Posts by Richard Aston
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Have bought banner ads before and will do again Russell in a few months time when I get funding for it .
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Hard News: The Uses of Dotcom, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Look! I made a sheep metaphor
You can lead a sheep to water
But you can't make it, metaphor -
I wonder if Winston will go for the cross benches rather than a coalition , he seems to love stirring shit in the house ,the noble warrior of ordinary folk, and Key won't be handing him many baubles.
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Hard News: All John's Friends, in reply to BenWilson,
I’d be surprised if ACT don’t get Epsom again, though. They could put a bald dancing monkey in there and Epsom would vote for it.
I know a few people in Epsom who feel kinda dirty now. Not so sure they would sully themselves again.
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I can't find a website or facebook page for the NZ Internet party.
Seems a pretty basic thing to have for an party focused on the net or am I missing something? -
Hard News: Crashing the party before it starts, in reply to Paul Campbell,
Um … quick trivia: which McGillicuddy Serious Party candidate is now an MP and party leader of a NZ political party?
Would that be Metiria Ture ?
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Yeah I heard him interviewed on Nat radio - seems he's been through a few epiphanies... interesting.
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Hard News: We need to talk about Len, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Why elected mayors are a bad idea:
Michael Lhaws
Bob Parker
John Banks
Tony Kokshoorn
Kerry PrenderghastYeah ... nah. Not enough to change the whole system , you could roll out a list of dodgy PMs just as long. The top job will always attract big egos.
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Hard News: We need to talk about Len, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Come on then. Explain why it’s a good idea to have an elected leader for councils when our central government (and almost all others apart from the US) doesn’t.
20 councilors voting for a leader with all their factions etc as opposed to large political parties voting for theirs.
Local govt party structure seems a lot different and looser than govt parties structures.
Aucklanders can vote for one or two councilors and who the hell knows who the other 18 are. Seems the lines of democratic choice would get thinned.
Local govt can get itself buried in the marshlands of process and procedure - ever been to a council meeting? - maybe an elected mayor with power can get things moving better than one at the wim of internal council politics.
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Great news Russell - its a good show and always deserved a good home.
Any idea of the time slot yet ?