Funny how the right leaning lot on this thread keep referring to our PM as Comrade yet when Tory is mentioned in association with the National party you get all put out - it happened last election time too!
Printable View
Tells it better than I can. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/a-story-o...1ee73-97605709
westerly
It is the right for every child to grab every Easter egg if they can. If the other kids are too helpful, distracted, stupid, slow or disabled to get any, then they have to beg the lucky child for whatever crumbs he deigns to give them from his pile of eggs. They have to wear a sign saying “bludger’ in return for receiving his charity.
Of course if the child getting the eggs finds they have extra lollies inside he will keep them without question, as they are freebies and do not count at all!
Bit of time left to sponsor a Labour hoarding
https://www.labour.org.nz/donate-hoa...ource=nzlabour
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/is-the-pm...just-a-manager
So what does Cindy really stand for?
Transformative she is not.
Ability to deliver on all the big election promises she has fallen flat on her face.
Dealing with Winston & NZF, she has been a pussy cat.
Nothing for NZ as a country Uk aspire to be felt be kind and become a nation of beneficiaries?
https://twitter.com/mattandjerry/sta...529536?lang=en
sorry mike. pretty much the opposite has happened .
Great!
So many people made so many predictions and got them wrong.
Mike does it all the time and is never really called on it.
Fortunately, he is an opinionist rather than a reporter - unfortunately many of his followers don't realise that.
Heather du Plessis-Allen has headed in the same direction - she's like a mini-me for Mike.
Subjective fluffy opinion pieces are what the great masses want, not hard hitting objective old-school journalistic pieces. Throw in some cat pictures and a few buzz words (blockchain!) and voila! Award winning article!
How about an empty chair as opposition leader :t_down:
So well that Light Rail is not going ahead, Capital Gains Tax is dead and Kiwibuild is going to take 400 years to deliver the 100,000 houses she promised to build.
And oh yes, cannot even immigration numbers down despite all the evils associated with high immigration numbers (according to her and Winston).
Let's Do This - Breed a Country of mindless Beneficiaries like the ones posting here for Comrade Cindy. :D
The young Nat mindset. hopefully you can grow out of it :)
I have concerns for future generations. If you don’t, that’s your choice but don’t assume anyone who takes Comrade Cindy & her incompetents to task over their false promises and non delivery is star dusted & blinded with their BS as you Obviously are.
Kiwibuild, anyone? ‘100,000 houses - let’s not do this’ is their slogan for 2020?
They all left under the previous mob hence leaving behind the property investors and farmers who gave them an easy majority and cruise to a win. :)
More working age people leaving is better for National in electoral terms since that's less under 50s here. Most of those in the working age category (and eligible for working visas elsewhere) are progressive in almost all areas and the centre-left often do better among the few kiwi expats who bother to vote.
Edited.. but surely it would be easy to understand if one post follows another
When I get my super, it will be my just returns for the years of paying taxes from gainful employment & taking business risks.
You - once a beneficiary, always a beneficiary mindset? Understandable but try not to pass that mindset to others lest they become foot voters for Comrade Cindy's bred army of beneficiaries.
I don't think so. Benefit dependency and inter generational beneficiaries is a pox on this country and a pox on those families. For people to choose benefits as a lifestyle choice is just so sad. It's also sad that we have a system that encourages this sort of behaviour.
It is sad that victim blaming is so common and acceptable. Victim blaming is a defense mechanism people subconsciously employ in order to cope with difficult feelings or emotions. Blaming others sets them up as bad so we can then project our bad feelings into them rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings.
It costs the state hardly anything. at most you're talking 1% of the population. It would be worse for the country if some people were in the workforce or in prison. Full employment for everyone of working age regardless of productivity is not helpful or desirable and what's more is bad for the economy. It will hinder business in a large and unneeded way.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...alth-spokesman
Shane Reti - compare and contrast his credentials and public service with any of the token Maori ministers in Labour, especially the what is his name minister of tourism.
Interesting perspective on ethics:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regional/...claim-bullying
Nope that would be imBalance with the occasional contribution from yourself as Judiths #1 fan.
Judith & gerry, lovely pair and fitting for the national brand i would think.
Yes, I agree while his academic skills are great, in my experience his people skills as a politician leave room for improvement. I went to what he advertised as a seminar on cyberbullying. It was just a lecture and he was not interested in discussing what the audience thought.
It's a shame that Peters is now on the Tiwai Pt bandwagon. I think providing 'help' to a profitable australian enterprise is not that great for nz.
Its not just his academic Skills and people skills that are what we need .
