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Rob Stowell

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:51:06 +1200

Mistakes to learn from? The Canadian experience.

Rob Stowell

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:43:29 +1300

the flag referendum was an awkward (stupid?) 2-way split – people who wanted vs didn't want change (most people I know were open to change) and people who like/preferred the lockwood thing vs people who thought it was ghastly.
the reeferndum risks something a bit similar, with those resistant to…

BenWilson

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:42:05 +1300

Was just thinking this morning that the referendum is pretty much fucked the moment the opponents cotton on to the strategy of highlighting the connection between any kind of smoking and respiratory impairment, in an age where harm minimization is at the most ascendant I have ever even conceived, particularly…

Michael Homer

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:55:58 +1300

We have actual research on the flag hypothesis, and it's definitely true: Overall, 30.5% of National Party voters and 27.5% of Labour Party voters moved away from the position they originally reported in 2013 to become closer to, or consistent with, the position endorsed by their party leader.

Public Address

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:55:58 +1300

Discussion from blog post.