To get around not having the courage to raise benefits, Labour needs to create ‘The Kiwi Dividend’ which will see the first $10 000 you earn as tax free.
Getting caught out serving two masters is as politically embarrassing as it gets, hence Winston’s need to talk directly to his supporters while bypassing journalists.
It’s time to start thinking about New Zealand as a lifeboat and respecting it as such.
The demand to ‘not panic’ should not be greater than the effort to prepare us for a rapidly emerging pandemic!
Clearly the backlash amongst his own Caucus has forced him to reconsider, but this is terrible messaging by Simon.
…how can Bob Jones possibly sue for defamation when he no longer has a reputation to defame? Defamation law asks if a reasonable person would think less of the person being defamed. Seeing as Bob is a vicious, nasty, suicide-goading-then-bragging-about-it-racebaiting arsehole, nothing Renae Maihi said could lower Bob in the eyes of a reasonable person any more than Bob’s own words and ugly behaviour.
When you remind yourself just how corrupt the National Party in power were, and then look at the so called ‘corruption’ of this current Government whose main criticism is that Jacinda is too popular overseas and hasn’t managed to repair all the damage National caused over a decade, you really appreciate the double standards we as voters accept in NZ.
The second young people were going to gain something, even at the expense of putting your precious barely listened to elitist wank on an AM station, and it was the end of Western fucking civilisation as we knew it.
That’s it, warp factor 9.9 Mr Worf…
As TDB has been pointing out for some time, the Greens are in trouble.