Legal Beagle: The Northland by-election; or The so-called Tizard Effect
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BenWilson, in reply to
Good piece by Matthew Hooton on that very point.
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That's an excellent piece from Hooton.
In related news, Winston states that he'll vote against TPPA.
Peters says his party will stop the National government from passing the TPPA agreement.
"Trust me I know what we're going to do here. We'll stop them passing this law.
"It's about foreign corporates suing you as a taxpayer. That's a challenge to this country's democracy which has been going for 167 years.
"It's about our sovereignty and right to make our own laws. It's no longer a trade deal. Worse still how can you pass a judgement on a contract you've never seen."
This doesn't mean the end of TPPA. But if Winnie wins in Northland, the pressure goes on Peter Dunne. Does he want to be remembered as the man who undermined New Zealand's sovereignty in exchange for a comfortable overseas posting?
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Paul Williams, in reply to
Good piece by Matthew Hooton on that very point.
He's been pretty consistently taking this line re Key and his truthiness.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
He’s been pretty consistently taking this line re Key and his truthiness
And about time. Nothing has changed with this corporate money trading gangster. It seems that only now has the blinkers come off so really Hooton's slow off the mark and he's finally being joined by other journalists who, some of which, still find it hard to swallow, that their teflon man hasn't given them the promised pony. I said it back then, I'll say it again, John Key is dangerous, he is hurting us, and it is blatantly obvious ,he doesn't care if others hurt all of us. Even the most vulnerable and defenseless. The losses are piling up. All that happens with this Government is one loss after another.
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So Northland ,did ya get out and vote? I advanced voted at the only place in a 50 mile radius. I hope for change.
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A C Young, in reply to
Looks like you have your change =)
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Yes, there is a new King In The North. Now, can he survive a season?
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Memo to NZ Herald: We love the cricket, but this by-election is actually news ...
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Yes, there is a new King In The North. Now, can he survive a season?
Of course he can, he's like one of those Happy Meals that never decay. Eventually of course some child will prod it, causing it to crumble to nutrient-free dust, but anyone hoping for that to befall Winston better plan on a long wait.
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andin, in reply to
this by-election is actually news …
The proles seem to be a bit distracted at the mo' perhaps they wont notice too much.
Apologies to Mr Orwell... -
A 13,000-vote swing in six months. Sure, tactical voting, but my goodness.
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81stcolumn, in reply to
Not a knockout punch but a bit more than a bloody nose eh!
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linger, in reply to
would an adult toys
was this as part of a splinter group? *winces*
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Pity, I rather liked the idea of associating Happy Meals with adult toys.
But then, Maccas in Japan have been having enough problems already with adulterated foodstuffs. -
Paul Campbell, in reply to
Yes, there is a new King In The North. Now, can he survive a season?
Winter is coming John
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Yes, there is a new King In The North. Now, can he survive a season?
Gettysburg-on-the-Hokianga, much?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Gettysburg-on-the-Hokianga
A new St Petersburg?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Winter is coming John
A Game of Over Throwns!
(conflating the weekend's two big stories...) -
From blimmin' istuff
Key was nowhere to be seen in Kerikeri on Saturday night, preferring to head to Melbourne for Sunday's World Cup cricket final.
"run John run
cause they got a gun
and they aiming it at your head"Thanks to Lieber & Stoller and The Coasters
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
This is what we’re talking about
Aha!
Adult rated inedible foodstuffs...
is there a related 'bauble-blower'?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Captain sensible
Elfish has left the building...
Looks like The Dunne-witch Horror!
aka Satan's Little Helper... -
BenWilson, in reply to
Not a knockout punch but a bit more than a bloody nose eh!
It was left to Jessie Ryder to deliver the weekend's actual knockout punch.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Not a knockout punch but a bit more than a bloody nose eh!
I would say after glancing the Harold and saw
Ex Cricketer and blogger bloodbath?
then Stuff giving yet another image of the Oily, I can only infer that my day has started out well.
Gosh, timing is everything innit?
Now I'm just off to send congrats to Winston. National thought spending large swathes of money would keep Northland, to many a person disgusted up here, I'm so glad my new abode is in a place where there has been a display from every booth that National are not good enough. -
BenWilson, in reply to
That he got punched out in less than one round by a professional athlete wasn't that surprising. But that he lost 17kg is. He should have gone in The Biggest Loser with those sort of numbers.
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Several points on the election.
First, of course,we should have a good look at the election spending of National. I can't see how they could put that number of feet on the ground, let alone the limos. The number of hoardings and signs should have broken the budget on their own.
An annoying factor is that after Little said Willow Jean would get in "By hook or by crook" it was picked up by a media that seems to have no ability to understand common idioms
By hook or by crookThis phrase formerly meant "by fair means or foul", although now
it often (especially in the U.K.) means simply "by whatever
necessary means". The first recorded use is by John Wycliffe in
_Controversial Tracts_ (circa 1380). Theories include: a law or
custom in mediaeval England that allowed peasants to take as
firewood from the King's forests any deadwood that they could reach
with a shepherd's crook and cut off with a reaper's billhook.But with the understanding of a giggling forth form schoolboy, or Steven Joyce, it was forced down our throats as "Andrew Little is a crook" yeah, thanks for that.
For all those that say Winston can't actually do anything, well. National know that they will have to chuck large bundles of cash at the North to have any hope of a win in 2017 so at least they will have to build those bridges, even if they turn out to be metaphorical.Northport and the proposed railhead are a good start and would relive the roading situation, allowing more to be spent on improving existing roads over the construction of "nice to have" motorways to the batch.
Well done Winston, they don't like it up them, as Lance-Corporal Jones would have said.
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