So true.

Time will take them from us, I think. It won't be long before everyone with fond memories of FPP is at least gone from any kind of political influence.

FFS, how can a…

It's probably the media owners and politicians who should be accountable for making their cosy relationships explicit.

All five parties in Parliament:

"We will now proceed to form alignments, as promised to our respective voters. Two on each side, opposing each other, and one in between, negotiating. In other words, we will do exactly what we said we would do, before the…

FFS, how can a senior journalist not grasp the basic concept of majority.

One of the reasons we ditched FPP was the way it allowed parties with a minority of votes to be the…

No, I'm not sure. Demographic info was in the survey, but I've never had the time to look more closely. Multiple factors will contribute to distrusting internet banking, but I'd be willing to bet that age would be…

I was thinking about this last night. The insurgent left is increasingly on the march across the Angoshpere, and one of its defining characteristics is its rejection of third way centrism and…

he adds unreasonable ignorance to the mix
But right now it's all deja vu, which has turned into Peters and his daily verbal spew. It's been a…

I've said it before, but what NZ needs is to bring Justices Leveson & Finkelstein here to chair a Royal…

Tell you what, when I lived in England many decades ago the two politicians I had the greatest respect for were Tony Benn and Enoch Powell. From hearing them talk (a lot!) I have no doubt…

I don’t think Honesty is easily defined. The mechanism of easy definement is…

Rather doubtful in this case. When someone feels the need to big-note their work online it only raises the probability that they got the job because they were cheap.

Why do you say that? He proved himself trustworthy with the Clark/Cullen administration.

No one is talking about it – so I'll add it to the mix.

Winston Peters as Prime Minister – Ardern and Shaw as…

I don’t recall her saying this prior to the election.

Trust and respect – for the politician with some of the most offensive views.

That's hard to square with her suddenly claiming she trusts and respects Peters. And no back down…

I'd like to see journalism activities regulated more explicitly, given that the media industry has shown us quite clearly now that it cannot be trusted to keep to basic ethical standards.

It doesn’t feel that way to me. The swing was most certainly toward Labour. The Nats (and their coalition partners) were the biggest losers to my mind.

One of the best statements made on election night was, David Parker I think – who pointed out…

but this time it only needed one track – which most media obediently followed.

I was merely observing that one can't count on an idiot engaging in rational behaviour.

I do hope some future government looks at the issue and then passes legislation, if appropriate, that indexes the tax brackets to the rate of inflation so that 'putting bracket creep right' can no longer be used as an election bribe. Time we stopped focusing electoral…

TheSpinoff did much the same thing with this piece on irrigation.

Duncan Grieve needs to make up his mind. Either theSpinoff wants to be taken seriously for it's journalism,…

Raeburn is coveting Matthew Hooton's seat. She sounds just like Kellyanne Conway, complete with all the "alternative facts".

When someone comes in and displays a lack of empathy and self serving dishonesty it's a healthy reminder that our society has problems that in many ways…

Which itself was a carbon copy of Theresa May's post-Brexit snap election remarks. Whenever I hear "strong & stable", it comes out as, "arrogant & uninspired".

And in addition to the points made, I thought it reflected how stale/bereft of new ideas the National party had become. It looked to me to be a low budget, poorly executed re-hash of the 2014 rowers ad.…

no, as written, the National tax cut law expires automatically. National would have to act to extend it. Labour wouldn’t have to do a thing to remove it.

Did you get it wrong?

Calling a woman hysterical is effectively…

Just like National thinks it can shit all over anyone, but their shit doesnt give off…

Thanks for the link. Particularly interesting to look at the booths on the various uni campuses.

mpledger said:
>>... my correct appellation is Dr in the professional setting and Mrs in
>> the public. But then I am not surprised you got it wrong.

Glenn Jameson, said:
> Dr Mpledger, you'd do well to check your own hysterical umbrage.
>…

Chris McDowall's infographic of booth data is extremely interesting. (Also: beautifully and very quickly executed. The man's a marvel.)

After we talked about it on Twitter he gave me a little peek at a follow-up in the works which shows the swing at…

:- )

I actually have quite a bit of time for Chris…

Nice work not pointing to your actual citations.

