Posts by Andrew Geddis
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Legal Beagle: The Northland by-election;…, in reply to Kim_Wright,
Just wondering if a voter was on the Maori role for the 2014 election are they able to enrol on the general role for the by-election?
No. They can't.
Once a person is on the Maori/General roll, they may only change rolls during the "electoral option period" following each census. Next one isn't due until 2018.
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Hard News: Some reprehensible bullshit, in reply to Russell Brown,
The inevitable idiotic press release from the Taxpayers’ Onion has been delivered:
And published almost verbatim on the NZ Herald website ... .
The tl;dr - "See! This really was an important story!! It's sparked a serious debate about local politician accountability!!!"
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Hard News: Some reprehensible bullshit, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
What would have been wrong with a door?
It is a door. Just one with bookshelves on it, that add extra storage space in what appears to be (from the NZ Herald's schematic diagram) a pretty small office and also (from an aesthetic point of view) doesn't break up the line of the bookcase. In other words, exactly the sort of thing you get when you get a designer to, you know, design an office space.
Furthermore, can you imagine the headline if this wasn't a bookshelf entrance? "Why is Len Brown wasting money on a plain door when he could use the space to store books? Does his profligacy know no bounds?"
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Hard News: Some reprehensible bullshit, in reply to Sam F,
If only they’d plumbed in a coffee machine this one might have lasted till Easter :)
How about if Len gets advice on how to prepare a leg of lamb for Korean bbq in his hidden $10,000 bathroom? Does that get us past New Year?
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Hard News: Some reprehensible bullshit, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I was hoping someone would say that. New Zealanders and their renovations - this could be the most contributed to thread in the history of PAS.
Auckland local body politics + outrage at the Herald + home renovations? I'd say Russell has hit the trifecta here ... .
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Mr Mark,
Labour’s Party-Vote fell by 4938 votes in Robertson’s Wellington Central, compared to a decline of just 2954 votes in Little’s New Plymouth.
The difference being, of course, that the 3000 votes in New Plymouth went to National (which increased its party vote there by 3,457 from 2008-2014), whereas most of the "lost" Wellington Central votes went to the Greens (which increased by a little over 3000 votes, while National's party vote increased by just over 100).
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Ben Clark 2,
It may not be one member, one vote – rather union solidarity – But it’s not some unelected executive providing a bloc of votes either.
Sure. I know the theory. But I've been in a union long enough to know the reality, too.
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
I agree with everything you’ve written.
This makes me deeply uncomfortable and causes me to wonder where I've gone wrong :->
We appear to be in some sort of weird dimension where you, I and David Farrar are all saying the same thing. Mark this moment as one for the ages … .
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Ianmac,
Oh. Now I see. If Little squeaks in it is bad. If one more caucus vote had had gone to Robertson then would have been Ok for Grant to squeak in but not Andrew.
Yes. Because I think Grant is a better person to lead Labour than Andrew Little. So of course any result that delivers him the leadership is "OK"!
But if Grant isn't going to win, then the next-best outcome would have been for whomsoever did win to do so by a strong majority in at least 2 of the 3 voting blocs. To lose quite heavily in 2, but be elected by the 3rd is (IMHO) a bad place to begin with. Especially as I think the way the affiliate vote works in practice is deeply problematic (being in a union myself and having some cynicism about the heirarchical influence involved).
These are just my reckons. Others will have others. But
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Mr Mark,
Krugerrands?
It's bitcoin or nothing!!