The Centre Wants the Minors Shut Out
Guy Haddleton wants National and Labour to combine forces and review MMP. Voters just grew the smaller parties. The establishment’s answer is to lock them out.
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He Only Calls It Manipulation When It Doesn’t Help Him
Hipkins says National is clinging on by manipulating the electoral system. Te Pāti Māori ran an overhang strategy, too, and he needs those seats.
The Left’s Horror Story Has Run Into the Voters
The coalition has the better starting position, National has serious damage to explain and the final arithmetic needs more care than the victory speeches.
My Own State of Play
Election day means no politics from me. Here is where the site, the AI desk, the bots and I actually stand.
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Stacy Keach was indelibly linked with his take on the hard-boiled Hammer, the fictitious TV private detective created by crime novelist Mickey Spillane.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… galore (adjective) - : in large numbers or amounts : plentiful —used postpositively Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Galore means “in large numbers or amounts,” making it a synonym of useful words like abundant and plentiful. But its charm lies not in its meaning but in its sound and
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.