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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga but National simply arent smart enough to use it to thier advantage
Jacinda has banked alot of points in the past few weeks, so not sure National could do much anyway.
The second point is more likely, I think national have conceded 2020 and are hoping labour wipe out a coalition partner when they return to parliament and labour’s record going back to the 60s of leaving office with the economy in tatters gets them booted in 2023 .
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga seriously, why is he still here??
His mate has Arderns phone number?
I’m surprised they haven’t said he’s being deported as soon as his sentence is up , they are handing a gift to national every time immigration try to kick out someone like that volunteer firefighter in Nelson
And splitting up families should be a bad look too.
I had to laugh when the father said it would be different if his wife wore a hijab/headscarf. Either that or his wife should have been a drug trafficker
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga but National simply arent smart enough to use it to thier advantage
Jacinda has banked alot of points in the past few weeks, so not sure National could do much anyway.
The second point is more likely, I think national have conceded 2020 and are hoping labour wipe out a coalition partner when they return to parliament and labour’s record going back to the 60s of leaving office with the economy in tatters gets them booted in 2023 .
Bridges is not up to it. The electorate are slurping the Jacko Kool Aid and reading their Woman's Days. I'm not sure who they have to step up
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
Bridges is not up to it. The electorate are slurping the Jacko Kool Aid and reading their Woman's Days. I'm not sure who they have to step up
Nats have had alot of Hay to make and sunny days in the past 12 months or so, yet thier barn is empty!
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@antipodean said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
Bridges is not up to it.
He doesn't look terribly bright does he?
No. And contrary to Bill English's famous quote, politics is a popularity contest, and Bridge's does not come across as smart funny or cool
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Interesting...
Miss 10 doesnt fit in the age groups that automatically qualify...she asked me why and I told her Jacinda said she'd be ok...happy we are doing our part in the Pacific, but...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12219542
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@taniwharugby Well you will go and live in these third world regions like Kamo and such.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@JC I dont live in Kamo...sheesh, is Jacinda your fact checker?
I'm like 10km away from there!
What the hell is wrong with Kamo? Good high school...
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No surprises here. St Cindy shares with Key a healthy regard for the polls. It's really a win for both Labour and NZF.
Winnie has saved "Everyman" from the perils of the left. Labour can say if only more of you had given us yr party vote.... and they have effectively spiked National's only attack that was scoring any points
The Greens - well I guess they can revert to bleating on about how much they've saved the planet. Shaw's already going on about how much the current coalition has achieved more in 18 months than the Nats did in 9 years [talk about setting a low bar]
Personally this was pretty clearly the way it was going to play out from the moment the commission was appointed. The whole thing was an appeasement exercise. A gutless smoke and mirrors attempt to mollify the left while watching the polling intently.
I feel sorry for all the Nat supporters who are still bitter about "winning the last election but not being in power" and who naively thought CGT was the issue that would see them ride back into power.
National were fucked from the start unless Labour imploded. They then emasculated themselves with the leadership change and seem incapable of developing a coherent strategy - mainly because they seem collectively to be in denial.
They can't seem to drive a wedge between the coalition partners, they are an ineffective opposition on almost every front mainly it seems to me because they haven't grasped that they need to go bone deep into detail and start holding the (many) ineffective Ministers to account. I guess if your leader is a facile, shallow prick its to be expected the caucus as a whole will be pretty much the same.
National have relied on Labour being really stupid. Which they consistently have been, but the Nats are too poor to take advantage and they are stunned mullets when it comes to trying to counter the Jacinda effect.
I've thought from Day 1 this ould be at least a 2 term government. Now its not going to be taxed - I'd put the house on it.
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@dogmeat I see the backdown on cgt as a win for national. They’ll probably lose the next election though.
The Greens have gone full retard since 15/3
The responses to that insane tweet are quite heartening if anything costs Labour the next election it’ll be Shane Jones or the Golly G/ Davidson takeover of the greens . The fact they deliberately misquoted Trump in their hate speech campaign says volumes about the honesty of their intentions.
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it's a step, but not sure why they werent granted residency anyway!!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12223319
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@taniwharugby Did we ever hear what happened about the (Nelson?) firefighter in a similar position?
Edit to add: Maybe there are a fuckton of details missing, but I'm so confused why that family would be denied residency when they are clearly self sufficient and contributing to the economy, plus providing a lot of jobs for a small business.
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