If National wins ...

[fungus pudding]

I see Key has dropped as preferred PM in latest poll. That will have the socialists salivating. He's down 0.04 percent to 64.06. Still National are up as preferred party naturally, so it's not all bad.

[iceman]

And Little down and Winston up, as predicted, after the former effectively handed over the role of Opposition Leader by gifting Northland to the latter. When is the incompetence at Labour going to stop !

I see Key has dropped as preferred PM in latest poll. That will have the socialists salivating. He's down 0.04 percent to 64.06. Still National are up as preferred party naturally, so it's not all bad.

[elZorro]

Ponygate will still not see the left get in in 2017. Just watch Little make an idiot of himself when Key returns. The public are over it all now but the left will try to milk it as far as they can unaware of this.

Key was wrong and he knows it. He apologized. The end.

There are far more important things to be concerned with than this crap much as some of you thrive on it.

Saw John Key on TV this morning, and he'd failed to specifically mention women's rights while in Saudi Arabia. A tricky issue at the best of times over there, but with his recent background, JK would have no leg to stand on.

Daytr: this longer-term research looks useful to reduce livestock emissions, being carried out at AgResearch. This is more like it, it's the sort of research they should get involved in.

http://www.nzresources.com/showartic...&guid=30007120

[Major von Tempsky]

Time for Daytr, El Zorro and the rest of the raving looney Left to find a different game....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11440058

Ponytail-gate fails to shake Prime Minister's ratings

5:00 AM Wednesday Apr 29, 2015


Key and National still riding high in polls and Winston Peters has gained support

[elZorro]

Time for Daytr, El Zorro and the rest of the raving looney Left to find a different game....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11440058

Ponytail-gate fails to shake Prime Minister's ratings

5:00 AM Wednesday Apr 29, 2015


Key and National still riding high in polls and Winston Peters has gained support

MVT, I think if you look harder, that survey straddled the timing of the pony-gate saga, before the public were fully informed about it, or had time to digest the ramifications.

On Pundit the other day, more comment by Tim Watkin. There is a point raised further on, since no other waitresses have stepped up with similar complaints, is it possible JK singled out the Parnell waitress for attention after finding that she wasn't keen on National policies, or bowled over by his persona?

http://pundit.co.nz/content/has-john...an-he-realises

Today we hear news of a widening trade deficit. But that is apparently a sign of a strong economy? We can't keep buying more than we're selling forever though, can we?

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/busine...cit-will-widen

[Daytr]

MVT you obviously went to the same kindergarten as Key & like him failed to graduate.
Blanketly labelling (quite incorrectly I might add) people & name calling, very mature.
Perhaps you should run for PM ! Its obviously the type of behavior that you enjoy.
Also a poll actually performed post the hair tugging episode & international laughing stock that followed might be a little more indicative if it has impacted Key's popularity. Just a small point.... But don't let anything get in the way of your fantasy.
Do you fall asleep at night counting John Key's tugs on a girl's ponytail perhaps?
As one commentator said when this ridiculous behavior broke. Those who like Key will justify the behavior no matter what. Those who don't like him will feast on it. So its the swing voters that are likely to be the only ones that really may show up in polling. Although it would be interesting to hear a woman's perspective on the whole thing.

Time for Daytr, El Zorro and the rest of the raving looney Left to find a different game....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11440058

Ponytail-gate fails to shake Prime Minister's ratings

5:00 AM Wednesday Apr 29, 2015


Key and National still riding high in polls and Winston Peters has gained support

[elZorro]

Daytr, some people in USA have even animated JK's Ponygate saga for a news item.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCq...ature=youtu.be

There's a lot of stuff posted on the web about it now, Micky Savage had this comment.

http://thestandard.org.nz/pillock-of-the-week/

And another from Mike Smith about the owners of the café.

http://thestandard.org.nz/hip-throw-to-the-lions/

It has just occurred to me that Ponygate could be a slower running version of Marilyn Waring's undoing of Robert Muldoon. Sir Robert was so incensed by her statement that she'd be crossing the floor, that he called a snap election, and he did this to camera, after having had one or two tipples in the evening. In a similar situation to now, where the PM was the undisputed figurehead and had been promoted as such, the outcome was inevitable.

[westerly]

Time for Daytr, El Zorro and the rest of the raving looney Left to find a different game....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11440058

Ponytail-gate fails to shake Prime Minister's ratings

5:00 AM Wednesday Apr 29, 2015


Key and National still riding high in polls and Winston Peters has gained support

All that poll proves is any publicity is good publicity. However the rabid, righteous, right will milk it.

However I do feel threats of court action and union involvement is not doing Labour any favours. John has made a big enough fool of himself on his own and over reaction is not necessary.

westerly

[elZorro]

All that poll proves is any publicity is good publicity. However the rabid, righteous, right will milk it.

However I do feel threats of court action and union involvement is not doing Labour any favours. John has made a big enough fool of himself on his own and over reaction is not necessary.

westerly

Fair enough Westerly. You do have to remember that Labour is a party that wants to look like NZ, on average. So 50% female in top positions etc if possible. The party also started solidly with views on workers' rights.

I for one, believe that if workers get a fair go, we all do well.

I have been keeping an eye on National's track record for income and spending lately.

Money raked in from 250,000 speeding fines when 4km/hr over rule imposed: $7mill extra approx.
Money available/granted to 57 big businesses for R&D over four years: $855mill

Placements for undergraduates in science, engineering, design for 400hrs, summer hols: just 240 countrywide @$6,400 each =$1.536mill
Emergency grant to Nepal, Sir Edmund Hillary's favourite charity country: $1mill from all of NZ, doubled to $2mill a few days later =50c p/p.

There is a pattern of major money heading out to minority big business in the way of grants and cosy deals, policies helping rocketing house prices, continued non-taxing of steady capital gains, and miserly redistributions to the majority.

[elZorro]

Tony Alexander reckons they need 76,000 new homes in Auckland, and on the face of it, to remove the pressure on house prices there, he might be right.

http://www.interest.co.nz/property/7...day+1+May+2015

Paul Glass has an interesting article on our Rock-star economy.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/economy/ne...day+1+May+2015