Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Islander,
Green candidates - both in Southern Maori and on the West Coast-= conspicuous by their absences
You're saying Kevin Hague isn't prominent on the Coast? One of his party's stronger performers this last term.
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Lilith __,
she's everywhere, you know
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Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Russell Brown,
it’s like calculating National’s performance by Tau Henare’s tweets.
If that was all the public heard, sure.
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Such sentiments are widely -- if somewhat lazily -- accepted in the political blogosphere as proof of Labour's "arrogance". But Labour doesn't have a lot to be arrogant about at the moment. What you're hearing there is grief, anger and frustration.
Labour reliably shooting itself in the foot every time they gain any momentum on policy would be enough to frustrate most except the government. The party's ongoing lack of coherent communication is just mystifying. How does such incompetence keep anyone in a job?
And there has certainly been some arrogance in the succession of ego-ridden outbursts. Curran's earlier unwarranted sense of entitlement to the votes of the left still seems shared by the armchair warriors on Te Standard. Little sign of any listening or learning. Thank goodness the Greens seem to be doing better lately so at least there's some choice. If you believe that's permitted..
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OnPoint: Set it on fire, then, in reply to Kumara Republic,
the Great Depression
What do you reckon was the differential impact on generations? Not something I've seen anywhere.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to JacksonP,
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Russell Brown,
the reason you don't hear Leilani Momoisea on Radio NZ any more
the things you learn..
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Lyndon Hood,
Kimbra: Non-BDO
Doesn't make much sense given her role in Australia's recent chart-topper.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to George Darroch,
you are a boat
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Emma Hart,
the 2am smoke conversation
lightbulb or school bus?