Political Intelligence
Quick Hit: Eleven Billion Still on the Table
Silence is consent. Eleven billion is still on the table.
Quick Hit: Scrap Net Zero. Keep The Jobs.
Virtue targets don’t cool the planet. They cool the factory floor.
Quick Hit: Not On The Road User’s Tab
Fuel tax builds roads. Sculptures find a sponsor. ACT is right.
Quick Hit: Idle the Plant. Keep the Terminal?
The biggest user leaves for lack of gas. The Greens call that proof you never needed more.
Quick Hit: He Kept the $1.5b. He Hid the Invoice.
He kept the $1.5b. He will not name the hole. PREFU is 29 September.
Quick Hit: The Painter Went Surfing
Labour's $1.3b CGT assumes the painter still turns up. Grant says he goes surfing.
Quick Hit: Two Ticks. Luxon Out.
The neutrality finding is the CV. Two ticks New Zealand First. Vote Luxon out.
Quick Hit: Five or Zero
Chippy's genuine shot is a binary bet on Qiulae Wong. Five per cent or zero.
Quick Hit: Contempt, Then Nothing.
The finding is the punishment. The invoice still sits in the file.
Quick Hit: To Know Who Is 16, You Need to Know Who Everyone Is
To keep a 15-year-old off Instagram, a platform has to know a 45-year-old is not 15.
Quick Hit: 59, 55 and Six Seats for Wong
Opportunity on 5.3 and six seats. Right 59, left 55. Neither governs without Wong.
Quick Hit: Labour’s 20 Per Cent Debt Promise Is a Sequel Nobody Asked For
Why believe the sequel when they wrote the first draft?