Posts by Phil Lyth
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Lucy, my point. Craig is usually cogent (if caustic). But tonight, WTH is he meaning?
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And neither is the politics around what would be an appropriate (and electorally palatable) public policy response.
Craig, WTH does that mean? Doesn't follow from the sentence you quote. Or maybe I am just suffering after defending your caustic but ontopic contributions.
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Maggie is turning in her grave for dissing her FPP majorities.
Better get in before DPF starts spinning in his grave: Thatcher the cat is dead; the Baroness is still alive.
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Craig, in my experience Pagani is many things and an intelligent principled guy (not that he needs me to defend him.) At your peril will you paint him as a one-dimensional f-wit who would foul his own nest.
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It's about connecting with things that matter to people and making politics work for people, instead of instructing people in what's good for them
Pagani has been saying the above for years, and I agree with him. It is important to put up policies, and also to understand what people relate to. A 52-page policy on giraffes is all very well but will not matter one iota.
The devil is in the detail of how to go about making the connecting happen.
And I/S "believes in an active democratic citizenry". Which IMHO is a fine thing to aspire to, but I think NZ is not there yet.
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Material was excised from Wikipedia by Wikipedia administrators?
Or from NZOS by NZOS administrators?
I'm slow today.
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not an actual quote. but people talking about where the money came from
Didn't some intrepid soul discover that Focus on the Family / Family First / someone got funded biggish bucks from a US group? Did that come out via the Charities Commission?
Could more come out re the source/s of the $450k?
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the next time I'm scrutineering on E-Day
Yes, right from 8.50am when you can see that the ballot box is empty before the plastic seals are put on (honestly, in some countries they stuff boxes? Never!) through to 7.10pm when the same seals are broken and the votes are counted in front of the scrutineers.
An election process that is honest and can be seen to be honest. Makes me grateful to be in NZ </rant.>
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What they want is a change to the law that brought about CIRs in the first place, to make CIRs binding
A date for your calendar: 9 December, the date by which the Clerk of the House has to determine the precise wording of Baldock's CIR petition on this.
Only a couple of weeks to go. No doubt they will be banging on when the precise wording is announced.
Geeks only: the proposal was lodged on 9 September, the CIR Act provides 3 months, there were four weeks for public consultation (yes I made a submission). Geoffrey Palmer also had strong views. Might find a link if anyone wants it.
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Actually, the Doidge room fits about three people comfortably.
Emma and friends perhaps?