Posts by Trevor Nicholls
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Looks like the electoral commission assumes that internet/mana are separate parties as far as party vote is concerned.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Chris Waugh,
As for chess, when it first entered the thread I took it purely as metaphor, but I think it's a valuable one
I may have taken an earlier remark of yours the wrong way. Sorry if that was the case.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Key certainly is not one, and for that I am glad
I don't want him to play chess, I want him to think beyond the current news cycle. I've never seen any evidence that he is capable of doing so.
Did Cunliffe fire back with ".."
He might have, but you'd only know if the media chose to show you. The media seem to prefer smart-alec remarks as much as you do.
Frankly I don't think you're taking this particularly seriously. Some of us live here.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
All he is good at is putting Labour down
"It's not my job to talk about Labour's stupid policy..."
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Nor would I call that stupidity. What you described is a kind of intelligence. I certainly wouldn't turn to the prime minister for a discussion on ethics or history, but he has a kind of smarts and he's good at what he does
All of which is agreed. But it's clear (been clear for a long time I think) that our PM is not a "chess player", is not "playing a long game", and has no communicable strategy at all. He has agile reactions, which is perfect if you're operating in volatile markets where the only thing that matters is to be ahead "at the end of the day" (lol). It doesn't make for good governance, and with him at the top it doesn't make for a good government.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to nzlemming,
you don’t get as high up in Merrill Lynch as he did by being that stupid
Some people are street-smart, self-focussed, and quick to leverage every opportunity for their own benefit. I wouldn't call that hyper-intelligence.
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Speaker: On the upland road, in reply to ,
this is not the first time a small political movement has been exclusively funded by a millionaire with a checkered history and dubious motives
My recollection is that the present government were so concerned about increased sponsorship of this kind that THEY CHANGED THE LAW to facilitate it. They've got absolutely no right to complain.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I think the traditional threat of "we know where yer live" is regarded as unlawyerly
So farewell, Cactus Kate
"Left wing c***s", that was your catchphrase
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Hebe,
PM's Pinot has been around for a few years, so I don't think that's been much of a secret. But the blind trust is evidently only blind in one eye.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
the JK portrait hangs in his boardroom
Not an employee, not an executive, but certainly The Great Benefactor.
Perhaps it was auctioned off for one of NZ's leading "charities"?