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The tax ploy is already tiresome and we must steel ourselves for a deluge of invented claims from all across the Right wing. They’re betting voters will believe the barrage of misinformation/lies and chances are high that they will. The research does show …

Regarding those bike lanes that “made it very difficult for me getting from my apartment into the parliamentary precinct” – these guys put Luxon’s bullshit claim to the test. https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361022356/it-very-difficult-cross-molesworth-st- …

Luxon is an arse.

I thought this comment, from the article you’ve linked-to, was quite rude, in a Rabelian sort of way! ” No one publicly sticks up for Christopher Luxon as much as Mike.”

There’s bound to be one good person on the other team, alwyn, you’ll have to admit and when they get the Spanish Archer because of their integrity, honesty and so on, all qualities we on this side of the mid-line value, we speak out in support of them, as …

I thought Simeon Brown had remained seated while he spoke, but then I realised…

Given the “pendulum effect” on the Government: swing right, swing left, swing right again etc. would it not be reasonable to expect that natural process to affect the public service in a significant manner, levelling-out attempts to control it by …

No ex-National Party MP is ever free; they all charge exorbitant fees for their valuable advice; see Bill English et al. Their party pays them handsomely for their wisdom.

Dang! I wrote, “wouldn’t” and my auto-correct did its job wrongly.

O, man! The guy’s an idiot!

“Massive faux pas” – oops! Goldsmith too busy now. “Defence industry sources say Goldsmith has made a massive faux pas in cancelling New Zealand’s attendance.” https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361021326/coup-collateral-new-defence-minister-cancels- …

That’s a curious thing to say, mike! It wasn’t a debate, it was an interview. Jack Tame is widely recognised as an excellent interviewer. I’m wondering how, if you “don’t bother watching…” how you managed to form such a nuanced view of what went down!

” QW was saying that migrants and returnees would want to come because of there being a much improved economy” Talking BIG, isn’t she! Not in Parliament at all, but promising a much improved economy! Not lacking aspiration, I suppose, but her not having …

Agreed, I was aligning with the other bit Joe pasted 🙂 Careless of me. I didn’t even know she was rich … 🙂

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