Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Mikaere Curtis,
Speaking as another Green, I agree with some of what you are saying but I'm more a pragmatic Green in that I don't expect a green government but I would work in whatever way gave Greens most policy influence over the government party. That is not possible with a Key National govt but it could be possible with a different National. govt. Labour have, in the past, adopted some Green policies (mainly to attract voters away from the Green Party) only to put them them very far away on the backburner when in government.
One of the things I like about the Greens is the very having of this debate. Now, back to that toad Banks...
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A portrait of a day, not a living thing: Little River domain on Anzac Day.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Ross Francis,
I think the Greens and their wider support are a broader church than most realise in that not every Green or green is a lefty. And compromise and consensus is part of the Green Party practice and philosophy wich makes them eminently suited to be a partner in an MMP government. The problem is more with both National and Labour still operating as near as they can to first-past-the-post governments so as not to allow smaller parties a voice.
Labour has no droit de seigneur over MMP hook-ups with the Greens. Some of us will never forget Labour's treatment of the Greens after the 2005 election.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Tom Semmens,
National made a serious political strategic error in choosing to keep alive a party that should instead have had it's life support switched off and left to die.
It was a one-term solution. If National had been serious about sewing up their hold on power for a decade or two they would have come to an accommodation with the Greens. That would have stuffed Labour for decades, if not for all time.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Sacha,
If Banks knew who the donation came from, he's guilty.
Legally, not just morally.I hope that is the case but I am not familiar with curly electoral law wording; is yours a legal opinion or a human being's opinion?
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to David MacGregor,
I sniff a tipping point for National: Banks' actions are indisputedly morally grubby politics, if not downright dirty. He defends his actions on a legal basis, rightly or wrongly. But the man has long been prone to commandeering the moral high ground on all sorts of issues. With the number of "careless" Cabinet Ministers and MPs so far in Key's tenure, voters will start to see this administration as somewhat less than lily white.
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Nora Leggs,
VIB - a very important box.
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Capture: Better Food Photography, in reply to David Hood,
I sculpted a bread lion in a cage.
So cool!
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Capture: A Foray into Portraiture, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Majestic harbour shot.
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Hard News: Reputation and remuneration, in reply to 3410,
You can bet that Banks instantly went from BFF to total cold-shoulder, the day the big bust went down
I've seen that happen to people in politics. It's brutal, no matter how tough the person is.
