So tell us. Break the suspense - who will replace Little, and will the replacement have enough time to make a bit of noise before the 2017 election?
I'm picking it will be Nash - should I bet on that? Any tips?
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FP, I think you're part of the first sentence of that quote. Andrew Little's quite a bit bigger than John Key, he probably knows how to hammer a nail into a hoarding, he hasn't been caught out lying hundreds of times, for lots of reasons he'll be staying around.
Good. I just wondered if he was lined up for the chop yet. But if you say he isn't - who am I to think he is! I accept that he may have a talent for banging in nails, as for the rest of these 'lots of reasons', I suspect the main one is they are trying to find a way to slot in a replacement without the normal humiliating public bun-fight. Should I bet on that?
This amazing devotion to Andrew Little....did I not see it before for Cunliffe, and Shearer, and Goff and....and.
And these tedious Soviet style comparisons to John Key...that Key always has to be inferior to the current left wing leader....despite polls repeatedly showing most of the electorate thinks it's the other way round by a very large margin.....is EZ really in touch with reality.....
Why did he even use chefs as an example? Its a terrible one.
The obvious point to make that National's economic policy is a one trick pony. Immigration.
Without it where would the growth rate be?
They are poor money managers and have no broad economic plan for NZ other than exploitation of resources & building more roads.
Its 1970s or Muldoon type economics & its not sustainable.
Either way Ez, Little ended up being on defence rather than attack.
Sorry mate he's a lame duck as a leader no matter how honest or nice he might be.
FP one has to feel sorry for Little flapping about expediating his downward spiral to an obvious early termination of the Labour Leadership. They just can not get any hits against this Government and popular PM.
Meanwhile the economy just keeps on humming along despite the opposition (and EZ) claims to the contrary and the obvious difficulty for dairy. Lates numbers out show:
Service industries up 2.4% over a year ago
retail trade and accomodation up 5.5%
professional,scientific, technical up 4.3%
construction up 2.4%
And all Little and Labour can come up with is to attack the Chinese yet again, this time they single out Chefs. Very smart politics !!! They are doomed for yet another failure with their current Leader
I am intrigued that so many of John Keys admirers seem to have forgotten the promise of tax cuts made prior to 2014 election. Whenever I raise the issue its conveniently ignored. So
Are they affordable?
When will they be offered?
Do you believe they regret making the promise?
Hi Sgt Pepper.
Did they actually "promise" a tax cut ? Was it not always "subject to conditions" ?
I think the Government could possibly afford a small tax cut if they so chose, but it is all about priorities. I for example don't think we can afford the current WFF system or keeping Super at 65, but we do. Neither do I think a tax cut should be a high priority at this point in time, although I do note we've had a small "tax cut" in the form of ACC levies recently.
Hey Iceman, what's the agricultural sector up by in the last year?
How about oil and gas?
Both are sectors that the government has injected a huge resources into.
The others besides roading not so much and immigration at full tilt, not so much.
I saw on the telly the other day that they are trying to plan for another 1M people Auckland by 2040.
That should translate to an additional 2M people at least nationwide.
Great! We can't cater for the number of people coming in now.
And who decided that we need a much bigger population ?
Where was that in National's policy.
One of the great things about NZ is that it isn't over populated.
Our record of planning to date is diabolical, is it suddenly going to get better?
This government already shows scant regard for the environment, what will it like when there is more stress on resources?
Something is wrong. A political party whose economic policy is the promotion of cows immigration, and tourism, lead by a man who swaps kiwis and steak knives for pandas, and is a flagging in the flag change and is despite all logic, still popular. Well with 40% but I suppose the good side of that is 60% don't want him. Household debt is higher now than before the GFC, Govt debt is high and the inevitable downturn is not that far away. Flags and pandas to distract while a right wing media use every opportunity to attack the opposition.
Looks as though Labour will have to comeback and sort out the economic mess left by National and it's predecessors as they did in 1935,1957,1987, and 20?
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