Congratulations to Labour for a very clever strategy in the Northland by-election – lulling and gulling John Key into thinking they were going to run a conventional proxy-partyvote campaign, where National would have the upper hand. Key, the rockstar politician, also thought Andrew Little would be on the training wheels. He got that badly wrong; Little’s handling was superb.
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If this is accurate it is good news for the RMA and good news for NZ…
Hey, all you folk angry with Aussie cricket team sledging – how do you put up with John Key PM?
There are many specific reasons why National lost Northland, but arrogance is the thread running through all of them.
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Big day for NZ cricket – all the best to the Black Caps!
Steven Joyce is adamant that Northland was unique and what it really needed was improved infrastructure such as roads and broadband. Joyce has a narrow, blinkered view of the world. Sadly the election defeat didn’t remove his blinkers or open his eyes to look at Northlands real needs.
If you value independent news and investigative journalism please go and give them a hand at Pledgeme…
Winston Peters’ win in Northland yesterday was based on turnout that was significantly higher than turnout for any other recent by election. And occurred in no small part because of some adept handling of messaging of support by Andrew Little.
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Paddy Gower and Duncan Garner don’t understand our electoral system: “that’s MMP”. By-elections are pure First Past the Post – and that’s why Andrew Little didn’t need to do a deal, and Northland doesn’t stink like Epsom.
A selection of the wit and wisdom of Twitter tonight. Compare and contrast the Labour and National leaders.
Is anyone else experiencing a bit of political shellshock?
A post to allow for the discussion of the Northland Buy Election result.
How are other nations going to react to our spying on them? Key’s response when the question arose in Korea was very typical of him – bullshit and bluster. So far Brazil, Fiji, and Latin American countries have all proved him wrong.
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Russel Norman tries to get the truth out of Simon Bridges. Bridges really really doesn’t want to admit that NZ’s emissions have increased by 20% from 2008 to 2012. 5 minutes and 10 seconds of painful nonsense to get an answer…
“John Key heckled in Northland” – ouch.
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Press Release from the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security on Scoop.
Michael Woodhouse is talking tough on bad employers … but what does it really mean, coming from this government?
The Labour History Project is inviting essays on the theme of “Another World is Possible”.
Another chapter of the secret draft TPP agreement has been leaked.
Stuff: “Peters says that over the next 48 hours the only thing National voters want from Key is an explanation for why they’re having a by-election in the first place.”
The most egregious feature remains the sheer banality. Its like John Key can’t help himself. Because most National Ltd™ voters really don’t care and because the MSM just accepts the deceit as “one of those things,” he’s been able to get away with it scot-free for more than six years.
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Well, it’s pretty much a done deal now. Winston’s going to win Northland. But who’s the biggest loser?
I/S at No Right Turn on today’s further revelations on personal information.
It looks to me like the early voting for Northland is likely to be close to or more than 50% of the total vote. Part of that is because it is a by-election. Part because of National’s hapless and tainted candidates (past and present) going against effective opponents. But also due to the strong trend to early voting. It will need to cause changes in electioneering.
Vote Winston (did I say that?) Update: Former Labour Cabinet Minister Colin Moyle thinks the same.
