, 2017 - 26 comments
Categories: election 2017, labour, national, same old national
Tags: diversity, election 2017, labour list, national list
Some polls have National below 40%. If that is reflected in the election result then National is in trouble. See this excellent piece by Simon Wilson in The Spinoff: If Labour and National both get 40%, who gets into parliament? Labour: All 28 MPs standing…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:26 am, September 10th, 2017 - 28 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, national, welfare
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, beneficiary bashing, brighter future, nine long years
Another update from nine long years of the brighter future: WINZ staff accused of withholding entitlements The Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, has defended her department after a report showing people on benefits were missing out on $200 million …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:28 am, September 10th, 2017 - 77 comments
Categories: accountability, democratic participation, election 2017, labour, national
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, dirty politics, election 2017, let's do this, lies, truth
All politicians are liars, so the saying goes. It's not the case of course, but the lies are so widespread as to tarnish all politicans by association. This damages rational decision making and political engagement. It's bad for democracy. In this election…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 10:05 am, September 8th, 2017 - 120 comments
Categories: climate change, global warming, jacinda ardern, labour, leadership
Tags: climate change, emissions, one planet is all you get, policy, zero by 50
Jacinda Ardern has released Labour's climate change policy – including zero net carbon emissions by 2050. Isaac Davison in The Herald: Labour unveils climate change policy: All sectors to pay for emissions The Labour Party has released its climate change …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:32 am, September 7th, 2017 - 54 comments
Categories: accountability, economy, grant robertson, labour, national, Steven Joyce, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, 2017 election debate, debate, election 2017, finance, joyce's hole
The RNZ debate between Labour and Nat finance spokespersons has just concluded – Grant Robertson vs a big flaming gasbag. Robertson very strong, gasbag unable to name One Single Person who agrees with his $11.7bn big lie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, September 7th, 2017 - 21 comments
Categories: election 2017, national, useless
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, dirty politics, epic fail, third termitis
National's campaign is a train wreck. Its defining feature so far has been three attempted dirty hits, each one of them an epic fail. Hit 1: The bungled superannuation attack on Winston Peters. It was supposed to knock out NZF so the Nats could assimilate …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:13 am, September 6th, 2017 - 16 comments
Categories: accountability, economy, national, Steven Joyce, useless
Tags: clutching at straws, economic genius, joyce's hole, liar, steven joyce, zero budget
Steven Joyce accused Labour of a basic accounting error, failing to carry forward extra spending commitments, an $11.7bn "hole". This is a thoroughly debunked lie. So now he's trying, in a series of desperate interviews, to shift the goalposts and say that…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, September 6th, 2017 - 148 comments
Categories: accountability, bill english, economy, election 2017, making shit up, national, Steven Joyce
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, economic genius, election 2017, epic fail, fail, incompetence, lies, steven joyce
Post John Key all National ever had going for it was an undeserved reputation for financial competence. Now that is gone too. It doesn't get any worse than this 3 weeks out from an election. Politically Correct: The deadly serious numbers game … …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, September 5th, 2017 - 52 comments
Categories: accountability, economy, election 2017, labour, same old national, Steven Joyce
Tags: economic genius, election 2017, fool, liar, panic, steven joyce
Steven Joyce's claim that there is a $11.7bn "hole" in Labours' fiscal plan has been soundly refuted by multiple economists and analysts. Brian Fallow: 'Robertson's right, Joyce is wrong' Economics columnist Brian Fallow says Labour has reallocated some …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:35 am, September 4th, 2017 - 14 comments
Categories: national, spin, tax
Tags: hypocrisy, national's new taxes, spin, tax
National is well in to panicked negative campaigning now. One of their main attacks is to try and spread fear about Labour and tax. Good to see them called out on it: Bill English promises no new taxes National has introduced an average six new taxes every…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:05 am, September 4th, 2017 - 54 comments
Categories: housing, labour
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, housing, labour, let's do this, rent
National have bungled the housing market and the crazy prices are turning us into a nation of renters. Renting is the norm in many countries, but they typically have better legal protection for tenants than us. So this move by Labour is both realistic and …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:03 am, September 2nd, 2017 - 84 comments
Categories: accountability, bill english, economy
Tags: 2017 election debate, bernard hickey, billshit, lies, productivity
A must-read piece by Bernard Hickey: Bill English’s Trump-like denial of a productivity problem Bill English is a careful man who is deeply familiar with New Zealand's economic record. He has had the best facts and figures from Treasury, the OECD and the …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, September 1st, 2017 - 77 comments
Categories: election 2017, jacinda ardern, labour, leadership, polls
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, colmar brunton, election 2017, jacinda ardern, let's do this, poll
Unless you spent last night in a tent in the mountains (I wish…) you already know the news: Labour rockets ahead of National in stunning Colmar Brunton Poll result This is Labour's highest level of support (in this poll) since 2006, and National's lowest…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 3:18 pm, August 31st, 2017 - 203 comments
Categories: bill english, election 2017, jacinda ardern
Tags: 2017 election debate, debate, election 2017
Update: Good news for Ardern going in to the debate. TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll puts Labour ahead of National 43% to 41%, and Ardern ahead of English for preferred PM – Labour rockets ahead of National in stunning Colmar Brunton Poll result. The first debate…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:04 am, August 31st, 2017 - 48 comments
Categories: class war, health, housing, labour, national
Tags: child poverty, health, housing, housing crisis, poverty
Two excellent but very disturbing pieces in The Herald yesterday. Kirsty Johnston: Damp, overcrowded homes bigger threat to kids than car crashes Diseases linked to cold, damp, overcrowded homes are killing more New Zealand children than car crashes or …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:02 am, August 31st, 2017 - 65 comments
Categories: Economy, journalism, labour, making shit up
Tags: bad journalism, helen clark, lies, nz initiative, rachel smalley, student debt
I know I shouldn't sweat the small stuff, but this piece by Rachel Smalley is full of lies about Labour. On the tertiary education policy: It's straight out of Helen Clark's book on how you win an election. Her last minute decision in 2005 to make student-…
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:01 am, August 30th, 2017 - 45 comments
Categories: bill english, Dirty Politics, election 2017, national, same old national, winston peters
Tags: coalition of chaos, dirty politics, election 2017, hit job, unstable, winston peters
The Peters super story looks like a clumsy dirty politics hit by National. Rachel Smalley: Winston Peters super saga: I smell a rat I smell a rat. I think a few people do. You've got to ask yourself, who benefits from this? If Peters takes a hit in the …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 8:43 am, August 28th, 2017 - 21 comments
Categories: jacinda ardern, labour
Tags: christchurch, christchurch rebuilding, labour policy
Another successful rally for Jacinda Ardern and Labour in Christchurch yesterday, and yet another policy release: Labour promises to fast-track Christchurch's rebuild Key Points: Labour's Christchurch plan • Fast-track rebuild with a $300m fund for …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:24 am, August 28th, 2017 - 207 comments
Categories: accountability, superannuation, winston peters, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: newshub, newsroom, scandal, superannuation, winston peters
Newsroom has the story (Melanie Reid and Tim Murphy): Co-habiting Peters billed $18,000 New Zealand First leader Winston Peters took higher superannuation payments than he was entitled to for seven years – while living with his de facto partner – and has …
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 2:05 pm, August 27th, 2017 - 124 comments
Categories: education, national, useless
Tags: #ChangeTheGovt, education, fail, national standards
The centerpiece of National's campaign launch was an education package built around the demonstrably failed national standards policy. From Stuff: Prime Minister Bill English has unveiled a big boost for education as his flagship announcement at the …
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