That was not as good as was hoped for
Last night was not a good night for the Labour Party …
Open mike 15/10/2023
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Election Night 2023 on The Standard
A post for election night discussion on the Standard (and links for where to watch).
Open mike 14/10/2023
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Neck and neck
Last post before election day but the big mo is on and the election is getting closer and closer.
Election day rules
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Daily review 13/10/2023
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About last night’s debate
It is very clear now why National did not agree to a further debate between the leaders. Last night’s debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luzon was totally one sided.
Open mike 13/10/2023
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Daily review 12/10/2023
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Down to the wire
Two new polls were released last night and they both confirm a tightening of the race with the right slumping and the left improving.
Open mike 12/10/2023
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Daily review 11/10/2023
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Multimillionaire landlords are the real squeezed middle according to National
Craig Rennie of the CTU has continued his excellent work analysing National’s proposed tax cuts and has come up with a doozie. Landlords who own multiple properties will get huge tax cuts if National’s policy is put in place.
Labour surges in latest poll
A new poll has Labour surging into the 30s, Act continuing its decline and National going backward. This election is not over.
Open mike 11/10/2023
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Daily review 10/10/2023
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Israel and Saudi Arabia
I don’t want to talk about Saudi Arabia but it’s time.
The lost art of the heckle
What has happened to the fine art of intelligent heckling?
Managing Expectations: Community transmission of coronavirus in NZ was inevitable
The sad thing about the NZ COVID response is that overall it did deliver in that it protected the public health system and saved lives. But expectations about stopping all community transmission were set too high, and walking back from that politically has been challenging for Labour.
Open mike 10/10/2023
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Daily review 09/10/2023
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Winston Peters? I barely know him
National has over the past couple of weeks indicated that it will ring Winston if it needs his votes, then saying that if he negotiates too hard it will seek a further election. This is real coalition of chaos stuff.
Open mike 09/10/2023
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The Big Mo
Recent polls suggest that National and Act is going backward while Labour has stabilised. A win for the left is possible but this last week will be all important.
Open mike 08/10/2023
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New Zealand’s climate obligations and National’s climate policy
National plans to renege on our Paris Agreement pledge
Open mike 07/10/2023
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Daily review 06/10/2023
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Like two cats in a sack
The minor leader’s debate last night confirmed the fact that David Seymour and Winston Peters hate each other.
National’s credibility problem
National has suffered further damage to its credibility with its promise of a $250 tax cut per fortnight for an average family only being realised if that family spent at least $300 per week on childcare and was a two income family with each adult earning between $53,500 and $66,000.
Managing Expectations – the NZ Housing crisis and Labour’s response.
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 that politics could be different. However government is about handling problems – like building at scale and pandemics.
Open mike 06/10/2023
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Daily review 05/10/2023
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Why can’t National answer straight forward questions about the Council of Trade Union’s critique of their tax policy?
National’s tax policy doesn’t add up, and they’re trashing election and media conventions to avoid accountability. UPDATED.
National set to renege on Paris Agreement
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.