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Nicely put, Steve.
Seconded, but what can be done about it?
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Can someone point to a complete list of outgoing MPs?
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Herald says the weekend's election was the first of the post-New Zealand era.
this new PM of ours is giving me a few GWB vibes.
A thought: US + 10 parallels NZ
Muldoon / Nixon
Lange / Carter
Bolger / Reagan
Shipley / GHWB
Clark / Clinton
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Craig, I won't disagree (with the last sentence), but Trotter is merely a sideshow.
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Considering this flows from the keyboard of the media's go-to leftie, the irony has rust.
Doesn't mean it's not true, though, does it?
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... Greens'... tossing...
Excuse me.
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It was an extraordinarily arrogant and presumptuous display, and the man who won 12 times more votes just sat there opposite and looked uncomfortable with it.
I hope he grows a pair soon. So far he looks less like National's leader than its mascot.
Re: greens lower-than-expected turnout. Having spoken to a number of people who were tosing up between Gr. & Lab., I'm sure it's this: Many were disappointed with Labour, intending to vote Green, but on seeing that Labour appeared to be about to be caned (and that the Greens were safely over the threshhold), went back to voting Labour, in order to mitigate the damage. IMO, this is a very common scenario.
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Holograms on TV.
Totally pointless or just a con and a gimmick?Can't it be both?
Edendale school, Sand., noon. Incredible weather. Rather busy, but still only 5 seconds' wait time.
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Karl Rove says Obama "appealed to America's better angels".
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Congratulations, America.