NZ Politics
Vote For What You Don’t Want.
Personally, I am in no doubt that this is the method we should employ. It doesn’t really disadvantage National as they are the largest party in the parliament. What it does do – and this is important – is give ACT and NZ First more clout when it comes to post-election negotiations.
Quick Hit: Scrap Net Zero. Keep The Jobs.
Virtue targets don’t cool the planet. They cool the factory floor.
Still No List MPs. Still No Answer.
Both majors under 30. National 135k short of one list MP. Still selling two ticks blue. The honest National vote is electorate vote National and party vote ACT or NZ First.
The Watchdog Comes Last
A press that is trusted less than the government cannot hold the government to account. It can only lecture. People who have already decided you are not straight with them do not take your word on the prime minister.
The Council Cannot Escape the Blame
Councillors chose to hold the plant at arm’s length. They then behaved as though that put the politics of it out of their reach too, which was never true.
Answers to Stuff You Wanted to Know
MP accommodation, ACC’s investments, Māori tax, child poverty, public servants, overhangs, and the small matter of several billion dollars for the Paris Agreement...
Welcome to KiwiMart. Bring Your Own Empty Shelf.
Greens force-buy 120 shops for $2.8b, hide the bill as wealth tax and call empty shelves competition. Not green: communist.
Quick Hit: Not On The Road User’s Tab
Fuel tax builds roads. Sculptures find a sponsor. ACT is right.
Voters Are Not Soldiers. Then He Ordered Them.
Hehir says voters are not soldiers. Then he sells Two Ticks Blue. National already treats the base like automatons. I know. The shunning still applies.
The RMA Update Has a Hidden Trap
We urge the government to amend the legislation so that any future attempt to expand IPA powers, create co-governance arrangements, or alter councils’ rights must be approved by parliament rather than implemented by regulation behind closed doors.