National - FFS!

[fish]

Saving 9 billion of what? printed money.

Paul is good at slogans given his training in PR and the author of numerous books.
Which are good qualities for a politician but not that desirable for NZ.

Super returns are tax free to the govt and pretty much everything will return more than the 1% interest rate.

surely they would not print money .
Clearly it saves $9 billion of government money with nobody but fund managers really caring .

[tim23]

[FONT="] Gordon Campbell: On National's Great Leap Backwards
"Flash forward to 2020, and to Nicky Hager’s depiction of the Judith Collins that he documented in depth over the course of writing his book Dirty Politics:[/FONT]
[FONT="]The chapter recounts where she recommended to [blogger Cameron] Slater about some National Party internal politics: "Personally I would be out for total destruction... But then I've learned to give is better than to receive." She called it the "double" rule: "always reward with Double"; and said "If you can't be loved, then best to be feared."[/FONT]
"That is Muldoonism, in a nutshell. If you can’t destroy them, make them fear you. Welcome to the National Party, where - once again- an inflated sense of self-esteem is being marketed as strength."

The local Nats branch chair likened her to Muldoon too - thats progress I guess according to that Nats?!

[Panda-NZ-]

Yep similar in most ways I think.

[Panda-NZ-]

I feel for simon given what has been put through by the other team.

[Balance]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...-to-stop-sales

Surprise! Who has been selling state houses despite promising the practice would be stopped pronto?

None other than Labour!

[artemis]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/ind...-to-stop-sales

Surprise! Who has been selling state houses despite promising the practice would be stopped pronto?

None other than Labour!

There will be some backpedaling on that promise, for sure, with fantastic reasons why it was Ok to break it.

Have to say though, it was always a daft promise, and just indicated that Labour was playing to the gallery without choosing to understand the well publicised reasons behind state house decisions.

[Blue Skies]

Extraordinary, 18 National MP's have quit this last term & we still haven't even got to the end of it.
No matter which way Brownlee tries to spin it, plainly obvious its not a happy environment.

[Balance]

Extraordinary, 18 National MP's have quit this last term & we still haven't even got to the end of it.
No matter which way Brownlee tries to spin it, plainly obvious its not a happy environment.

Opposition is not a happy place - that’s for sure. The difference between National & Labour is that National MPs have lives & professions out of politics unlike the career politicians of Labour.

[dobby41]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12348616

Real reason why Nikki Kaye decided to call it a day - must be the worse possible experience to back Todd Muller who was not up to the job.

So good on her to quit politics and do other things. Well done, Nikki & all the best.

Might be right but just opinion dressed up as fact - she does a lot of that (her job I suppose).

[dobby41]

The difference between National & Labour is that National MPs have lives & professions out of politics unlike the career politicians of Labour.

Actually the difference is that Labour are in power and will be come end of September and many in National can't stomach another 3 years twiddling thumbs.