Labour govt 2020-23

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Not really. Jacinda could shoot someone and not loose any voters currently.

The opposition is simply disgraceful. Hopefully winston can get back in

LOL - shoot someone? She does not even dare to front up in Auckland!

You obviously have no idea of what is going on in the Labour Party.

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Not really. The PM could shoot someone and not loose any voters currently.

The opposition is simply disgraceful. Hopefully winston can get back in

Was at a 60th b-day party last night and Cindy was trash talked by all and sundry, the fairy dust has well and truly worn off.

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Remove the lockdown factor and it will be back at 48% rather fast.

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Remove the lockdown factor and it will be back at 48% rather fast.

Remind the electorate of all the broken promises and she & Labour will be down below 35% in 2023.

Racist policies
Favouring criminals, gangs and anti socials
Housing disaster

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Another day and another lie revealed from the one source of truth :

This clueless government treats NZers with contempt (deservedly so with the number of posters on this site parroting the garbage spewing out of their mouths).

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...74PPMCYDZ2CKA/

A senior official called on Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson to correct a statement about why a major international sailing event was refused entry to managed isolation facilities (MIQ), after he suggested ministers were not involved in the decision.

Amid calls to explain the decision, Robertson, as Sports Minister, issued a statement which appeared to claim that officials within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment had made the decision, independent of the Beehive.

"It's a really cowardly act for someone of Grant's stature to give the bureaucracy such a hospital pass’”

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...HWQIXLGLFNNZ4/

Trend is clear - National needs to get its act together and it will be goodbye to this racist unethical clueless Labour government led by a Spin Mistress.

Doubt National will get ACT together ... more likely the other way around ;

However - as long as ACT and National are seeking and receiving the support of anti vaxxers, climate change deniers and gun lovers supported by a National policy to appoint MP's without regard to character or leadership skills am I not sure whether they would be a better choice for the country.

Really - at the moment picking between an ACT led government (with National support) and a Labour led government (with Green support) feels like the ancient Greek problem to choose between Scylla and Charybdis. Problems was - no matter which of the mythical sea monsters you picked, both of them tended to crush your boat ...

Oops - did I say "crush"? Probably just a Freudian slip ...

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Here's a link to an extremely informative article on the merits or otherwise of Groundswell's anti Jacinda, anti-govt protest.
Written by a Kiwi who grew up in rural NZ with many of his family working in Dairy, its def well worth a read.

It's a pity this isn't reprinted on the front page of the Herald though I expect now the majority of NZ'ers actually support sentiments expressed in the article.

What is striking is how unlike every other industry over the last 30 years, Farmers have managed to completely exempt themselves from so many regulations until now.

The sense of entitlement is breathtaking.
Agriculture currently make up almost half of all NZ emissions but there is currently zero regulation of agriculture emissions! Zero!

Farmers have somehow managed to get complete exemption from the ETS until 2025 & then at a 95% discount, & they are still complaining!

Intensive agriculture contributes to one third of our rivers being unsafe to swim in at least part of the year. (& the Havelock North water contamination which made 3000 people sick & killed several)

60% of all water used in NZ is for irrigation.

There's been a massive shift towards intensive dairy farming through the use of heavy inputs such as the use of nitrogen fertiliser (increased by over 600% & dairy herd doubled to 6.3 million contributing more emissions than our cars), irrigation & imported feed over the last 30 years.


Many farmers & Federated Farmers recognise the need to move towards more sustainable practices & are working with the govt.
Groundswell seem to represent a small noisy minority resistant to any change, which simply can't continue.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/co...l-has-come-due

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NZ's drinking water is being poisoned in some parts of the south island. Which is ironically where these ineffective protests are taking place.

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With Marsden Point refinery converting to an import facility, what better way for comrade Jacinda to ingratiate herself to the Chinese, than offering the balance of space and facilities to them as a south Pacific Naval base?

Forget places like Tonga & Vanuatu, much better infrastructure here.

Who knows, she may score a free railway spur line?

That would gladden Winston's heart...

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Whatever happened to Dr Jian yang