Posts by Paul Williams
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Actually Gio, that's a reasonable criticism - he's got half a dozen themes he updates with new/modified stories and his last tour, Sexie, was the weakest but Glorious is genius!
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I agree he's very funny, though I wouldn't say he's on the "cutting edge". It's pretty conventional stand-up, and some of his grumpy-old-man youth-bashing is a bit predictable, and it's more his persona and delivery that makes him stand out. But stand out he does.
I'm sorry I missed Moran in Sydney.
John Clarke is a genius. His NZ roots are not well known on this west side of the Tasman (though there's a good scene in the games where he mutters "go Black" as he wanders past a TV showing a Bledisloe test). My youngest daughter's also very keen on his Hide and Seeky Bird track.
FWIW, Eddie Izzard - my nomination for international comedian of the year award - is planning on touring Australia, at least, according to his tweets.
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It collapsed for various reason, economic and political. That said, it's still here...
Just realised how odd the above sentence is... hope it's comprehensible. George, thank for posting the links re polution. Now back to Mt Albert.
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I know that the cross-town tunnels did not nearly attract as many people as originally thought, which led to reduction in the toll.
Don't want to distract attention from Mt Albert - the cross city tunnel was a PPP development, the Eastern Distributor was public $$. It collapsed for various reason, economic and political. That said, it's still here... just operated by different owners.
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I'd be interested if Joshua or anyone has done any comparative analysis of the various city tunnels in Sydney (not all of which are tolled) compared with what's proposed in Auckland?
The Eastern Distributor, from the Sydney CBD to the airport, is partially a tunnel and tolled for northbound traffic only. It runs underneath dense city housing and businesses and cuts the city travel time to eastern suburbs hugely (even congested, it is far quicker than travelling on the terrestrial roads). It is part of a mix of tunnels, terrestrial roads and highways which are themselves a mix of public and PPP funded.
Sydney traffic is pretty bad and the subject of intense discussions, but it at least includes tunnels that avoid destroying homes and parks.
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For the record, I am very consciously *not* trying to weaselword my way out of the fact that I am accusing DPF of a pretty serious lack of integrity. But it was appropriate to clarify exactly what I was accusing him of.
And as such it's fair to acknowledge the shonky analysis may in fact have been wholly and completely his own...
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Whether you're doing it independently or not, you are messaging for the National Party, and this is categorically different to expressing a point of view. You are entitled to do either, of course, but I was just pointing it out.
I think this is a well made point. David needn't receive copy to have a sense of National's direction and his close relationship is always going to call his independence into question. The fact that, in this and other instances, his analysis is so plainly wrong and partisan is confirmation.
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All they said was they supported the idea of a Super-City in theory. Twyford has said the same, as has Goff I think. The issue is HOW the super-city will be implemented and exactly what shape it will be implemented in.
I haven't seen the articles Key quoted from, so am at a disadvantage (and will confess to a prejudicial view of both men) but what I heard sounded like they'd prejudged matters.
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Just watching parliament now, I can't help but wonder what Phil Goff will be saying to Robertson and Hawkins who've spoiled his criticisms of the government by appearing to endorse the super-city. South Auckland is not well served by these two who're long past their used-by dates.