For all his faults, Bridges is no wimp and he will fight it out and while he can’t and won’t beat Labour in September, he can at least show they aren’t a party of desperate cowards.
The Newshub Political Poll last night is as unprecedented as the pandemic itself.
If Police leadership have to call for a stocktake of mass surveillance programs the Police are currently utilising, that should concern everyone.
Last nights Poll is just so extraordinary in terms of MMP, it creates unique Winners and Losers.
Last nights explosive Newshub Poll that put Labour on a staggering 56.5% makes real internal polling that has hinted at the exact same momentum.
The electorate wants kindness, they don’t want arsehole.
The Prime Minister who has led us through the turmoil of terrorism, volcanism and almost bubonic plague would not be left wondering in Auckland if the cafe was full!!!
So we are at Level 2, we’ve dodged a public health nightmare and have all sacrificed in the greatest tradition of Democracy. Unlike authoritarian regimes who can impose their will via military force, NZ is a liberal progressive democracy that had to rely on well informed citizens acting in solidarity for the collective good and we passed with flying colours.
This week we found out the NZ Police were using questionable mass surveillance facial recognition without any permission whatsoever.
One of the fears I’ve had since the pandemic broke out was how quickly conflict with an external enemy would benefit both China and Trump.