Posts by linger
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Polity: Poll Soup, in reply to BenWilson,
it would be handy to see No-Vote in the columns, so we can see how many went from not-voting to voting which parties.
Wouldn’t “No-Vote” also include those under 18 at the time of the earlier election? If so, those numbers would swamp the signal you're seeking.
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Polity: Key: Peering between the lines, in reply to Steve Barnes,
When it’s your dream you’re being sold, it can take an entire lifetime to realise that you’ve just been sold, and that it can’t ever be your reality.
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N.B. it is somewhat premature to claim that "National's support has too been damaged" on the basis of a mere 1.5% shift in polling, because that change is still (just) within the noise level of the aggregate of 4 polls.
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Royals […] outside BDSM situations
They’re kingsters by definition.
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OnPoint: Yeah nah, but what *do* we…, in reply to Euan Mason,
He really wants to claim he’s radically changed NZ
thus carrying out his initially stated intention to “ambush us for Nu Zillan”.
In most fields other than politics, such a pervasive belief that changing the symbol alone is sufficient to change the reality would be called magical thinking.But then again, that idea of a government caring about the welfare of its residents increasingly resembles a fairy tale...
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OnPoint: Yeah nah, but what *do* we…, in reply to Steve Barnes,
good grief, it's Laser Red Peak!
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Polity: Key: Peering between the lines, in reply to Kumara Republic,
verily he is a palaeo-con artist.
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OnPoint: Yeah nah, but what *do* we…, in reply to Joshua Arbury,
Best outcome is that the current flag wins, but only just. […] This may mean I vote for the new flag. Even though I hate it.
Seriously, don’t indulge in that kind of gaming – because the worst outcome is that the Weetbix flag wins … but only just.
If you hate the new flag, vote against it. Period. -
Polity: Key: Peering between the lines, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
The theory only relies on a majority of journalists, and certain high-profile bloggers, being too lazy and/or overworked and/or partisan not to report Key's every spontaneous emission without pausing to do fact-checking.
On past record, that seems a safe bet. -
Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Swan,
Ministry of Ed is maximising the value of their land and fair enough.
Are you saying that's the main purpose of a Ministry of Education? Having sunk money into developing a school as a school, what is the point of then selling it off? 'Cause privatisation is not exactly working out effectively for anyone so far.