Posts by stephen walker
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Yamis,
how could National win by a smaller margin than they've got now?
National + Banks + Dunne will probably end up as 61/121. without the Maori Party, they have a majority of one vote. how does a smaller margin work?
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2008:
National + ACT + Dunne = 64/122
2011 (if Greens take one off National with the Special votes):
National + Banks + Dunne = 61/121
majority reduced from six to one.
the media duopoly’s headline writers seem to have had too much gin on the night. -
Legal Beagle: Election '11: the special votes, in reply to James Green,
thanks.
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Legal Beagle: Election '11: the special votes, in reply to Sacha,
thanks.
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Legal Beagle: Election '11: the special votes, in reply to James Green,
so in effect you are saying that the Greens need about 14% of the Special votes to get their 14th MP? how does that compare with their Special vote performance in 2008?
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
my parents were both born before 1930 in nz, one in the country and one in the city. all of my grandparents were born in nz in the 19th century. imho, their spoken language was the last generation before we were ingulfed by american pop culture. of course they had hollywood films and their speech was influenced by jazz and elvis and negro spiritual music but the real onslaught started in the 60s--tv and woodstock, etc. so in the 70s most adults still spoke old nuzild and the kids spoke a mixture with ever-increasing influence from the us/uk/aus. these days, whenever i go back to nz i'm quite stunned by how much the language and speaking styles have changed in just 20 or so years.
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liars. and these pricks are supposed to be upholding the law. what a disgusting farce.
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the whole "deal" of forcing people off their land and letting the insurance companies walk away from their responsibility to pay out fully is sick. this govt is the govt representing international finance, not nzers. but it is, apparently, about to be re-elected by nz voters who are getting totally screwed over by them.
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Hard News: Meanwhile in Epsom ..., in reply to A. Theo Logian,
Prebble beat him to it by 25 years.
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the threshold should be changed to 2.5% of party votes or 2 electorate seats.