Hard News: A week being a long time in politics
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
In my house, it's big mama that rules the roost.
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Sacha, in reply to
Clearly not a right-thinking, hard-working, ambishus New Zillunder then.
Next you'll be telling me you're brown or something.
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Islander, in reply to
Nah, from what I've read, Jackie is a positively-motivated working compassionate & engaged educated professional with an eye for the greater societal good-
whereas Key is an uneducated compassionless predator-
he sure as shit doesnt have ANZ's interests at heart,
Fuck off to Hawai'i John Key - hope the natives eat you (some of the earlier ones
were my rellies-) -
Craig Ranapia, in reply to
one must always respect big daddy’s authority
I could say something, but I’d probably regret it.
I'll say it for you -- good fucking luck with that.
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Islander, in reply to
My family is a proud matriarchy!
Which means our males are cherished & loved and do what they will - but ALWAYS respect & take heed of female choices- may this be the positive future for us all- -
Sacha, in reply to
Pretty sure he was going to say something more colourful than that.
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whereas Key is an uneducated compassionless predator ... he sure as shit doesnt have ANZ’s interests at heart
Yes. In the last few days as I've watched the dummy-spit, I've become more and more convinced that he's interested in doing the job well, and proving that he can be a jolly good CEO of NZ Inc., but he's not actually interested in governing for *all* New Zealanders. He regards us as his employees, and now that people are not doing just what he wants, and not telling him all the time how wonderful he is, especially the media who have finally gotten over their infatuation with him, he is having a massive hissy fit, because he's not going to get a good performance review.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
He regards us as his employees, and now that people are not doing just what he wants, and not telling him all the time how wonderful he is, especially the media who have finally gotten over their infatuation with him, he is having a massive hissy fit, because he’s not going to get a good performance review.
Just he waits until we form a trade union.
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thegirlstefan, in reply to
yes, bang on! I think.. so much of it is just one of the guys at the office do, with hints of venal slipping through occasionally when he doesn't like what's happening (the protester in the public gallery a chilling example). He's a classic workplace bully.
I also thought it was interesting he picked out Metiria Turei and not Russel Norman. To my knowledge, nothing to do with the Greens, in terms of Confidence & Supply agreements or elected representation during parliamentary terms, has any noted instance of being "unstable".
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Sacha, in reply to
note he didn't single out Tariana Turia or Pita Sharples either - just the uppity ones
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martinb, in reply to
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10767255
Key as he has for the past 3 years fronting for the tough interviews. More kids t-shirts to sign, then off for a round of mini golf probably. Working all hours of the day.
@RB Snap I'm a day late, you've already got there.
Paul Holmes, the man entrusted with interviewing our Prime Minister in his 'serious' interview on Q & A this weekend, has been writing week after week in this election campaign seemingly partisan columns in the Herald and with no disclosure of the fact that he helped the National party leader in 2005 with his media training.
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Geez I am seemingly to always be late to these things. And Russell seems to have said it better by quoting the man’s own words twice.
So I can only re-link to this
May have to get this printed off and put on my wall. The distracting colours will keep me docile if the Nats get in with a vote over 50%. Thanks Danyl. -
martinb, in reply to
That’s okay Craig. Listeners can simply check the online helpful policy guide that RNZ has made comparing each parties’ answers on policy.
This leaves the morning show for topical events like the Prime Minister running away from questioning, and saying his principled stand against airing accidentally taped conversations is not for his own political gain or to prevent his embarrassment, but to help some hypothetical suicide victim.
This surely is the kind of thing we want to know about the man who will be representing us in the room with the most experienced politicians from around the globe after the next election? Can he hold his nerve and not lose his composure under pressure?
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merc,
Well Perth is getting a new military base from Uncle Sam, let's hope Mr Key can stand firm...nek minnit.
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The Dom Post has done the obvious thing, and found someone who has been unable to get police to spend anytime at all investigating the theft of money from their business, even though the person who did it has signed a confession.
Thief to hand herself in after police fail to act
Ross and Raynor Wilson, who own a travel agency in Wellington, are "gobsmacked" Mr Key's complaint to police about the recording of his meeting with John Banks has been investigated so quickly, while they have had no action, despite a direct plea to Police Commissioner Peter Marshall.
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I think it is a difficult sell for National to say "don't vote for the Greens, they're unstable" while wanting people to vote for ACT, but I realise they are unlikey to be pinned down about this dissonance over the coming week.
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Sacha, in reply to
Again I want any journo to laugh in Key's face if he claims Act are stable. The young twat against MMP ran the same line on Sky/Prime's election show last night too.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Again I want any journo to laugh in Key’s face if he claims Act are stable.
It's not necessary to do that. It would be unprofessional and ungracious.
All it needs is for a a reporter to ask a question of the order of "Prime Minister, would you say the Act party has been stable? On what basis would you say that, given the party's recent history?"
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Meanwhile, Steven Price doesn’t concur with Mike Hosking’s elevated opinion of himself as an expert on New Zealand privacy law:
If he means, he’s got a pretty good understanding of those laws, I think the rest of the interview demonstrates that he’s wrong.
It was worse than that, really, because Hosking actually declared that "the law is very clear" before demonstrating he didn't have a clue.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Again I want any journo to laugh in Key’s face if he claims Act are stable.
Infinitely more stable than New Zealand First. Sorry, needs to be said even if it's not a terribly high bar to clear.
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merc,
To infinitely and beyond ;-)
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Sacha, in reply to
Given that our media seem incapable or unwilling to do what's reasonable as you've outlined, I'll settle for the natural human response when someone utters outrageous porkies. Anything is better than the mute assent we've endured for the last few years.
How the media could deal with lies might even be a good topic for a Media7 show.
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Phil Goff doing well on RadioNZ right now....
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Infinitely more stable than New Zealand First. Sorry, needs to be said.
Both parties have struggled for continuity. NZ First has actually only been in government once, and Peters did end that relationship after National replaced Bolger with Shipley in the midst of a term. Act hasn't done that.
But I wouldn't say the difference is "infinite" given that Act's entire 2008 Parliamentary caucus has disappeared (well, not quite now that Boscawen has suddenly decided he would like to win in Tamaki and kindly promised not to trigger a by-election) along with its leader, who was rolled in a frankly bizarre process by another leader who seems to be now for the chop himself, with the connivance of a candidate who had to resign from the National Party so he could stand in Epsom. The guy who departed in disgrace was replaced by an alleged rising star who proved to be such a loon she was assigned a 2011 list place that would preclude her re-entering Parliament. The party is, as Audrey Young put it this morning,a shambles.
In comparison with either of them, the Greens seem an absolute model of stability.
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This is of course crap.
Government's only have to resign if they are defeated on a confidence/supply issue. If Key can't pass the Murray McCully Enabling Act (version 2) then he won't have to call an election - doing so would be a political decision.
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