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If you're still undecided, www.onthefence.co.nz is a cool little website that will help. You choose three issues that matter to you and how much you agree with two opposing statements on each those three issues - and it's done with cute sheep graphics. The website…
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I thought about making my last pre-election post about a policy comparison, item by item, between Nat and Labour. But in the end I decided that, for me at least, it's a simpler decision than that. There aren't five or ten or a dozen policy…
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For the last few elections Act has been grimly hanging on to life with the charity of the voters of Epsom. This really is the time to wipe the yellow stain off the reputation of their electorate. Stain? Well it is quite clear that the…
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We've been getting links to this song for a week or two. Wish I'd gotten round to posting it earlier. Just fantastic. And great vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AjgWyxJAGQ Hiding in his mansion/While half the population flies across the Tasman/The other half try to act like it's not…
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All the public polls (yes except Horizon) tell us that National should win this election, possibly with an absolute majority. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. But whatever the result it's been a costly election for Key. After the teapot tape fiasco and the subsequent…
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The following post is reproduced with permission from The Hand Mirror: I received the letter below which I am posting with permission from the author. I'm sorry, but it's not enough to have your party leader make public platitudes about the importance and value of…
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Key and Collins say police training next year hasn't been cancelled. They say fewer new cops are needed because fewer are leaving. All lies. The attrition rate is rising, not falling. There is 1 training wing booked next year, not 4. Cause is cuts. 5%…
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We've been getting emails and comments from people getting robo-calls from John Key. These pre-recorded calls are notoriously bad campaign tools. Invite lots of backlash. Odd National is introducing them (they used them last election but only on election day as a get out the…
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This election is about a lot of things - having a plan for the economy, trying to put in long-term solutions to encourage our woeful savings and help investment in productive Kiwi business instead of residential real-estate, helping children out of poverty so that everybody…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along? Note: Posting this early so that it leaves the afternoon schedule free for election…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike...
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This from Andrea Vance: The bus driver taking National leader John Key on a tour of the North Island has been ticked off after talking to journalists. Reporters on the campaign coach began interviewing John Godfrey when the entourage stopped off in Stratford to greet…
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Source Truthout.
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The old timers say never trust a Tory. Can see why. Exclusive Brethren. Hollow Men. Tranzrail shares. Secret agenda tapes. Teapot tapes. Suppressed asset sales advice. Climate change 'hocus pocus'. Police hiring freeze. We keep on discovering their secret agendas. If you care about integrity,…
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I don't think I can recall an election in NZ conducted under such a cloud of extraordinary and dubious circumstances as this one. We have police raids on media outlets to suppress information relevant to the election. We have the teapot tape itself. Described as…
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John Key said last night the Nats has boosted Police numbers by 600. In fact, 2008, Police numbers have grown by only 442, 5.4%, barely more than population growth. All but 80 of those extra cops came in the 2008/09 year - under Labour's last…
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I think it's worth reminding ourselves that we had a choice at the last election between competent economic management and a bunch of hollow promises. We made a poor choice then, and every indication is that we're about to repeat it. Perhaps if we consider…
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I see that the Nats in drag anti-MMP campaign have brought space on our banner. Now I know the mood of the authors on this subject. They like MMP, really don't want anything else, and would like to fix some of the rough bits. They…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike...
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I've never seen a new story break in a leaders debate before but tonight Phil Goff broke the news of the government's secret plan to freeze police recruitment. Looking at Key's response I suspect that this recruiting freeze and the plan to keep it on…
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The last of the Goff-Key leaders' debates tonight 7pm on TV1. Let's hope that they have improved their broken format - let them actually debate - TV3 showed you how. And let's hope Goff can repeat his winning form! And Key doesn't know his…
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Any minute now, we should find out whether we are allowed to know the secret plans that John Key and John Banks were foolish enough to discuss in a public cafe in front of the country's media, or whether that information will be denied us…
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Download debate-bingo and see if you can be the first to mark off John Key's hollow catchphrases in the final Leader's debate tonight. The winner will be all of us if we choose a better government on Saturday. Let's see if Phil Goff can make…
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Phil Goff has signed a pledge that Labour will not sell Kiwibank if it becomes government. Other party leaders have been invited to sign as well. I expect the Greens, New Zealand First, Mana, and the Conservatives will (who knows about the Maori Party). But…
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NRT - Catch-22 A couple of months ago, the Greens highlighted the persistent gender pay gap, and pushed for a law change to help close it by giving employees greater access to pay information. The government claimed that this wasn't necessary, as employees suspecting gender…
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John Key is really showing the strain of campaigning, he's not bearing up under the stress of it at all well. Lucky for him it's such a short one because if this was a full-length campaign, or lasted just another week, I think he'd be…
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You can't trust anything the Nats say. John Key has a long history of lying. Other Nats add their own lies to the mix. Three lies in particular have been both recent, and significant for the election. The first was Key making up (on the…