Bill English had bad acne as a teenager – he understands pain
As National strategists desperately scramble to make Bill English seem as empathetic as Jacinda Ardern, Bill’s opened up about his pain.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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The only reason farmers suddenly care about the water is because they know Labour will win
The only reason the bloody corporate farmers who are intensifying dairy suddenly care about the water is because they sense the outrage from voters at the way they have stolen and polluted our water ways while giving us expensive product because they charge us what they can get off shore.
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Watch for the ‘no policy’ sexist attack on Jacinda by the right in the election
Jacinda’s popularity is based on hope, emotional intelligence, compassion based reasoning and the ability to connect personally and empathetically to voters. Painting her as emotional and flakey with no policy as Matthew Hooton did when she won the leadership is a sexist wishful fantasy on behalf of the right, and it should be shown the contempt it deserves at the ballot box next month.
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Maori TV Leaders Debate – What new poll means, Hone Harawira + Gareth Morgan shine
If there is a desire for change within the Maori electorate as strong as it is forming within the General electorate we need to start thinking about a Labour + Green Government because if this Maori support joins middle class support joins workers, women, beneficiaries and most importantly young voters, Labour will have a shot at a 40+ result now.
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Twitter outrage will get TOP 5%
The simple truth is that TOP can only implement their policy with Labour, they can’t do it with National, but the TOP electorate are alienated by tribal identity twitter politics so TOP can appeal to them by outraging Twitter.
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English calls Morgan’s “lipstick on a pig” comment “outside acceptable boundaries of political criticism – Really?
Imagine if the media held English to account the way they did Metiria?
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What’s really slowing housing markets? A 10 year old birthday present from the GFC
Lot’s of ’10 years ago today’ stuff last week marking the beginning of the meltdown in global markets as weapons of mass destruction derivatives forced a global market collapse that almost tail spun the entire planet in a steep economic depression.
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Greens promise free public transport to under 19yr olds
The Greens are back on their feet with a promise for free public transport to under 19yr olds, free off peak public transport for university students, apprentices and those with disabilities…
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Peter Dunne quits politics – good riddance to the ‘willing seller’ of our civil rights
When NZ needed a check and balance to mass surveillance laws, Peter Dunne rolled over and sold us out. When he had the opportunity to show Helen Kelly compassion, he refused.
Good riddance Peter Dunne.
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TOP at 3.5% in Poll – why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting when he should be Queenmaking?
TOP have hit 3.5% in one of the internal polls, as the election gets closer, they keep building towards possibly crossing the threshold, so why oh why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting garbage tweets about Jacinda when he should be positioning to be the Queenmaker?