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Well, on a personal level the Nats have lost points with me around their 'pay for managed isolation' policy.
When it came out I thought that some of the circumstances that hadnt been worked through would be addressed beyond the populism of folk moaning about paying for '5-star hotels'.This is what Brownlee declared..
*National’s policy is about fairness. Many Kiwis have only one or two overseas holidays in their lives. National won’t expect taxpayers to pay for other Kiwis returning from high-paying careers or expensive holidays in Europe”
“Those who need to return to New Zealand have had plenty of time to get home since border restrictions began, including through repatriation flights organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“They will have a further two weeks to get home without facing the charge, after the election of a National Government on 19 September.*
What a load of bollocks. Not everyone overseas is in a high paying career or an expensive holiday. That's the type of comment I would expect from the Greens FFS!
MFAT arranged some piggybacking on other flights from a couple of places. It was hardly Dunkirk.
As I said this is a personal view as my son and his partner are still in the UK but constantly assessing the position and risk on travelling/staying. They have been overseas gaining skills and experience and to develop a business to come back with and add to our economy.
Kiwis that have not flooded back here should be being thanked, not castigated as being rich and/or lazy. They haven't incurred any costs to NZ (as yet) and haven't added strain to housing or benefits needs.
At the moment they can continue earning and staying safe by staying overseas but eventually their visas will run out and they will have to return. They won't have a choice.
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@Godder the price of vege's is truly a disgrace
NZ Business pre-election survey had something like 68% of companies in favour of paying the Living Wage so a rise to the minimum wage doesn't seem out of step with business sentiment
@Billy-Tell agree about Switzerland - unless you want to wash your car on a Sunday of course or disagree with the mandatory irony by-pass
Ha ha. You enjoy your cliches, I’ll enjoy my high standard of living. TBH Switzerland is made up of cantons which are each as different as the other. The Switzerland you think of is found in some of the German cantons.
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@Duluth said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
... and that is where the conspiracy theorists live.
Not the claim I am putting forward. I'm just talking about the opportunity to push this theory. The theory has had it's advocates for years. However there hasn't really been mainstream politicians applying it (at least openly saying they are)
A crisis is a good time for them to push harder for it. A crisis is also when politicians are more likely to change course. That crisis could've been a natural disaster, war etc etc
I I know that's not what you're suggesting. But morons be morons, and they'll fill in those gaps with whatever nonsense seems likely to get the most likes from their moron friends.
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@Duluth said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
... and that is where the conspiracy theorists live.
Not the claim I am putting forward. I'm just talking about the opportunity to push this theory. The theory has had it's advocates for years. However there hasn't really been mainstream politicians applying it (at least openly saying they are)
A crisis is a good time for them to push harder for it. A crisis is also when politicians are more likely to change course. That crisis could've been a natural disaster, war etc etc
In any case, you're right about the opportunism. Most Finance Ministers aren't economically trained so this stuff must be tempting, because it's superficially attractive. And in the short term it may even work. Not a fan myself though.
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Leader's debate on now. Judith making a decent fist of it so far. Jacinda falling back into her scripted answers even if she needs to shoehorn them in where they don't fit (for example using a question about infrastructure to launch into her piped hydro scheme). She has the sympathetic frown in full effect
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Great to have lying lefty mcfucking leftface "moderating" the debate.
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@No-Quarter I can't stand him, so even if I wanted to watch the debate I wouldn't.
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@No-Quarter said in NZ Politics:
Great to have lying lefty mcfucking leftface "moderating" the debate.
I had my doubts but I actually think he's doing an OK job. Judith in full flow, but it won't make a shred of difference to the sheeple
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@Mokey said in NZ Politics:
@canefan I agree. I can't stand Campbell, but he is actually pulling Jacinda up on some of her vague waffly non answers.
I’m genetically programmed to hate Campbell’s and that Mr McGoo looking fucktard makes it’s very easy.
Such a cock
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@MN5 said in NZ Politics:
@Mokey said in NZ Politics:
@canefan I agree. I can't stand Campbell, but he is actually pulling Jacinda up on some of her vague waffly non answers.
I’m genetically programmed to hate Campbell’s and that Mr McGoo looking fucktard makes it’s very easy.
Such a cock
Absolutely agree. I went in with low expectations but he's been quite tolerable.
Jacinda talking about plans and hope
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@MN5 Gower? I think he is a fluffybunny too, but I know for a fact Campbell lied on one of his segments years back, i know cos I was there and know what happened was different to what they discussed on Campbell live
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Jacinda stuck to her set piece speeches and came off aloof and staged(one of the commentators called her performance 'academic'). Judith's set piece oratory is not as polished. But she showed more energy and came across as more real imho. For those who know nothing about her she was able to show herself and allow viewers to learn things; grew up a dairy farmer's daughter, married Samoan man, owned small business, generally came across like she sympathised and she could relate. Came prepared with a number of specific factoids that she was able to try to bring to bear
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@MN5 Gower? I think he is a fluffybunny too, but I know for a fact Campbell lied on one of his segments years back, i know cos I was there and know what happened was different to what they discussed on Campbell live
I went to uni with Gower, he's a good egg
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@MN5 Gower? I think he is a fluffybunny too, but I know for a fact Campbell lied on one of his segments years back, i know cos I was there and know what happened was different to what they discussed on Campbell live
Referring to Campbell and his stupid oversized glasses which make him look even cuntier than normal.
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@Mokey said in NZ Politics:
@voodoo Bullshit. He tried to cheat his way through a postgrad paper and got caught.
I didn't know that. I spent many a party with him, went to his 21st, had a bunch of common friends. We weren't besties but I really liked him. Havent seen him in 20yrs, but would go for a beer in an instant.
Shame to hear stuff like that, I'd be keen to know the detailed truth
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@voodoo said in NZ Politics:
@Mokey said in NZ Politics:
@voodoo Bullshit. He tried to cheat his way through a postgrad paper and got caught.
I didn't know that. I spent many a party with him, went to his 21st, had a bunch of common friends. We weren't besties but I really liked him. Havent seen him in 20yrs, but would go for a beer in an instant.
Shame to hear stuff like that, I'd be keen to know the detailed truth
I think both things can be true.
I've seen fantastic people who have clear morals do stupid things when they are under a deadline for an academic assignment. I've seen people who are fun and easy to hang around with steal ideas and assignments from friends, and completely lie about it when confronted (even when we can absolutely establish who did the work).
The good ones recognize that they did something shitty, apologize, and make up for it. To illustrate, in my first year at my current job I had a kid completely rip off an online source in their assignment, so I failed them for the class and they were lucky to not get kicked out of the program. On the day he graduated two and a half years later, he submitted to me an original assignment on the topic and asked for feedback
As you can imagine, I'd hate it if the only thing we knew about him was that he cheated on an assignment at uni once.
Having said that, Gower has a pretty punchable face.
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