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The Press Leaders' Debate Phil Goff and John Key 7pm tonight Not televised, but streamed live. Check it out. =================================================================== Once again keep an eye on the website www.keyholes.co.nz for looking at the claims that Key makes in the debate. See also Twitter: #keyholes #ownourfuture #voteNZ I don't know…
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NRT on the issue that is most important to Kiwis... Out of touch The way the leaders of the two major parties are talking, this election is all about the economy. "Balancing the books", raising the retirement age, savings, deregulation, growth - other issues have…
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Yesterday was a dramatic day for Occupy Dunedin. At 3pm council officials "flanked by a security guard" issued the Occupation with a trespass notice. The notice set a deadline of 8pm to move out, or each person would face a fine of up to $1000 or…
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National have a rubbish plan to deal with the $38billion of net government debt they've built up over the last 3 years. Asset sales is a short-term plan that pays for this year's school and hospital upgrades, but leaves us all much poorer in the…
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Today's Fairfax poll shows a rise in support for Labour of 3.2% (like the most recent 3 News poll which had Labour up 3.6% and National down 5.1%). National is at 52.6% and Labour on 31.3%. However: But what the poll also reveals is that…
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We would all like to see the number of people on benefits decrease. It ain't a nice life on the benefit. People who can work prefer to do it. That's why Labour got benefit numbers down by 104,000 and reduced the unemployment benefit to 17,000…
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Further to Anthony's post I thought more about Key's priorities as shown up in Monday's debate. What is most important to Key is shown up by what he saw as his biggest mistake: How he presented the purchase of BMWs. With all the disasters that…
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Key no doubt thinks it's very clever to call Phil Goff a "drunken sailor" in the debate, and then stage a "joke" where he bets on a horse called Drunken Sailor to come second in the Melboure Cup (second like Labour - geddit?). Apparently: He…
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Most strong democracies also have long tradition of high quality public broadcasting. In my opinion the situation in New Zealand has always been mixed. National Radio is a great success and an asset to the country (albeit an asset that is under threat from declining…
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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