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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a journalist a drink today

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  • Katharine Moody, in reply to johnno,

    Prediction for tonight – the poll says Labour and the Greens can govern alone. Will the Gallery pull back from their “tax is damaging Labour” narrative?

    Spot on.

    Wellington • Since Sep 2014 • 798 posts Report Reply

  • Trevor Nicholls,

    All this fuss about commitments and changed commitments. In an MMP world, it simply isn't possible for one party to make guarantees like that unless they are also going to guarantee not to enter into any coalition.

    Wellington, NZ • Since Nov 2006 • 325 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    I'd like to buy a beer for the RNZ newsreader at 5pm tonight who was just talking about the increase in advance voting this election and then went on to say 'more people than usual were taking the drug...' (or words to that effect )
    - I had heard this voting is addictive, nice to have it confirmed.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    'more people than usual were taking the drug...'

    That tear-off ticket at the lower right corner of the Electoral Commission letter does look a bit like an oversized chunk of blotter acid.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • John Farrell, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Gee...and I gave it to the poll clerk without sucking on it.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 499 posts Report Reply

  • Katharine Moody,

    Wellington • Since Sep 2014 • 798 posts Report Reply

  • Neil, in reply to Katharine Moody,

    If once having been a member of a communist party is enough to be excluded from parliament then Keith Locke would have been.

    Quite incredible that this is actually being seriously advocated.

    Since Nov 2016 • 382 posts Report Reply

  • Trevor Nicholls, in reply to Neil,

    Quite incredible that this is actually being seriously advocated.

    You obviously haven't seen some of the Jacinda attack ads being posted on social media then

    Wellington, NZ • Since Nov 2006 • 325 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    I find it odd that both NZ First and Labour's letterbox 'party flyers' don't have their websites listed on them - the one for our local MP (Poto Williams - Labour) does - I threw the National one away so I can't check that.

    I guess it isn't hard to work out what their websites would be, but I'd have thought that they wouldn't put any impediment to people following things up...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

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