The statement that his people skills as a a politician leave room for improvement I have no doubt is correct .He learns quickly and I feel he will rise to the challenge
Politics may not come naturally to him but he does have a genuine desire to help people and walks the talk .
He will know more about corvid -19 than any other politician
How many health ministers with "medical experience "are there in the world now? and they have all failed in their job. The medical profession is taking the lead with Mr Bloomfield thankfully not politicians :)
I see the latest poll has Judith Collins ahead of Jacinda Ardern in the preferred PM stakes by 53 to 47.
Rock on, looking good for National this time around with a change in leadership. Nikki Kaye leaving has got to be good too.
The southland region is not really a marginal electorate, though the city of invercargill is so it will be interesting to see. Is Tiwai in invercargill or southland..
I doubt Tiwai will be bailed out but some infrastructure upgrades may be possible.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...smelter-s-fate
Another coalition shambles - getting harder and harder to cover up with Comrade Cindy’s cheesy smile.
It does not match with others eg-https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/new-political-poll-skyrockets-judith-collins-favourability-for-prime-minister.html
Jacinda is currently by far the preferred pm and probably will be at election time(unless an event happens-such as community transmission corvid and another lockdown like Victoria)
Todd Muller looked good on paper and was unable to deliver. Being an effective confident communicator is an important skill if you are a Minister, and it was a skill which David Clark did not have. I agree that politics does not come naturally to Shane Reti. I will keep an open mind about his effectiveness as health spokesperson. We will see how he goes.
Politicians don’t need to know about Covid-19 personally, you just need to seek expert advice and be open to following it. Jacinda has her science adviser Professor Juliet Gerrard to provide expert advice.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriew.../#3f13382a6cca
There are two main streams of advice going into government. One is public health, and that’s managed through Dr Ashley Bloomfield (Director-General of Health) and Dr Caroline McElnay (Director of Public Health). The other stream has been via the science channel. So that’s myself and the Ministry of Health’s Chief Science Advisor, Prof Ian Town. We’ve been regularly advising Prime Minister Ardern and her Cabinet, as well as various senior officials.
I don’t think Nikki Kaye leaving is good because she was an experienced Minister who performed well. It is not good to be losing experienced and capable Ministers like her, Paula Bennett, Amy Adams. While I didn’t always agree with their policies they presented them well.
What poll?
That’s a little unfair Bal, last official number I saw was 393. They may have been able to push through the big resistance at 400 by now .We all know they can’t build houses , I would have thought transmission Gully would have been an easier thing to complete . So close and then they put Twyford in charge , now they are talking late 2023 .
I apologise - indeed I have made errors with the numbers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...riginal-target
The correct numbers should be 383 built by March 2020 out of 16,000 promised to be built by end of year 3 (Sept 2020).
Will only take Comrade Cindy & her incompetents another 399 years to achieve the huge promise of delivering 100,000 Kiwibuild affordable houses to first home buyers - a major election plank in 2017.
https://www.interest.co.nz/news/6920...building-costs
2014 - Phil Twyfool articulating Labour’s promise of 100,000 new houses in 10 years.
2020 - less than 400 houses built after 2.75 years in office. Hell of an achievement!
So what were Labour & Twyfool doing between 2014 and 2020?
They were super busy consulting the 'experts' about where demand for Kiwibuild was going to be and developing detailed policy (just kidding). From the developments approved it would be reasonable to assume those 'experts' might have had a less than independent motive. And that motive might have been, hey let's persuade Labour that certain developments are going to be abfab, have to be balloted due to the overwhelming demand. (And, whisper quietly to their mates, no risk for you, taxpayer will underwrite.)
To be fair, there were 12 Kiwibuild homes sold in April (last data officially available), only 321 still available to buy. Though lots under construction - 777. It will take a while at that rate.
On Kiwibuild, worth noting that the official dashboard housing numbers are only a tiny part of the Kiwibuild story. There has been a huge number of parliamentary questions - written and oral - that give a lot more detail and a fair amount of spin. Ignore the spin and the detail is dramatically bad. For the taxpayer.
No, not at all. I was pointing out that, though Kiwi Build has been a failure (to put it kindly), they have a much better track record with social housing (adding to the narrative rather than deflecting).
When they came out with the 1000/yr target etc I knew it would never work for the most obvious reason - there aren't enough trades people (yes, I know that there are other reasons).
I have known the truth about KiwiBuild for a long time so, no, it doesn't hurt at all.
It is interesting that National now admit that they created a problem while in power - at the time they denied that there was a housing issue at all.
