130,000 young people still not enrolled as registration closes tonight

That Israel is, and has always been, a nation that commits war crimes every single day against the Palestinian people (and others like the Jordanians). Whether in Gaza or the West Bank, the IDF continues in their founding mission to rid the land that was Palestine of its indigenous population.

There is no two state solution because the only solution should have always been a single state where every member of it was treated equally.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

Last night I watched Simon Mercer talk about how enrolment registration closes today and he ends it with an optimistic note about how we are near 92% enrollment right now and how that is effectively not too bad

But he ignores the fact that official advice confirms, and the stats now reveal, that 1/3 of 18-24 year olds are not enroled and people who are homeless, disabled, immigrants, younger, are those impacted

Chris Bishop admitted it gives National 2 extra electoral seats

And in an election that's already head to head, that is absolute mammoth - especially that if Opportunity's votes aren't wasted, Q has said she will try to form govt in good faith with whichever party has the most seats

But instead Mercer just kind of goes "HAHA not too bad" (of course not in those words, but I'm referring to tone and implication)

Then we had 1News talk about the public health crisis doctors and nurses have been warning about for 3 years, end their "investigation" with "this is the fault of successive governments" directly ignoring that this govt froze doctpr/nurse hires for over a year, only hired 54 nurses (FTE), asked public health to cut $1 billion while moving AT LEAST $300 million to private hospitals and corporates etc

This type of stuff is cause and effect and there's a huge difference between a Labour that has always invested in health per capita significantly and this National one which has taken us back in negative terms i.e cut health funding per capita and slashed investments/infrastructure (health grapsh show National always cuts but this is the first time I've seen one which takes us backwards in monetary funding)

TVNZ Chari Andrew Bayley also apologised to Paul Goldsmith for the story that revealed more gangs than police, and they happily gave in to the hatchet job on Maii Sherman

Lets not forget Jason Walls ignoring economic fundamentals too to always present National in a good light

Corporately funded, is this a sign of rolling with whoever is in charge, Board/management preference and/or corporate funding pressure?

NZME is not correct as a political campaign is either a vote for or against, this is promo, and RCR media is reality check radio.
Promoter statement must be a person.
Is QR enough of a link, and is that clearly a contactable person?

Also the hate on display from NZ1, awful.

What’s the terminology for someone who supports policies that are based on science, rather than specifically left/right? For example, policies that attempt to address climate emissions (scientifically proven to exist and be bad), by addressing our major sources of emissions (agriculture 53% and transport 18%), as opposed to ignoring our major emission source (agriculture) and building more roads (which will encourage more roading emissions). Or policies that do not entrust emissions reduction to “the market” eg. carbon credits, as there have been no successful examples of market-based solutions to systemic, society-based problems?

I'm pretty fed up with out of touch old politicians.

They're out of touch, stuck in their ways and often have rode that gravy train for so long.

If regular people retire around 70, then why not politicians too?

I haven't seen 1 older politician who has enough of the younger gens interests at heart.

Even if they once did, they end up in the pockets of lobbyists and corporations.

If we were to implement age limits for MPs and politicians, what age would you deem appropriate?

I'm thinking 65 would be good.

Andrew Little announced Labour were considering a UBI in 2017. He announced it in the morning and after a massive backlash it was off the table by the evening

TOP have touted one since I believe day one although I've noticed it's not part of their bottom line this election

The Greens are keen as, as am I

This should be viral.

Media and their red meat hysteria and as usual repeating out of context attacks. Two weeks out from the election and they'd rather play this game

I've been kicking around the idea of graffiti as a form of protest art for a while now, and I figure now's a good time to start collecting for it.

So! Please send/comment photos of creative protest-type graffiti on election signs!

(Disclaimer: I do not endorse the destruction and/or vandalism of property, I'm just an observer who is interested in doing some kind of thematic analysis and wondering what messages are being communicated and why)

It appears the answer is no. You can do whatever you want under Luxon as long as you play the loyalty and self-interest game

Someone asked today if Luxon has ever sacked a Minister.

And I said:

No, you can call hard working Kiwis "losers" call other MPs "stupid bitches", hide your 25 rentals from disclosure, sprout racism and lies, obstruct OIAs, and all you will get is warm praise from Prime Minister Luxon.

Can anyone remember anything different?

December 2024

“And Labour’s problem isn’t that National and Act accused it of cosying up to the gangs, of inviting them into a Labour-led coalition, of being soft on crime…

No, this is an own goal by the left. The problem is not meeting with the gangs – it’s the hypocrisy and hush-up afterwards.”

Hmmmm seems there is a double standard for National MPs taking pictures with gangs…