Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to Stewart,
Sue Bradford *
Aren't you in one of the few tactical voting electorates? How are Bradford's numbers comparing with Sepuloni and Bennett?
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to ,
To be fair, his government has hugely reduced that practice - at the expense of unimportant things like homecare for the elderly.
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to thegirlstefan,
endure was the operative word, yes. every couple of minutes to break up the smugtalk.
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Closing addresses on radio in background. Can't be arsed with any more of it at this stage (and I *like* politics).
Russel Norman just said unequivocally that a vote for his party means opposing asset sales. Sensible stuff from a few senior Labour MPs before that. And I survived interminable smugness and bursts of the Feelers to get that far..
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to martinb,
which other party can concievably have a real shot at preventing asset sales?
Te Greens, in short.
I haven't paid enough attention to the Maori Party's pronouncements but it sounds like they may support sales in exchange for some iwi preference.
And from his track record I wouldnt trust Winnie as far as I could spit. Despite what seems like a strong core belief against sales who's to say he wouldn't be bought off with foreign restrictions and an offer of being Treasurer with limo and other ego-stroking baubles?
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to Steve Barnes,
A vote against Labour is as good as a vote for National
you are aware we're no longer using FPP, right.
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Hard News: Last Words, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Someone might be able to clarify the latest numbers, but a whole lot more people than you will have to vote Labour before some talented members of their lower list get a look in.
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Given how many seem to be interested in voting Green, the Campbell Live story introducing their list members might be helpful. Embedded clip not loading properly for me right now so I can't tell you how long it is.
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Danyl has a no-punches-pulled wrap-up at Dimpost.
That National might drop below 50% and Peters might get returned to Parliament is testament to Steven Joyce’s hubris. He thought he was a master of the universe moving chess pieces around on a board – but Peters isn’t a pawn. Loathsome though he may be, he is also the most talented politician of his generation, and tens of thousands of National voters still trust him. Giving him media oxygen was a stupid, pointless move.
Still, they’ll be government for three more years – partly because there was simply no credible alternative. I think many voters are still optimistic that Key has a plan, or a vision – that his financial genius will kick in and save us all. But there is no vision – or rather, Key’s vision is simply of a country in which he is Prime Minister.
The gradual erosion of public services and transfer of wealth to the already wealthy will continue, because it’s what Key’s supporters and many of his Ministers want, and the Prime Minister will remain indifferent to these trends unless they directly threaten his popularity in a way his media team cannot manage.
...Labour:
Ran a surprisingly strong campaign. But who cares? Even now less than half of the people voting Labour want Goff as their Prime Minister. They’re facing a Massacre of the Innocents – the loss of many of their most gifting and promising new MPs due to public revulsion at the quality of the party leadership.
...Labour’s policies are more popular than National’s with the public (and with me). But I just don’t have any faith in these people to implement these policies effectively. Or, frankly, at all.
...Green:
Ran a low risk, policy-focused campaign, with their usual daft, media-friendly gimmicks (swimming with sharks) so the gallery could dust off their repertoire of puns. They were the most effective opposition party. I’m giving them my vote this election – the first time I’ve ever voted for the Greens. -
Hard News: Last Words, in reply to ScottY,
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