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Once again, the Greens have the best billboards and a great policy platform. But the really clever bit is their positioning. A lot of people don't like National's policies and don't want them having a majority. They like Labour's policies but not the personnel. Enter…
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Will double dipping double downgrade Bill English have the guts to heed his own warning? Finance Minister Bill English has conceded stronger economic growth might make New Zealand's current account deficit worse as company profits go overseas. Mr English says the extent of foreign ownership of…
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The national icon suddenly announces that the future of the thing we pride ourselves is at stake. Some big mean foreigners are going to take if off us. Oh no, oh no! Fortunately, there's a solution. It just requires a few tens of millions of…
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The Nats most recent attack on democracy – the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill – was outrageous in at least three respects. (1) It was an attempt to rewrite the verdict of the Supreme Court. (2) It was retrospective lawmaking which (except in benign cases such as…
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John Key's relentless optimism is designed to make the country feel good, and to feel good about him - that nice man Mr Key. It doesn't, however, solve our large economic problems. We're yet to hear the sunny-side of Dan Carter's injury (that 'Colin Slade…
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A clever billboard from Labour. Apparently it has Kiwiblog's knickers in a bunch, so it must be good!
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Bill English didn't foresee the first downgrade of the country's credit rating since the last time he was a minister but he can see some things coming. Here's an interesting admission from Double Dipton (or should that be Double Downgrade?): "That gap is almost certainly…
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The credit rating downgrades have been quite a political earthquake, and the aftershocks are going to continue for some time. If I was to quote from every interesting article this post would be a mile long, so I'm going to force myself to quote from…
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Prime Minister Moonbeam clearly broke the law on Friday on the radio show that he chose to run instead of dealing with the downgrade crisis. The law is clear: Key wasn't allowed to make political statements. He did. He made a promise on broadcasting policy…
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National's wee attack poodles seem to have fixated on Labour's IR spokesperson Darien Fenton following her making a mean comment about the mad butcher on facebook and then apologising for it and offering to buy him a beer. Now to me that seems like a…
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Republicans have accused President Obama of waging class war by calling for tax increases on the rich. Warren Buffett responds by going straight to the result and declares the war is over and the rich have won. There may be more battles to come however…
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The second in what may be a series of posts about the Occupy Wall Street / Occupy Together movement. The Occupation, now into its third week, seems to be growing. As is the Police response. In the latest development: Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge In…
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A little birdie tells me there's an election in a little under 8 weeks' time. Labour is releasing a couple of major policies a week (most recently: aged care, women, and Canterbury). The Greens released their massive jobs package policy last week. ACT is deciding…
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What a bizarre week of polls. The Fairfax poll and the Roy Morgan polls both showed swings from National to Labour. The TVNZ poll and the TV3 poll did not. Make of that what you will (but keep in mind Bomber's critique of the TVNZ…
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As National muddles through, refusing to reexamine its economic plans after the shock double-downgrade on Friday, the job losses are starting to pile up again. It's very reminiscent of the last recession, which we will haven't recovered from thanks to 3 years of muddling. Can…
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