Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Metiria's Problem, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
How so?
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Senior Green staffers resign.
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Speaker: Low-quality language on immigration, in reply to Farmer Green,
they think they are missing out on something that ought to be theirs by right
cos that is what all the older folk they hear from claim is so.
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Hard News: Metiria's Problem, in reply to Zach Bagnall,
If you are correct then the actual election result will be significantly different than the polls before it. Let's see.
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And completing the circle, a Paralympian replaces Paul Gibson (policy expert) as our Disability Commissioner. I'm hoping for a pleasant surprise a la Susan Devoy, but have to wonder who else applied, who appointed, and what the selection criteria were?
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Hard News: Metiria's Problem, in reply to Tom Semmens,
Inept political tactics and management by the Greens played a huge part in the defeat of the Clark government
You what? They weren't even part of that government.
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Hard News: A thundering clash of, in reply to Dennis Frank,
The Ohariu poll announced on Q+A this morning has the Greens at 12%
Only within that electorate and with a larger than usual margin of error.
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NBR resurrects the spectre of the Greens' successful previous comms advisor Andrew Campbell in its analysis. This part is what irks me most too:
One Green Party insider tells NBR the key problem was that the current comms team did not “war game” what would happen after their co-leader confessed to beneficiary fraud at her party's July 16 AGM.
There was an effort to anticipate reaction from the media, and other parties, but it was not carried out by election-hardened staffers, or in enough depth (Mr Campbell’s lieutenants left around the same time he did).
The insider thinks that while maintaining a relative silence publicly, National did its own research, which it passed on to various media.
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Hard News: A thundering clash of, in reply to Dennis Frank,
An MP going to the media without caucus approval is unlikely to be forgiven in any political party.
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Green party exec board says thanks but no to Kennedy Graham standing again.