Labour / NZ First Government

[porkandpuha]

Fell off my chair laughing MH one of the best interviewers made my day - the most biased commentator i think their has ever been on the MSM his fawning over national was a joke not sure he asked JK or BE any hard questions every , much like his facials on the night of the election when he found out Winnie went left - priceless.

Crusher can certainly sling mud and appeal to poor old farmers but not the urban voters - the fact she has to cosy up to farmers just goes to show how worried they are of losing voters to act.

1. Winnie didn't go left on election night.

2. Nobody understands the topic of the interview better than Hosking, no matter what the conversation is about. He's researched, and he knows what the interviewee will say before they say it. It allows for better flow and for better interrogation on any BS. Of course he is biased, they all are. That doesn't mean he doesn't know his stuff which is the point being made here. Keep up.

[porkandpuha]

The rate went down to 4% until the second lockdown.

Nats have decades long of experience appealing to mostly low education farmers and creating an imaginary urban/rural split so that is where the solid 30% for Judy comes from. Similar to the 40% of trump voters who don't shift no matter what.

I and most city and suburban voters want their sprinklers to work when the water is turned on frankly.

Are you sure you want to quote that 4% number given that on the day it was released, employment minister Willie Jackson is on the record saying it was likely incorrect. Economists had it at 7%, and it's a lot worse now.

[Panda-NZ-]

Are you sure you want to quote that 4% number given that on the day it was released, employment minister Willie Jackson is on the record saying it was likely incorrect. Economists had it at 7%, and it's a lot worse now.

It has been going down consistently since 2017 rather than staying in the high 4's for years under national. Those figures are before covid and are reliable.

[tim23]

1. Winnie didn't go left on election night.

2. Nobody understands the topic of the interview better than Hosking, no matter what the conversation is about. He's researched, and he knows what the interviewee will say before they say it. It allows for better flow and for better interrogation on any BS. Of course he is biased, they all are. That doesn't mean he doesn't know his stuff which is the point being made here. Keep up.

Oh no a Hosking fan - surely you're better than that?

[fungus pudding]

Oh no a Hosking fan - surely you're better than that?

pork andpuha does not claim to be a fan of Hosking, or even to like him. But you'd have to be pretty thick to disagree with his/her comment.

[jonu]

The employer wage subsidy is well finished so you need to get your facts correct, anyway what would you have done better?

Cindy extended it to run until Sept 1st, at that time within 3 weeks of the original election date.

What would I have done better? I wouldn't have committed to 150 BILLION new debt without an exit strategy from endless lockdowns and closed borders. Six months in and still no exit strategy other than a vaccine which may never materialise. If there is no vaccine we will have to let the virus run at some point, in which case most of this new debt is complete waste. Comforting thought eh?

I would have been far less restrictive on what businesses had to close at level 4. Virtually everyone in NZ went through a supermarket under level 4. As far as I'm aware, not 1 case of transmission was tracked to a supermarket. Butchers and Greengrocers were obvious to everyone at the time.

There is a hell of a list, some with the benefit of hindsight, most, glaringly obvious to anyone who hadn't been cowering in the fear that Cindy and her cohort ramped up.

[porkandpuha]

It has been going down consistently since 2017 rather than staying in the high 4's for years under national. Those figures are before covid and are reliable.

Just not reliable enough for the employment minister at the most recent update.

Also out of pure coincidence im sure, the number of public servants (waste) employed has also surged since 2017.

[artemis]

The employer wage subsidy is well finished so you need to get your facts correct, anyway what would you have done better?

CIRP is still open for a couple of months and is a covid subsidy costing tens of millions of dollars. Over 16000 on it now and some or most will move to Jobseeker when their 12 weeks ends. If they haven't found work they will be pretty unhappy with the much reduced JS rate.

[Balance]

The unemployed situation - shows how easily the ‘4 legs good, 2 legs better’ brigade are hoodwinked by Cindy & her team of incompetents who have delivered bugger all.

And they want another 3 years from the All Spin but No Delivery Cindy team.

[Balance]

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/202...ittle-to-cheer

So much for Cindy’s pledge to make homes affordable for 1st home buyers.

What a freaking disaster this pathetically inadequate and good for nothing but slogan mouthing woman is.