It would liven up those boring as hell mastercook programs.
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Now we've got a thread topic! Right with you there FP. I have to sit through those, or do something else, when those are finished it'll be a program on cupcakes.
Sgt Pepper, yes I quite agree about the waste of money, John's had years to organise a referendum, but must have thought it might polarise the voting. Next time anyone moans about the costs of Labour's policies, we can bring up this waste of taxpayer's cash that JK is happy to spend. It's probably about the same amount as the combined total of the expected income tax from the nation's farmers for 2014-2015.
thanks EZ
Yep a deafening silence from most of the others, would have of been howls of outrage if Labour had done that, but, as usual a rather selective indignation prevails, whatever John the Duplicitious does is wonderful. Yawn
In the meantime
Dairy prices collapsing
Christchurch rebuild stagnating
Fran Sullivans analysis in the Herald this morning, very interesting and did not exactly hold back on what she thought of John Key shortcomings and lack of engagement with the truly important issues
but we know how seriously he takes referendums.67% of referendum respondents did not want asset sales and where did that get them? 53% of the electorate in the 2013 electiond did not give key a mandate to sell - but he did
Does the current flag not work well? John Key said he would change the crimes act yet 87.4% of respondents wanted a change when asked about smacking. As we know that got the population no where.despite them thinking it was a law they did not want.
We wondered what the smoke screen key was putting down over the past few days. Perhaps it had something to do with solid enegy failure to keep keys promise with respect to the pike river mine
Probably, MM. I was hoping that Labour would bring out a policy, just before the election, that they would definitely go into the mine and bring the comrades out if they could. They got close, it was a bit muted and lost in everything else that was going on. That would be a far better use of a few million dollars than a referendum.
Govt policy settings led to the Pike River disaster. Govt funds should be spent helping to restore some balance there. That's what a Helen Clark govt would have done. See the difference? You feel the difference.
Just so we dont end up to one eyed it was in 2005 that Peter Withall took over as mine manager and was responsible for mine development. In 2007 there was the PRC IPO.
Going back to 2005 Comrade Helen won the election and we had a Labour led government with support from NZ First and waste of space United Future.
National took over in 2008 by which time some $190m had been spent on development and the mine was tracking towards the unfortunate shaft collapse in Feb 2009 - less than 2 months after National took power.
Can we please not do the Pike river thing here sweetie, not in front of the kids. Please.