Posts by Lyndon Hood
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Not that it would fix this particular scenario, but I'm inclined to ditch the threshold and just stop electing MPs when you get to 120.
Sorry, that was unclear. I was just tangentially advocating ditching or minimising the threshold and leaving everything else untouched.
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Are what we are seeing in this Herald editorial and recent chatter about overhangs the first salvos of a campaign to deligitimise the possible LPGUFNZFMPWhatever governing arrangement that might pip them to the post?
First salvoes? Dude, they were talking like this after the last election already.
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Why? I don't get it. If the right wing gets 60 seats and the left wing gets 61, who cares if the former is made up of one or two parties and latter is made up of three or four?
Correct - you don't get it. The point here is that a party (OR a block of parties) could get more than 50% of the vote and still be unable to form a Government. On account of teh overhangz.
Personally I'm not too exercised about that (and if pressed would look up what various people above have said).
Except that if the situation actually arose it would leave a lot of people properly angry about MMP, like in a serious way rather than just being bored of Helen Clark or whatever. That would be bad.
If the situation arose I'd think the Maori party would be well advised to extract what they can from the bigger block for an abstention. Because that anger would also fall on the party and the Maori seats.
Not that it would fix this particular scenario, but I'm inclined to ditch the threshold and just stop electing MPs when you get to 120. Sure, you'd get one or two oddball, but I don't see that as fatal. Apparently the electoral commission recommended 4%. -
... and again now. "Ruled out working with NZ First" sez RNZ
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I seem to remember an "out" clause in his original statement
A lot of statements since then have been less equivolcal.
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the Electoral Commission's decision that New Zealand First did not break the law with its 2007 donations return
"Summary of withheld decision" here
Noting that the actual decision has not been released (apparently due to the ongoing police inquiry) and the "The determination is in respect of the actions of the Party Secretary for New Zealand First only" I'm sure if they're entirely off the hook.
Pharmac
I heard someone insist they would just go around Pharmac. Which I imagine wouldn't be any worse.
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Lately we have also been treated to the spectacle of Jim Anderton decrying National for not supporting businesses.
Ventral Capital funds
They grow out you stomach?
(Sorry)
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... although looking at some of the stuff out of those secret copyright treaty negotiations, I get the idea some people wish to make it otherwise.
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Wah? Mark, I thought you had some idea what we were discussing!
A crime is something that appears in the crimes act. The police will come and arrest you.
Copyright infringement is a civil matter. someone will sue you.
It has its own act