Posts by dc_red
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Leg Break: I wouldn't hold my breath on Rimutaka. NZF mustered 5% of the party vote and 3.2% of the candidate vote there last time. Even with a stronger NZF candidate and Paul Swain retired, it'll be a hard road for them.
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For some reason I remember that cylinder as being full of 500,000 $2 coins (which are really small in Ozi ... thereby making the whole process a bit easier, and costing less in perspex tubing).
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I'm relieved to see that the Davis interview raised others' ire.
It was excruciating and devoid of a single redeeming feature. The journalistic equivalent of an ice-cream induced brain-freeze on a summer's day.
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Yes, but if you're a centrist and are afraid that National might cozy up too much with Act, you vote for the moderating influence and the Socratic wonder that is United Future.
Perhaps, but that notion of a moderating influence used to apply to Labour-oriented centrists too.
Dunne's announcement now rules that out. So the potential appeal of UF for the party vote has been approximately halved.
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Craig
What waka has Jeanette ever jumped from/off? As far as I recall she's always been a Green Party member, whether inside or outside the Alliance. (And the decision of the Greens to leave said Alliance was made by the entire membership, not the Green Parliamentary caucus, as I recall?)
Leg Break
So what’s he done throwing his hat in with the Nats?
And now he’s done that why would anyone vote for him instead of the Nats?
It's quite bizarre. Given he had a majority of over 7000 last time, I don't think his seat is at all at risk.
But yes, now it's clear to anyone who was pondering UF for their party vote (all 3 of them, haha): if you want National, you may as well vote National -- if you want Labour, you definitely shouldn't vote for UF.
He's sure to be overhang now.....
Oh the irony.
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I think Rodders might spit the dummy if Winston was invited to the National cabinet table.
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From my political perspective it would be highly advantageous if Rodney Hide didn't win Epsom.
But, that aside, I don't think he deserves to win, after being utterly useless for the first two and a bit years of the Parliamentary term. He sure sprang back to life in the second half of 2008, like some persistent kind of garden fungus, but ideally he would be held to account for being AWOL until that point.
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Steve - brilliant! If ACT was in government, that would be "bring down the government" material.
I, for one, would be shouting "corruption!", "conflict of interest!" and/or "technical breach!" from the highest towers in the land.
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Myself, I'd change it.
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Janette and Russel announced today that, if elected, all members of the Greens will continue to breath in and out in the usual manner for the full duration of the term
This is arguably in poor taste, given what happened to the Greens immediately after the last election?