Posts by Paul Litterick
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It's not that misapplied is it Craig. A second term MP who vaults into senior Ministerial positions and the front bench; seems to justify the tag to me.
Hardly: The Bolter was so named because she had abandoned her marriage and her children for another man.
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Toast, perhaps.
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We could call them the Georgians, perhaps.
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Judith went to parties as a representative of the Government and she enjoyed herself. What is wrong with that?
The rest of the time she was working very hard for New Zealand and her electorate.
And, unlike many politicians, she is a genuinely kind and generous person, who is also very good company.
No wonder the tory boys hate her.
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The major weakness of many in the New Zealand left is that they personalize their politics.
We can all be grateful that, during these last nine years, no-one on the Right has made an issue of a Government Minister's sexuality or speculated about private lives.
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There used to be a flourishing private sector in Wellington providing comms consulting to govt departments, until the departments found out that in-house was cheaper.
I think we will soon find that, once again, out-sourcing is more Efficient. This does not mean that the job will be done more cheaply or better, but it will allow more private sector snouts to get into the trough.
When I was working for the British MOD in Whitehall, we were afflicted by a Public Private Partnership, to rebuild our main building. At one stage, I was under pressure to find "revenue streams" for the Private Partner; that is, I was expected to hand over my section's work to a business so that they could make profit from the Partnership, regardless of whether they could do it better or cheaper than we could.
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Apparently, all the Private Office staff were called to a meeting on Monday and told they would all be out on Friday. They get three months paid, but they are still out in a cold, cold world.
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There is a lot to be said for burning your house down and claiming the insurance. Except it is very illegal.
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I thought Muffin Break was a euphemism.
I'll get my coat.
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Since the Herald knows what must be done, why does it insist on a commission to discover what must be done?