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30th July 2020, 01:05 | #1003 |
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So the incoherent fringe somehow manage to correctly fill out the paperwork and win a seat or two, what are we concerned will happen?
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I guess shit has to get, like, REALLY fucking crazy before people stop wanting business as usual. Last edited by Nothing : 30th July 2020 at 01:26. |
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31st July 2020, 17:00 | #1005 |
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Thing that irks me, is that to win an electorate seat, you just need the most votes - not the _majority_ of votes.
And cos the left always loves to splinter, the right gets seats that way even though they have less that 50% of the vote for the electorate |
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31st July 2020, 22:35 | #1007 |
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It seems ranked voting in the electorates would solve a lot.
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1st August 2020, 00:18 | #1008 |
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It would allow minor parties to potentially win electorate seats.
Using something like STV. Would allow more people to vote minor and havra back up of a main party. |
1st August 2020, 18:47 | #1009 | |
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5th August 2020, 12:37 | #1012 | |
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5th August 2020, 15:43 | #1013 |
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There is something to be said for voting and ending up with the biggest ranker getting in!
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8th August 2020, 11:06 | #1014 |
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I think that's only partly why he's been able to negotiate the position he has. Another significant factor is he has benefited from an absence of smaller parties and the dominance of two parties. Which I expect the lowering of the threshold to change.
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9th August 2020, 17:45 | #1016 | |
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9th August 2020, 19:06 | #1017 |
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Shane Jones is the laziest man alive, and winning electorates is hard work. No surprises.
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11th August 2020, 11:36 | #1018 | |
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-k...ana-o-te-taiao
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15th August 2020, 07:50 | #1019 |
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Out of all the polls in recent years (outside of the elections of course) this is the most significant imo
Poll puts Labour as the preferred party for business owners for first time
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15th August 2020, 11:30 | #1021 |
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That's a ridiculous way of spinning the finding, and the makings of a bad faith argument.
More businesses prefer Labour over any other party. That's the finding. If 45% of people prefer chocolate, 20% of people prefer strawberry, 20% of people prefer hokey pokey and 15% of people prefer vanilla, The Spigalau Daily front page reads "MOST PEOPLE HATE CHOCOLATE"
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24th August 2020, 00:28 | #1023 |
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brutal summary of all the Government/MoH's fuckups revealed so far:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12358858 |
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24th August 2020, 14:43 | #1025 | |
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The government that we have right now needs to acknowledge its shortcomings and just do better. |
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100% agree that the government needs to acknowledge its shortcomings and just do better. |
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24th August 2020, 15:14 | #1027 | |
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Shortcomings? Only in the sense none of us are perfect and all of us can improve. Yes, MPs and reporters have a place raising those areas of improvement to public awareness. But they also have an agenda, seek to shock and titillate in the competition for our attention. Often leaving enough unsaid to leave us wondering, maybe this is as extreme as the evocative language suggests. But doesn't mean we have to play along. While we do have psychological hooks we're prone to, we also have the capacity to grow beyond them. The problem the government must resist now is responding too quickly, overacting as a result of underhanded politicisation of the pandemic. As we can see attempting to solve some problems only cause others, and in circumstances where we're holding off dramatic consequences with careful behaviour, we can't lose our focus. It's better to stick with the problems we know, while we develop a more comprehensive response. We are in a kind of car crash scenario. We're in that slow-mo moment where the danger is obvious and with a clear window to avoid it, pretty sure the family in the back is going to survive this, how much thought are we going to give to saving the car so we make the trip home? To work tomorrow? Do we have time to think about the paint job? You know people have gotten themselves killed trying to save superficial shit. We've got decisions to make in that regard too.
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9th September 2020, 16:29 | #1028 |
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Labour rules out Green Party's wealth tax in any Government it forms
Trying to pull votes away from National supporters wanting to keep the Greens at bay? Goes to show how far right our politics have been pulled.
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9th September 2020, 19:03 | #1029 |
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Lol, Australia's top tax rate is 45% over $180,000 and this place is RUN by big business. This move by NZ Labour is just the usual dithering centrism.
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16th October 2020, 13:39 | #1030 |
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Jacinda Ardern says she won't stay on as Labour leader if she loses election
How can this be seen as a good statement to make days before the election? She'll stick around, but only if she can be Prime Minister. So she doesn't have confidence in the ability of her party to co-exist with a National led government, or her ability to lead an opposition party? Which one is it?
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If the country votes and National can govern, then she knows it effectively a vote against her. It may be a bit different if she wasn't already PM. Collins could easily last till next election to try again. But Ardern is the incumbent. I'm sure you will find extremely few examples of an incumbent PM, who loses and sticks around to the next election. |
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14th November 2020, 12:56 | #1032 |
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19th November 2020, 15:02 | #1033 | |
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The cruel violence of ‘kindness’ and ‘unity’
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25th November 2020, 13:41 | #1034 | |
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25th November 2020, 17:02 | #1035 |
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Danyl Mclauchlan is a name to remember. Excellent writing.
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26th November 2020, 18:45 | #1037 |
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ffs. Bureaucracy and policy mindlessly and without any compassion fucking up more lives - in other words OT haven't changed.
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26th November 2020, 18:46 | #1038 |
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This is the doing of Nick Smith and Anne Tolley.
We only offer an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, and it's a rickety one at that.
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27th November 2020, 05:03 | #1039 |
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What, you're saying that the OT workers had no choice? BULLSHIT.
"I was only following orders" is not an excuse.
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27th November 2020, 10:04 | #1040 |
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Explain it like I'm 5...
Please excuse my white privilege, but under what circumstances does a Government agency have recourse to uplift newborns? Are these from really young mothers? If so, I don't understand why the family unit isn't the best place to ensure safety of the child. Or is it related to a reported unsafe environment?
I really don't understand. The numbers quoted do seem out of proportion for the population breakdown, and I always understood that in Maori culture there was a tradition of newborns sometimes being looked after by Grandparents - but that the extended family unit was inclusive. Enlighten me - the news reports do seem to be purposefully vague on the background. /edit - and upon further reading, it seems I'm not the only one flabbergasted by this. Last edited by StN : 27th November 2020 at 10:06. |