On the tenth day of Christmas Chris Luxon took from me
… ten thousand jobs
… free school lunches
… no oil drilling
… a working ETS
… peaceful race relations
… food bank funding
… adequate health resourcing
… three hospital upgrades
… two rail enabled ferries.
And a functioning economy.
Meri kirihimete!
….cheap and extensive public transport
….light rail
….bike tracks
…..pubic/expert involvement in many major developments (mining, subdivision, hydro on pristine rivers etc)
….councils that recognise social, economic, environmental and cultural needs
…fair minimum wages
He's wealthy and sorted, so what's the problem?
Mike, you forgot, entitled uncaring and lacking Leadership skills.
And probably at his plush bach in te puke
On the Xmas theme, from m: Season's seasoning to all at The Standard (apart from trolls paid for by any rw think tank)!
Same tWig. Hope the Trolls get empathy among their gifts!!
Is that all???
And hes given to us
Long waiting lists
More poverty
Racial division
No new ferries
A warming planet
Expensive waste of money charter schools
Billions borrowed for tax cut
Tax cuts for big tobacco
Tax cuts for landlords
Costly water for ratepayers
Costly council referendum on maori wards
$30 billion hole in simeons road plans
No extra public housing……….
Yeah I forgot the stop-work on social housing so that Luxon can give tax cuts to his wealthy mates. John Key did the same thing.
hes also given us record emigration to Australia and a biggest economic contraction in 30 years
OOOOhhhh Can't wait!
Just on a technical point – the 10th day of Xmas is the 4th of January. The 12 days of Xmas ends on the 6th of Jan, and the season of Epiphany begins. The current season is Advent.
We must not forget the electorate that chose this government and who – according to polling – despite all of the economic devastation and ongoing pain – are happy with this outcome and its continuation in 2025. A big thank you to my fellow New Zealanders for this and I genuinely hope that non of them are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs next year as unemployment continues to rise towards 6% over the next 6 months.
If you exclude Farrar's rubbish Curia poll, the polls are extremely tight. The Left may actually be marginally ahead. This is the government with the shortest honeymoon on record.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_New_Zealand_general_election
Incorrect. There is no polling to suggest that the public "are happy with this outcome and its continuation in 2025". See the right/wrong track questions, and on specific policy areas. Always look beyond the headline numbers for the details.
December example:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/535469/new-poll-delivers-hung-parliament-bad-news-for-christopher-luxon-as-preferred-pm
A net score of minus 16 for Luxon is shockingly low. One year into a new government, all his predecessors (National or Labour) were much higher.
What you can reasonably say is that roughly half the voters see the current government as preferable to the opposition. Or as individual parties, National are still preferred to Labour.
To win an election, "preference" is sufficient. As seen in countless elections, Biden/Harris v Trump, Starmer v Sunak, etc.
But preference is not approval. Completely different meaning. NZ Labour might yet be stupid enough to get the coalition re-elected, but that's the government's biggest – perhaps only – asset.
… people’s dignity
… thousands of Kiwis living & working in NZ
… trust in CoC Cabinet & Ministers
A depressed economy, depressed people, and a weak nation.
10,000 public servants sacked,
Funding pulled from the food banks,
Spent on winding back civil rights
'I'm wealthy – I'm sorted'
That needs to be repeated in the lead up to the 2026 election, along with "bottom feeders" etc.
Seems most of us, just awishin' for the best….
Keeping Perfectly Calm
While the trueform one percenters (no patches, mind),
As always, fat partridges….in a monnnney tree. : (
And… a vid from the past.
The Blams, 40 years plus, still onpoint .
There are no teeth in our heads?
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/there-is-no-depression-in-nz-1981
The divisive Treaty Principles Bill and
The Regulation Standards Bill
which combined threaten to turn NZ into a neoliberals wet dream.
Both have submissions closing early January. These are very dangerous bills, the ACT party has tried before and they will try again. Hopefully there will.be enough New Zealanders who will ensure they do not pass.
Both have submissions closing early January. These are very dangerous bills, the ACT party has tried before and they will try again. Hopefully there will.be enough New Zealanders who will ensure they do not pass.
The divisive Treaty Principles Bill does not represent the purpose of the Treaty of Waitangi. Which is a request by Maori to the Crown to create government to create law and order through a NZ government and the Treaty specifically mentioned protection of Maori land and culture. As a result of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by 500+ Maori Chiefs the English Parliament created the NZ Government. The ongoing responsibility of the crown is to honour the treaty specification of protection of Maori land and culture. The treaty Principles Bill does not do that and is a retrograde step from the law that is currently in place.