Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to merc,
rebels
you clearly haven't met him :)
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Sacha,
It would appear Epsom voters don't much like being manipulated either. Good on them.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
If teapotgate is a “distraction” from “real issues”
It's a measure of National's comms success that the campaign framing is around leadership credibility rather than substantive policy. Media aren't immune to that (though they should be).
The Nats can hardly complain now when media follow that framing to its conclusion, especially when they've been stage-managed and pressured not to release daily schedules to minimise any risk of protests disrupting those glossy photo ops of grateful gurning locals hanging on the leader's every gurgle. Lingering resentment can be dangerous..
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Muse: Linky Love, in reply to bronwyn,
Sorry to derail the Twlight discussion
not a phrase I ever thought I'd hear
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Legal Beagle: Infrequently asked questions, in reply to Keir Leslie,
it replaces a thick model of politics with a thin one
though participation in the 'thick' model has been declining for some time - so what does it matter, right?
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Radio New Zealand, whose policy Q&A was disgracefully snubbed by National
Full policy listings here - with every single answer for National thus:
Declined to answer this question
It's only the other parties who ought to have any complaint about lack of substantive coverage in the circumstances.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to linger,
Winston’s support base
they're just resting
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to DexterX,
the shape of things to come
try this tidbit about public sector slashing, buried in a story last week about the prospective Finance Ministers.
When National came into office it inherited a set of Treasury forecasts pointing to a decade of deficits and an economy that had already been in recession for months.
It has slashed new spending provisions and put the public service on a belt-tightening programme for which, English warns, there is no end in sight. The public service, he says, is only about a quarter of the way through the process of reshaping it around tighter budgets, fewer public servants and fewer government departments.
English cites that process, and significant welfare reform, as the two big priorities of a second-term National government.
Funny how that's not in their campaign adverts. Nor is Labour saying much about it..
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
that tea-drinking Key has done Winnie the biggest favour
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
throw a used car dealer into the mix #popularitycontest