National’s credibility problem

National has suffered further damage to its credibility with its promise of a $250 tax cut per fortnight for an average family only being realised if that family spent at least $300 per week on childcare and was a two income family with each adult earning between $53,500 and $66,000.

Open mike 06/10/2023

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Daily review 05/10/2023

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Open mike 05/10/2023

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Daily review 04/10/2023

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The weird and wacky 2023 election campaign

In a week of weird events National’s decision not to debate Labour in the Press’s leader’s debate has been a massive own goal because the country will be able to see how toxic David Seymour’s and Winston Peters’ relationship is.

Open mike 04/10/2023

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Daily review 03/10/2023

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Open mike 03/10/2023

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Daily review 02/10/2023

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Open mike 02/10/2023

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Open mike 01/10/2023

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Open mike 30/09/2023

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Daily review 29/09/2023

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Open mike 29/09/2023

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Daily review 28/09/2023

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Open mike 28/09/2023

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Tax or quality public services – which is more important to NZ voters?

Earlier this year Andrew Marr wrote in the New Statesmen, that Britain’s problem was that it wanted Scandinavian levels of Public Services and North American levels of taxation. His view was that Britain was overdue for an honest debate about tax and public spending. In New Zealand, there is a similar challenge.

Daily review 27/09/2023

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Open mike 27/09/2023

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Daily review 26/09/2023

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Open mike 26/09/2023

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Daily review 25/09/2023

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Open mike 25/09/2023

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Open mike 24/09/2023

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Open mike 23/09/2023

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Daily review 22/09/2023

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Open mike 22/09/2023

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Daily review 21/09/2023

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Open mike 21/09/2023

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Daily review 20/09/2023

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Understanding the New Zealand General Election 2023: Historical trends and perspectives.

From the outside, the New Zealand 2023 General Election seems both lacklustre and slightly strange. The Labour Government, having won a huge majority in 2020 is now fighting for its political life. Yet National, the main centre-right opposition party is still on average polling significantly worse now than they were when it lost power in 2017.

Open mike 20/09/2023

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Daily review 19/09/2023

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