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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEs34TNY6w This is a scene from West Wing about that all important attribute in campaigns, momentum in the polls. For a long time this campaign has looked, at least superficially, like a foregone conclusion. National and Act's polling was far too good. They had far…
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Cindy Baxter is a long time climate campaigner, a member of the Coal Action Network Aotearoa organising group and a communications consultant, working on climate change for over 30 years. While Simon Louisson did a great job of highlighting that National's climate policy is a…
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Last night's TV One minor leaders television debate displayed clearly what we already know, Winston Peters and David Seymour hate each other's guts. Some of the interchanges are recorded in this Radio New Zealand review and included in this passage which starts with Semour's comment…
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National's tax cut figures have always felt rubbery. Their calculations always seemed wooly. And their headline figure, that an average household with kids would receive a $250 a fortnight tax cut always seemed to be optimistic. Craig Rennie at the CTU has been performing sterling…
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Originally published on Nick Kelly's blog Watching the 2023 election campaign in New Zealand, one of Labour's challenges appears to be that it has failed to manage voters' expectations over the last six years. Recalling the election campaign in 2017, Jacinda Ardern gave people hope…
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Amelia Wade, political reporter for Newshub, has a piece up today about the Council of Trade Union’s analysis of the alleged benefits of National’s tax cuts (she also mentions the Goldman Sachs’ warning about National’s tax policy), It's a big focus of National's campaign too. It said its…
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National says it is not interested in meeting its financial obligations under the international Paris Agreement on climate change, signed by the previous National government. Reneging on the accord will have huge trade, diplomatic and reputational damage implications. In a debate between the three leading…
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Alexander Gillespie complains that kiwis are not being given answers on foreign policy in the election. Given the state of flux in the world, and the questions he poses, it is probably just as well. The answers might all be dangerous. Will New Zealand join…
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The headline to this post may initially seem strange but I believe that high powered capitalist organisations, including Merchant Banks, employ really intelligent people who have a sophisticated approach to and understanding of economic and social issues. This is why Liz Truss was bolloxed by…
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This weird and wacky election campaign gets stranger by the day. I cannot work out if it resembles 2005, when weird events surrounding the Exclusive Brethren ankle tapped National or 2014 where it seemed that even Dirty Politics could not shake people's voting decisions. The…
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To the those voting ACT or NZF or National this year because you are worried about co-governance. I have a secret for you. You have been co-governed by the richest 1% for decades. That 1%? Their lawyers and lobbyists fill up the select committee appearances,…
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Jack Tame is outstanding in this interview on TVNZ's Q and A yesterday morning, standing up to Winston Peters' bluster and abuse, and patiently coming back to the questions again and again. Peters was unable to answer any of the questions about NZ First policy…
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