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Election 2020
Contrasting Styles, Some Substance: 5 Experts on the First TV Leaders’ Debate of NZ’s Election
Grant Duncan, Massey University Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury Morgan Godfery, University of Otago Richard Shaw, Massey University Siouxsie Wiles Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins have met for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the
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Reflections on the First Leaders’ Debate
TV One, Tuesday 22 September, 7 PM A great many urban leftists are wealthy and vote for socialist parties as a kind of penitence. One such leftist took a brief pause recently from the administration of her family-owned businesses and trust accounts to ask what would have to happen for
Has Judith Jinxed Jacinda?
All bias aside, there is no doubt who won the first Leaders’ Debate. Judith came across as someone who was not only there to enjoy herself but there to win. Jacinda looked the exact opposite. She looked like she would rather be somewhere else. Her personal demeanour was appalling compared
Collins Wins First Leader’s Debate
I had a previous engagement so I had to record it and watch it later in the evening, which is a good thing, because I could spool through the ads and if the pain overwhelmed me, I could always pause, have a scotch and never come back. It was painful
Stuff Fact-Checks Judith Collins’ Claim “400 People a Day Are Losing Their Jobs”
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com After looking solely at Jobseeker Benefit and COVID Income Relief Payment numbers the Stuff journalist says, Many jobs are being lost as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But not 400 a day. Towards the conclusion of the first leaders’ debate, Judith Collins said “the
Daily News Roundup – 24 September 2020
Election Audrey Young (Herald): Act’s job is to destroy NZ First vote says National’s Judith Collins Ben Leahy (Herald): Wealth tax ‘a bottom line’ for a Greens-Labour Government: Genter Claire Trevett (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern has more to fear from a poll she won than a debate she
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The Epsom Cup of Tea and Political Arrogance
Jonathan The “Epsom Cup of Tea” got lost in the news cycle right before the latest Auckland lockdown. It wasn’t a cup of tea at all, but a press conference in Onehunga. David Seymour appeared to have no public reaction to the endorsement from Judith Collins, a striking contrast
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