Alcohol, *Petrol* and Tobacco “Levies”

What it actually says on the page called Labour’s tax plan is: __"Alcohol, Petrol and Tobacco Levies – will be adjusted as per normal…

Oh, I don't know – maybe the part about the sick and weakly being left in the dirt while Team Teal thunders by. Even if the victors…

You came in the the discussion without declaring a direct personal interest, which seems a bit disingenuous. It's…

Kumura, you're a coward. At least Dalziel trolled in the daylight.

Dr Mpledger, you'd do well to check your own hysterical umbrage. Expecting someone to deduce you're a woman without displaying a first name, with…

You just want someone to prove your ad wrong? Within your confines ... sheeez We've been playing that game for centuries.
If you are in the advertising business you should know its all in the presentation. And well... about…

This. Here's some more fun for…

1996 Libertarianz party list

http://www.solopassion.com/node/5287 (I read that site so you don't have to)

And my correct appellation is Dr in the professional setting and Mrs in the public .

But then I am not surprised you got it wrong.

~
Do you?

'cause you were pretty vile towards the first women you came up against.

You set the tone yourself.

The fact that you have to ignore all other commentary in all other media (including that cited on this…

Now…

You are pathologically wrong. Carry on like this and you'll resemble a Trumpian.
Maybe you secretly desire that.
Using a real name doesnt mean you arent a troll, as you generously demonstrate.
Unintentionally for sure.
Tho the bridge you have chosen for your hidey-hole , is…

Stupid cowards however can be relied upon to be stupid cowards, and therefore unlikely to heed such advice.

It did. No problemo. Because it's all true. Perhaps you should've looked at Jacinda's policies before you blindly voted for her. :)

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9 possible governments? I count more.

National – NZF coalition.
National minority, NZF…

The first law of thermodynamics; we don't talk about the first law of thermodynamics.

This week’s episode.

And the bonus korero.

Helen White. She's very good.

Last time I gritted my teeth and voted for Ardern, as she actually had a shot at unseating that horrible National MP (first and only…

Confirmed by Snopes.com.

I'm sure you're an accomplished TVC director Glenn, but you give the impression that you've had a few too many and stumbled…

Presented without comment:

__The Business Herald understands that a key creative talent for the Nats is Glenn Jameson, a creative director at the freelance advertising bureau The Pond, and who has an impressive CV working in…

Yes cause god forbid you show anything resembling a feeling, because to the fucked up minds who wheel out this shit that would mean you have lost the argument.
Dining on the neoliberal diet for decades does jade the senses. But I guess these well-heeled cretins have developed…

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might actually get it.

Lies lies and more lies AFATECS
Did that actually go to air?
I'd be seeking legal advice

I hope Peters finds a way to strike a different balance – presumably every interview is an opportunity…

And most importantly, he points out the fact that as yet 15% of the NZ electorate votes have not been counted.

But he's all aggrieved and it doesn't look like an act.

I'm not sure what Gower said was accurate or not but Peters doesn't want any hint of him being personally motivated.

It's all tiresome theatre from Peters but on occasion his rants speak a certain truth – about him and his priorities.

Not according to TV3, which did a frame-by-frame fact check, determining it: “FAIR, FAIR, FAIR, FAKE, FAIR, & FAIR.”

And the frame they deemed “Fake” was also, in fact, fair.…

Sure, but it still feels like there was two campaigns going on — and if Little had been rolled a month or two eariler, the joins might not have been quite so obvious.

but he was terrible in debates…

Which was clearly a decision, and maybe inevitable. She was money.

And I think it's fair to say she didn't get a lot of value from her deputy. I have a lot of respect for Kelvin Davis – he strikes me…

And seriously, it was the only Labour campaign video that wasn't wall to wall…

I wonder whether these rulings are able…

$50 a week in everyone's pay packet in the form of a $10k personal tax allowance, paid for by capital gains tax on landlords, making companies pay a fair rate of tax…

Since the only broadcast media I get is free of advertising, this seems very apt.

The miracle of target messaging comes at the cost of ... unified messaging! Which means, it's only a short step from sophisticated…