A happy, happy poll for the big four
Today's 3News-Reid Research poll is one that will put a smile on the face of all the bigger party leaders, or at least is has a silver lining for them all.read more
View ArticleA firm prediction about what will happen on September 21
Imagine, if you will, a scenario on September 21 where the provisional election results deliver a Parliament where National cannot form a majority even with ACT/United Future/Maori Party support,...
View ArticleThe Key to a 4th term
The coming days will see a welter of words on the reasons for the spectacular success of National and the failure of the broad left. As a 'pundit', I might as well add my views.read more
View ArticleLabour and Greens voters are more alike than different
Most political analysis in New Zealand seems trapped in the two-party winner-takes-all world, or perhaps they are numerically challenged by the number which comes after two. Whichever, to discuss the...
View ArticleLabour Needs A Civil Union With The Greens
Much has been written about where Labour needs to go from here. One issue which doesn’t seem to have generated much interest is what do they do with the Greens?read more
View ArticleIn which universe will Winston Peters become PM?
In an effort to make sense of the fact that their theories don't really make sense of the Universe, some theoretical physicists posit that we inhabit but one of an infinite number of multiverses, in...
View ArticleLet me count the ways; three potential governments in 2017
A month ago I wrote that I would be looking at the possible perumtations of likely coalitions that may appear after this year's election. Although the right direction/wrong direction poll clearly...
View ArticleHow Much Should the Government Be Spending?
The parliamentary left seems cowed by the neoliberals if the fiscal pact between Labour and the Greens is anything to go by.read more
View ArticleThe Greens come out swinging... not just at Winston
Well, you can't say the Greens haven't had plenty of time to mull it over. And it looks like they've decided they're not going to die wondering. Metiria Turei's crack at New Zealand First's "racist,...
View ArticleSue Bradford: Constant Radical
My first memory of Sue Bradford is of the feisty speech she gave to the 1984 Economic Summit Conference pleading that a greater commitment be given to the people she worked with – those on the margins...
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