Posts by Ian Dalziel
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I don't understand where the Sunday Star Times gets it's figure of 1.2 million votes for National (or the idea of 'victory'?
New Zealand’s biggest-ever election turnout delivered National’s highest ever vote: 1.2 million. Last night, reports Adam Dudding, was a landslide.
National’s Bill English has blown away the stardust and stormed to victory with a record 1.2 million votes, defying all expectations. English has told the Sunday StarTimes the biggest-polling party has the ‘‘moral authority’’ to have first go at creating a coalition, and last night he claimed that authority. In a speech to supporters he said he was ready to stitch up a coalition with Winston Peters to form a ‘‘strong and stable’’ government.The Official Election results say: National Party - 998,813 with 100% counted (but not specials as yet)
http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/Bill is deluded if he thinks he has the 'moral authority' to have first crack at making a coalition - it is is up to all parties to make the negotiations they choose, and the chips fall as they may - after the campaign they ran they have no moral anything!
Whenever I hear them talking about a 'stable' government I immediately think of Animal Farm - I think a 'Stay Bill' government is what they really mean....
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Post-Election Blues playlist
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I see Joyce tweeted "I stand by the way we campaigned" - which says it all really - what loathsome lying lowlifes.
If National was really paying attention to 'the will (and mood) of the people' English would have announced they were seeking to form a government with The Greens, not Winston's motley crew. .
So here's hoping Winston wants to leave a legacy that shows he desires the best for NZ by working with Labour and the Greens to turn this 'ship' around.
...and Epsom - what's wrong with you people?
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Bugger!
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Some problems with Australia's postal yes/no 'referendum'...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/97163982/australias-samesex-marriage-survey-corrupted-another-haul-of-votes-dumped -
looking through sites about archiving music recently I stumbled across Les Amazones de Guinée - a new fave...
...puts me in mind of Go-go. -
rejoyce!
There's a slogan National could have used...
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I find it odd that both NZ First and Labour's letterbox 'party flyers' don't have their websites listed on them - the one for our local MP (Poto Williams - Labour) does - I threw the National one away so I can't check that.
I guess it isn't hard to work out what their websites would be, but I'd have thought that they wouldn't put any impediment to people following things up...
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I'd like to buy a beer for the RNZ newsreader at 5pm tonight who was just talking about the increase in advance voting this election and then went on to say 'more people than usual were taking the drug...' (or words to that effect )
- I had heard this voting is addictive, nice to have it confirmed. -
Hard News: Friday Music: Laneway,…, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Even if she just did 30mins, it’d be great.
Literally 'House music from in da house!'
hopefully with Parliament samples of all sorts...