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The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out. It was taken before Simon Bridges went all-in against NZ First. The numbers show that National + ACT doesn’t beat Labour + Greens. This year’s election is shaping up to be all about mates – who has friends and who doesn’t.
As previously discussed, I have been seriously considering voting ACT at the election this year, although I suspect I won’t know for sure until I am actually at the polling station. This week, David Seymour came out with his list of conditions which form the basis on which he
Yesterday I warned the National party against cosying up to the Maori party. It seems that I was right on the money. National may not be able to rely on partnering up with the Maori Party after the election – if that party is able to secure a seat to get
Shane Jones has announced he will be standing for NZ First in Northland. That seat is currently held by Matt King of National, with a majority of 1389 votes. There is now talk of an electorate deal for Northland: Jones is set to stand in the Northland seat for New
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Below are seven charts which go some way to explaining why Trump’s polling is surging and shows up the Democrats for wanting to impeach a president who is delivering for working Americans. President Donald Trump used his 2020 State of the Union address to boast about the incredible labor
The Daily Mail reports on some funding issues for the Commonwealth Secretariat because of ‘significant weaknesses in its approach to managing procurement’. New Zealand has suspended funding because of poor audit reports: Embattled Commonwealth chief Baroness Scotland’s hopes of keeping her job suffered a blow yesterday after a snub
We have discussed Simon Bridges‘ decision to not go into coalition with NZ First on this site mainly from a National point of view, and it has to be said that it was a bold move that may very well signal the end of Simon Bridges’ political career. Only time
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As the news broke about Simon Bridges‘ “bold” move to attempt to cancel out Winston Peters the National caucus was all cock-a-hoop. Despite there being no discussion or even a vote in caucus, the leadership team of National made their declaration of war. Since then, however, they have
Radio NZ and their reporter, Guyon Espiner, ran a story about donors to the NZ First Foundation. In their breathless reporting of the facts, they have unwittingly aided a man currently under investigation for theft of those same documents. And what have they revealed? Well, that neither the donors nor
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Unfortunately in modern politics we have become infected with two weeping sores. The first is tribalism or hyper-partisanship. The second is media bias, or what I used to see described as the involvement of the Media party. Both are affecting the way we discuss politics. We saw hyper-partisanship
Tribal National supporters are ecstatic that Simon Bridges has declared that he won’t have a path to victory. Their disconnect from the reality of the situation is astonishing. Let’s look at the claims. Winston can’t be trusted because he sued National two days before the last election.
