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Disgusting: January 10, 2013 ————————- Jordan Williams, 1/10, 10:11am women; if they didn’t have a fanny between their legs they’d have a bounty on their heads nice pic with Judith holding Truth ————————- Cameron Slater, 1/10, 10:13am if they didn;t have …

Housing is for people to have homes to live in, not to operate as a speculative assets for the sorted. Neither me nor my family own other peoples homes. Nor do I care if my house loses value, it’s value to me is as a residence. I don’t think a Labour party …

If the market isn’t big enough for more competitors, The market isn’t big enough for the current duopoly to actually compete with each other and isn’t big enough for a third profit-driven supermarket to be able to enter or grow enough market share without …

Honestly pretty disappointed in this response. I think telling someone to ‘go fuck themselves’ by name, exceeds ‘robust debate’. Corey also made relevant political points but without including personal abuse towards a fellow commenter. I would say the …

It does stand to reason that if Labour was open to discussing tax changes then the 68% who want those changes would be both more likely to vote for Labour or for a potential coalition partner because that would mean that they are offering something those …

Well one of the main reasons to bother voting is so you can vote for a party that is actually offering policy you agree with. Telling people that they can’t have those things because Labour Says No is noone other than Labour’s responsibility. They need to …

If a parties main potential coalition partner stridently rules out any chance of those policies happening it contributes to a narrative of the left not being competent. If we argue that without Labour there will be no change of government then we allow …

The corollary that I don’t see being pointed out is that Labour, by preemptively ruling out any tax proposals but their own, are themselves slagging off the Left, and it does come across that they think they know better than the electorate. A …

TOP is a new non-left option for Labour. The way the Greens become a major party is by more people voting for them. Every party vote is counted and affects the proportionality of Parliament. We are encouraging more people to vote Green, why push back on …

A party vote for Labour tells the party that there is support for these policies. Any new candidates are required follow the party line and we are Left waiting (excuse the pun) for another three years. There isn’t time to tiptoe, if we want better politics …

I didn’t think you were I just disagree with your assessment of the Greens. I don’t want people to read our convo and give up on voting for who they feel because the Labour Party thinks it can dictate the left position before the vote has even been had. …

I am unclear what it is you are arguing for now. All MMP politics requires negotiation and since the current Greens haven’t yet been in the position to negotiate yet, the determination they are spineless seems completely unfounded. If you want policies …

Another example: “The difference is, we can’t vote for a party that has different views from us … they’ve got some wild policies that we don’t agree with … there’s some stuff that they will, that we support each other on but there’s some policies our …

So it doesn’t seem there is an example of a ‘hogh-costing green initiative’ that stopped the Greens from advocating for the necessary changes. Labour does not think these changes are necessary. We must vote for what we want to happen and not tamp down our …

Speaking to RNZ, Senior Labour MP and Māori campaign chair Willie Jackson said there would be no “reciprocity” from Labour. “No way at all,” he said. “I didn’t think that they would ever give away their party vote – I want to thank them for that – but we …