Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Russell Brown,
New Zealand’s regulatory burden is way lower than most OECD countries
Exactly. To me this is in the same category as our world-leading education curriculum. Evidence at odds with ideological messaging about it.
Oh noes, our schools suck, we need national standards
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Russell Brown,
Mojo Mathers -- who I really hope squeaks in on the Greens' list
Jon Johannson was touching on Q&A about the prospect of her getting in.
She's deaf
Side note. As I've said to a few journos, it's actually Deaf with a capital D for the community and NZ Sign Language for their language (much like English, Korean or Farsi have capitals).
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Russell Brown,
their libertarian thread
I'm not clear what you are talking about - examples?
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Heather Gaye,
I’d like the left to balance that out by drilling into the media the kind of phrases that dictate the egalitarian ethics we’ve traditionally associated with nz society – “the social contract”, “protecting the vulnerable”, “second chance” , that kind of thing. The way to sway the national dialogue – specifically the “gut feelings” of people that aren’t interested in politics – is sheer repetition.
Yep.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to BenWilson,
subsidized apprenticeships
They might even get some traction on this under National. Especially if it helps calm the wailings when interest-free tertiary loans and Working For Families are canned to make sure the books balance on schedule for the benefit of the world banksters when the govt's wildly optimistic income forecasts turn out to be pie.
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Nikki Kaye is pushing a separate *tram* line around her electorate's suburbs. That's as well as buses and the rail link, and instead of expanding the current Wynyard tram past the ferry temrinal/Britomart and along Tamaki Drive. It's a red herring.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to tussock,
"No asset sales" isn't a policy, eh. People vote for something.
'Own Our Future' was the positive expression. Though perhaps late focus grouping said emphasising the savings aspects didn't resonate as well as not selling dams?
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Bart Janssen,
you vote Labour because this is the principle they will use to guide their policy making
Their well-crafted campaign opening video did that splendidly. Not really echoed enough before or since. Get the same team to help shape *all* Labour's comms for the next 3 years. Starting really soon, not a month before the election.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to BenWilson,
I'm not actually sure whether Goff's head on a plate would be quite the thing Labour need now.
If anything it's rewarding those members who sat on their hands during the last term rather than pushing their claim to the role earlier.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Thanks.