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Speaking of which the chardonnay will be flowing at RedShield House today with the passing of the FPA Act
I am a bit conflicted about this one. Philosophically I am against collective agreements as they dumb down recognition and reward. However, there are some industries that certainly need to have their working practices addressed. Fast Food, public transport etc.
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I suppose the next few weeks will be where the rubber hits the road (or not) for a few Councils.
I'm curious to see whether Wayne Brown ends up with a majority around the Council table on many of his plans, or whether his Mayoralty ends up being mainly proclamations without Councillor-backed implementation. He's off to a busy start, but the tea leaves are still a bit murky to read for further down the track.
I've read claims that there's an 11 - 10 theoretical bloc against him around the Council table, but whether the votes actually fall that way on specific issues is another story...
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@Donsteppa Brown and Goff struggled to get their agendas through despite having, in theory, majority support.
Given how divisive Brown's public utterances have been I can't see him doing any better. He'll get some wins for sure. Popularism is all the go in politics nowadays and to hell with governship.
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good to see we are dealing with the real issues
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@canefan some farmers at Mystery Creek this week gave Jacinda the same message INZ are giving these people...
A good case officer with INZ would be able to assist these people and see they are valuable citizens to have and help them meet the criteria.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@canefan some farmers at Mystery Creek this week gave Jacinda the same message INZ are giving these people...
A good case officer with INZ would be able to assist these people and see they are valuable citizens to have and help them meet the criteria.
Immigration, law and order, health, the economy, 3 Waters. Seems like Labour's performance in all of these will be more than enough to see them lose the next election. Not to mention the people seem tired of two faced Cindy
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From an outsider's perspective (living out of the country), the media seem to be turning against the govt, even Stuff!
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@canefan Only to be replaced by a political infant who goes on Morning Report to talk about his policy of raising the super age and allows himself to get ambushed by a price of bread question.
Neither party is up to the job - unfortunately.
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@canefan Only to be replaced by a political infant who goes on Morning Report to talk about his policy of raising the super age and allows himself to get ambushed by a price of bread question.
Neither party is up to the job - unfortunately.
Totally agree. No guarantees National are any better. But Labour are in power at the moment, they basked in their successes now they will have to own the failures. With the way things are economically it isn't a good election to win
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in NZ Politics:
From an outsider's perspective (living out of the country), the media seem to be turning against the govt, even Stuff!
The lies are catching up with them. And she has no cute pics of her daughter to placate the masses anymore
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Entrenchment means legislation could only be amended or repealed if a special majority agreed to it in Parliament. Earlier this week, the entrenchment clause in Three Waters was labelled as "constitutionally objectionable" by the Law Society.
The clause would now be removed, House Leader Chris Hipkins confirmed on Sunday.
"It was a mistake to put the entrenchment clause in and the Government will fix the issue as soon as the House resumes on Tuesday," he said in a statement.
Muppets!
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
Entrenchment means legislation could only be amended or repealed if a special majority agreed to it in Parliament. Earlier this week, the entrenchment clause in Three Waters was labelled as "constitutionally objectionable" by the Law Society.
The clause would now be removed, House Leader Chris Hipkins confirmed on Sunday.
"It was a mistake to put the entrenchment clause in and the Government will fix the issue as soon as the House resumes on Tuesday," he said in a statement.
Muppets!
The lies are catching up. I don't think these things go unnoticed by the public
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@canefan Only to be replaced by a political infant who goes on Morning Report to talk about his policy of raising the super age and allows himself to get ambushed by a price of bread question.
Neither party is up to the job - unfortunately.
Luxton appears so terribly afraid of making a mistake that he really comes across at best as one of those politicians that speaks a lot but never appears to say anything, at middling as spineless and at worst a combination of the two.
ACT is climbing the ranks simply because Seymour puts up some sort of opposition to Labour, not that ACT and national lack material but it appears only ACT has the guts to do something about it.
And I'm not an ACT voter or Seymour fan, just simply saying how I see it - rightly or wrongly.
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@Windows97 I was never sold on Luxon and my misgivings are being borne out I think.
Yes he's steadied the ship, but that's more about what went before and the Labour implosion than any qualities Luxon himself brings.
Nat supporters fap about how he is John Key II just because they both have a commercial background, but Key was a political savant and Luxon ...isn't.
Luxon remains Labours one great hope for re-election. He isn't really improving at all. How can he go into an interview not knowing what NZ Super pays. He epitomises the white, privileged male meme and he's leading a caucus that largely reinforces that prejudice.
Cindy v Luxon is a political mis-match
Labour v National - not so much.
Even with the state of the economy and Labour's many and obvious failings I still think the electoon's going to be tight
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@dogmeat Sadly your 100% correct here, not because I was desperately looking for something to disagree with in your post so I could argue with a complete stranger on the internet, but because I don't think my mental health could stand another 4 years of Cindy.
Between her and Fozzie it's pretty tough going if you're looking to your leaders for inspiration
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@Windows97 said in NZ Politics:
comes across at best as one of those politicians that speaks a lot but never appears to say anything
isnt that how most politicians speak anyway?
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