The Insanely Stupid Idea Is Two Ticks Blue
Greens on a record 16 per cent, National and Labour stuck on 28 per cent and Luxon calls the overhang an ‘insanely stupid idea’. The stupid idea is sticking with two ticks blue while the polls sink.
Labour Party
Chippy’s Minder
Trevor Mallard kept Owen Glenn away from Helen Clark in 2008. On Saturday he was stepping between Chris Hipkins and a heckler at Ōtara. Some people never change jobs.
Quick Hit: Fifteen Questions. Roaming.
Hipkins dropped 15 written questions on Pacific roaming and SIM cards weeks from the election. Suit: some SIM cards at USD $35. Fifteen questions. Roaming. Country can wait.
Three Years Of Landlord Tax Cuts. Now He Keeps Them.
Hipkins spent three years calling interest deductibility a tax cut for landlords. Now he keeps it and sells a capital gains tax instead. The slogan was the policy. The policy just left the room.
Most Popular. Melting Numbers.
Hipkins still says he is the most popular politician in the country. Ani has the clip. Cam already cut the line. Stats NZ has GDP up 0.2 per cent and construction up 2.7 percent. Popularity is a feeling. The ledger is a receipt.
Quick Hit: Labour Breaks Both. Nat Breaks One. ACT Breaks Nothing.
Labour would force Woolworths and Foodstuffs to split retail from wholesale. National still hedges Foodstuffs behind ComCom. Seymour brings the scissors. Breakup season. Same aisle. Three scripts. Labour breaks both. Nat breaks one (maybe). ACT breaks nothing.
Coalition of Chaos, Meet the Real Thing
Debbie drops the c-word. Willie fights the ruling. The Serjeant has to come. Chippy needs these people for a coalition. They called this lot chaos. Wait until you see theirs.
Empty Fridge and a Full Press Conference
Outlawing the signal that keeps the supermarket stocked is not compassion. It might be how you get some votes. It’s also how you empty the fridge.
Giant Douche. Turd Sandwich. Take Your Pick.
Every leader underwater. Luxon worst at 54/25. Hipkins ahead on seven of eight. Ardern still the only net favourable figure. South Park already named the ballot.
Quick Hit: The Letter That Bought $4.9m
OT treated a thank-you letter from Willie Jackson's wife as the business case for $4.9m. Not procurement. A family note with a price tag.
What Will Hipkins Have to Give Away?
KiwiPower, KiwiMart, Wealth Taxes, and Te Tiriti: What survives negotiations?
He Wouldn’t Say The Number. Now We Know Why.
Hipkins sold an above-30 comfort blanket and would not read the figure. Anacta just printed Labour 31, National 30. Show me the numbers. He had them.