Hager Should’ve Called His Book ‘A Swing and a Miss’
Hundreds packed Unity for Hager’s Dirty Work. Election-week damp squib. The poll charts still say noise, and the day-after receipts say fiction – plus their best unpaid fundraiser.
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Quick Hit: Hung Parliament, Explained in Numbers
On a 120-seat count the blocs were 60-all. The 11-seat overhang turned that into 67-64. A majority is 66, a tie loses and a new election needs a majority of the new House.
Roll Him While He’s in Shenzhen
Jenny Shipley gathered the numbers while Jim Bolger was at CHOGM. Christopher Luxon is flying to Shenzhen before the specials are in. I wouldn’t be leaving if I were him.
Bigots and Other Lost Souls
On political failure, finding your tribe and the lost art of tolerating people you disagree with.
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Diving Into Obscurity: Cordwainer Smith
The psychological warfare specialist who asked whether a safety-first future made possible by a permanent underclass would be worth living.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… proclaim (verb) - 1a: to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : announce b: to give outward indication of : show 2: to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally 3: to praise or glorify openly or publicly : extol