Posts by insider outsider
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According to the Standardistas the AUstralia excuse is an invention by Tracy Watkins...
It's getting confusing who said what. (like the Fawlty Towers sketch with the deaf lady)
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What she said was, the personal attacks on Key have not worked so best to give up and focus on differentiating yourself.
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Words do matter - but not every single one. Context plays a big role in filling out a word picture. You can say things completely "wrong" grammatically but still be perfectly understood due to context.
Only the extreme Standardistas really think Key wants to see wages drop, I think Russel's point about how Key (and his team) handled dealing with this error is more the issue.
The lesson they need to draw is, do not respond on the fly and stick to your message.
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Notice the slight differences in the transcript with what went in the paper http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0802/Key_on_wages.pdf
Very minor but still different. Also note the varying spellings of the two quotees' names
FWIW I think Key meant to say 'wages gap' - it seems obvious from the contrxt, but what do I know.
(Hope I beat Craig to first post)
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Thanks 81st
For me the attraction is the career opportunity and the tens of ks mpre money but the downside is access to the sea, the hills, and family. Maybe going to Auckland would be easier.
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81st
Can I ask why. I'm going through the same thing so interested in perspectives.
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Tom
I know off employees who have foregone promotions because the wage increase is outweighed by the loss of WFF benefit. That is not good for anyone.
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Russell
Do not take my comment as an endorsement of those sites. I meant to add that the vilification of HC is similarly out of touch. I suspect many of those people have probably never met or heard her or Key directly, which is interesting in its own right about how we can demonise those we don;t really know.
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Gareth
Working for Families has had that effect though.
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Oh come off it Tom, you don't think Key is loathed by the left. Why would Cullen call him a rich prick and a class traitor, why would the Standard and I/S, KBB etc dedicate so much space to commenting on his every word and action and so little on the positives coming out of the left? Be real please.
Simon g
have you never heard Paul Holmes or Brent Edawards interview Helen Clark? It goes both ways