Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Emma Hart,
Except the observation Burns made is perfectly correct.
you're ruining the narrative :)
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Sacha,
Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye still pushing her Ponsonby tram notion with Council.
Ms Kaye said her priorities were marine protection of the Hauraki Gulf, public transport, increasing housing, and lobbying for research and innovation centres.
"The central city master plan is something I'm very keen to work on with Auckland Council in the short-term ... to make sure it adequately accommodates walking and cycling, and look into the feasibility of a tram loop," she said.
Here's what Joshua Arbury made earlier of Ms Kaye's suggestion.
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As does seeing someone shape messages without adequate public push-back.
Mr Key said the Christchurch vote, which saw National outstrip Labour in the party vote in every electorate, was an endorsement of the Government's response to the earthquakes.
"I always thought we had a lot of goodwill in Christchurch. I am constantly stopped in the street and thanked for the support in Christchurch."
While a series of challenges needed to be resolved, from insurance through to EQC, "I think everyone who is living there is quite conscious of the enormity of the challenge".
It also reflected the work that Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee had done, said Mr Key.
"He has copped a lot of flak along the way but that is because people have genuine frustrations ... but for the vast bulk of Cantabrians they can see he is doing everything he can."
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
playing the victim card on behalf of others gets tiring.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Joe Wylie,
the issues of public versus private good, and of private profit and public loss have not raised their heads sufficiently, or widely enough, to ignite a critical mass of criticism or objection.
Note the passive language. Issues don't raise themselves, though I understand how little resources the movement had to draw on in the absence of proper support.
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Bugger the polls.
Many polls before Saturday showed strong public opposition to sales.
"I utterly reject that," Mr Key told the Herald, in a clear indication of his intention to forge ahead.
"An election campaign is all about the contest of ideas. One of the most hotly debated issues was the mixed ownership model and the contrast between that and increasing New Zealand's debt. And in Government we lifted our party vote."
He acknowledged that some New Zealanders were anxious about the mixed ownership model.
"But I think we got a mandate."
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I'm also geo-blocked from saying
sorry, I missed that one earlier.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Tom Semmens,
to draw a longer bow
from the figures I've seen, more National voters stayed home than the others.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Stephen Hill,
How do go about putting together a citizen's initiated referendum (on asset sales)?
Needs a strong integrated campaign, not something that's easy to ignore like a referendum. Labour has a chance to atone by devoting some energy to that, along with all the other major organisations and movements (including Winston First which should put a firecracker up Labour's clacker).
Needs to be like the (temporarily successful) campaign against mining in national parks, which will also need to reactivate within the next year as the govt gets even more desperate for dirty revenue.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to 3410,
cellarellerised
Cindarella-rised, with slurring.