I/S rants about Labour’s lastest breach of the Electoral Act. Just to add to what he says, I think (non-empirical statement coming up: if I was a political columnist I’d write ‘some say’ or ‘most New Zealanders think’) that if you asked the public why Labour is unpopular then part of the answer would involve a perception of Labour as an unethical, sleazy party (built up by years of scandals like the repeated funding/election spending rorts, Chris Carter, Shane Jones, Phillip-Field, support for Winston Peters, etc). But I also think that if you suggested to Labour MPs or supporters that their party was sleazy or unethical they would be genuinely shocked, because they see themselves as ‘the good guys’ – and they’d attempt to litigate each of the examples I made above (‘it’s the mainstream media’s fault for reporting it! And what about Double Dipton Bill English?’) With the counter-intuitive result that they continue to behave unethically – damaging the integrity of the Labour Party brand and further alienating voters – while still considering themselves highly ethical, and refusing to even acknowledge any of the damage these scandals have caused them. (Because they didn’t really happen, because Labour is so ethical.)
He's dead right is Danyl. Labour's patronising "we know what's good for you" attitude, and the party's refusal to accept responsibility for anything (with the possible exception of 17 state asset sales) is what has turned the electorate away from what was once a political titan.
It's sackcloth and ashes time Labour; take your licks, ask for forgiveness and move on; or risk annihilation on 26 November. Even your friends don't like you any more!
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National's 'ACC crisis'
just not credible.
National's 'we've managed to fix it' claim
Just
Not
Credible.
INV2
you have no credibility as an anonymous religious hypocrite.
that is a fact.
change 2 of those 3 flaws and you will have some credibility on some issues, but until then the real world is not yours to comment on.
Key floundering
The Dom Post are telling you what's going on Inv2.
Key's not doing well with this CGT and it's obvious to all but the adoring (you/Ele etc.)
"On Thursday Labour will drop the last veil and give Mr Key a clearer shot at the target. Meanwhile he is playing into Labour's hands, fuelling the debate while opening himself to a counterattack on his reputation for pragmatic economic management."
"Perhaps all this flailing about is because, in attacking the theory of a capital gains tax, Mr Key senses he has few friends beyond some tax accountants and the real estate industry; hence his call for reporters to contact retiring IRD policy guru Robin Oliver – one of the few key state sector advisers opposed to the idea."
I reckon.
As for this:
"Prime Minister John Key says accepting a boat load of Sri Lankan asylum seekers would open the flood gates to "millions of others'' and reward the "bad people''.
But Amnesty International New Zealand chief executive Patrick Holmes said Key was talking "nonsense" and was just "scaremongering".
Desperation. Cheap.
`Even your friends don't like you any more!'
I just love those words in relation to Labour.
May I also suggest it is time for you to start deleting and banning the off thread trolls as per those first two comments.
No; let them have their say pdm; people can read the comments and make their own judgments. I have no wish to become like Lynn at The Standard or Trevor Mallard, censoring anyone who disagrees.
wahoo!
Let us pray.
'Even your friends don't like you anymore.'
I love those christian and charitable words in relation to PDM (who probably isn't real – just another avatar of INV2s) No trolling here. Just counter views to this anonymous businessman from Whanganui who opines on secular worldly affairs from the hypocritical position of supernatural believer. Amen.
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