Posts by Sacha
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
bloody good analogy. we deserve better than one-dimensional thinking.
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
Thank you. Yes, the ACT/Nat matchup is interesting. If voters can see that, it makes me ponder their support for some govt initiatives.
And I see Maori Party, NZ First, and United Future inhabit the 'space' between Lab and Nat.
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
Why doesn't the italic code ever work for me?
use two underlines on each end, not one
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
Can you overlay those party positions as points on your histogram, if you get time?
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
the chance they go the other way
yep, there's the unpredictable factor.
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
The people I've labelled centrists here place Labour to the left of their self-placement, and place National to the right of their self-placement.
That might explain the FPP flavour then.
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
If a politician is afraid to speak boldly, why should I believe they'll act boldly?
Quite.
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Polity: Meet the middle, in reply to
making dole=bludger noises will make you look like whimps to the centrists that actually really do agree with the left, and the ones that agree with the right won't actually believe you anyway.
The latter would seem to explain poll responses to Labour's recent racist dogwhistling episode. They have to be extra-credible arseholes to win over voters when Winston and other righties have a proven track record. Instead it's like Phil Twyford and David Parker inviting you outside for fisticuffs.
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Polity: In defence of the centre, in reply to
You're fine. Nobody needs to justify pseudonyms.
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Polity: In defence of the centre, in reply to
Steve Braunias's having him hide under Key's house was pretty good
a fitting grovel
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