I think the mistake was more with immigration policy, rather than immigration numbers and housing per se.
I have never understood why we accept nearly all immigrants going into Auckland and turning the infrastructure (roading,housing,water) of that city into the complete mess/joke that it is now. It should be a condition for immigrants they go to parts of the country where their skills are needed and stay there for at least the first 5 years.
Government should be nervous about Judith Collins.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...udith-collins/
Excerpt : "Yes, Judith Collins might be divisive. She might not be hugely personally popular with her colleagues. But Ben was spot on when he said Judith Collins as leader of the opposition will make the government more nervous than any other National MP."
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...-minister.html
And in only 24 hours, she has rocketed to 22.6% in popularity polls.
It is always good for NZ to have a strong Opposition and a proper election, whether National or Labour.
This might help anyone interested.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...-minister.html
Must be galling for labour that national and Collins are getting all the media attention, Jacinda’s fail to deliver any policy will weigh heavily on the lead up to election.
They are clearly worried. Even worse for old Winnie who has got his annual conference on this weekend and gets little or no mention, except for his childish and laughable claims of receiving leaks from MPs. Hopefully NZF are on their way out like they did after their last stint in Government with Labour
So they have a road policy that doesn't start until 2028 when shovel ready things are needed now. Plus it will cause massive roadworks and slowing of traffic during that time. tolls as well lovely. Sounds like she's trying to lose.
90% chance you're wrong. they never get voted out except for two times in 30 years.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...-launch-speech
Not kind for Winston to refer to Comrade Cindy as inexperienced & woke pixie dust.
Balance.... sniper extraordinaire.
Snipers never win battles. They agitate and create confusion, all for what reason? They are certainly vindictive in this situation, desirous of the divisiveness that the person he often derides has encouraged in the USA.
We don't need, or desire, that style of politicking in New Zealand.
Collins will be judged by how she handles the Falloon affair. I'd say she has done ok so far.
Labour will be judged on non-delivery. The public are tiring of Cindy's scare tactics on Covid. How cynical of her to amp up the fear with a threat of returning to lockdowns the minute Crusher became her nemisis. Cindy is bereft of positive ideas and policy. Her ability to communicate is indisputable. She is however, an intellectual lightweight, and incapable of thinking out a policy framework....hence her need for endless reviews.
I don't know if the Nats will get over the line on election day, but if Winnies vote collapses (remember he has a SFO inquiry pending) Labour is in trouble. The Greens remain scary to most and without a Winnie handbrake centrists will return to the Nats.
And look at the way at she dealt with the Falloon sex scandal decisively - and articulated why she acted the way she did.
Compare and contrast with this :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...abuse-scandals
Comrade Cindy 's cover up and total lack of compassion and concern for the female victims in the scandals.
Disgraceful - Comrade Cindy's attempts to cover up the scandal. :t_down:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/natio...4525&mkt=en-us
International media are describing Labour's sexual assault scandal as an "embarrassment" and a black mark on Jacinda Ardern's shining reputation.
Fresh reports of an alleged sexual assault on a young volunteer in 2018 surfaced on Monday, with the 19-year-old telling The Spinoff she was caused additional distress by the party's poor handling of her complaint.
She said senior Labour members - including party president Nigel Haworth - failed to take appropriate action, clearing the man of six separate complaints from multiple people without communicating with the complainants about the internal process.
Not true - read the court’s decision.
And Labour thinks their handling of the sex scandal will go away? How the victims complained, were ignored and then, re-victimised by the callous attitude of the Labour Party & Comrade Cindy?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12309538
Does not change a thing - Comrade Cindy & the Labour Party did not want to know and their first reaction was to cover up., and LIED! A total disgrace.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12266753
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...ction-campaign
The pus coming out of the festering Coalition sore - and Comrade Cindy is nowhere to be seen.
Our PM is showing excellent leadership on the covid recovery.. must be tough for some to admit.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...abour-minister
Comrade Cindy’s third chance to show she is all show pony with no real care for victims.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/...ca-on-taxpayer
What is Comrade Cindy going to do about this blatant queue jumping by her Coalition kingmaker Winnie? And goodness gracious me, to the very sort of people that Winnie usually makes disparaging remarks about!
Interesting situation there lol
Iain Lees Gone-away.
Why now? This clown should have been drop kicked from his position long ago for his bungling over the drug smuggler affair.
A third portfolio for Chris Hipkins coming up? Or maybe for Phil Twyford - he's pretty high up the labour ranks. :D:t_up::D
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...e-relationship
Oh dear!
Hanky panky happening right under Comrade Cindy’s nose.