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Heh
Via Arthur Monteath-Carr and Elise Harris on Facebook. [And the reference, just in case there's anyone in NZ who still hasn't seen it]
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Battle of the Henrys
It struck me watching Goff and Key last night that it's a bit like watching Graham Henry arguing with Paul Henry. One was staid and sincere and not prone to torrid flourishs, the other smugly smirking confident that his showmanship will carry the contest. To…
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Debate highlights
Here are my top moments from the first Leaders' Debate. Goff's passionate and upfront answer on Afghanistan. Key refusing to simply say yes or no on whether he would redeploy the SAS (it's dinnamic, don't you know). Goff calling Key out on his GST lie…
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Business isn’t buying it
You'd think if the Nats could convince anyone that they knew what they were doing it would be the business community. National is supposed to be the business party after all, they won't find a friendlier audience anywhere. But no, business owners aren't buying it: Key…
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Nats’ ad claims credit for Lab’s infrastructure
Oh dear. This is not what National needed on the back of Goff besting Key in the first debate. National's new TV ad is on the world-class infrastructure they claim to have built. But it was all planned, funded, and mostly built by Labour. Have…
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National’s welfare policy
National's got 60,000 more on benefits after 3 years. Nats' plan: get 46,000 off in 4 years (only 11,000 into work, the rest?) So, National's welfare plan = 14,000 more on benefits 7 years after coming to power. Ambitious for New Zealand? Where's National plan…
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It’s not lying, it’s ‘dinnamic’
According to John Key in the Leader's Debate, it's OK to break your promises because the world is "dinnamic". I'll have to try that next time I'm out late on the piss: 'Sorry, I'm late love, yeah sorry I didn't cook dinner like I promised.…
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Open mike 01/11/2011
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