“The private sector is more efficient the private sector can do it better” blah blah years of whining from right wingers and they plucked a whole ass CEO and dropped him in the PM role only to crash the economy, feed slop to kids, tank the health system, and give us a side of voter suppression.

Annie Edison's Iconic Scream from Community

ALT: Annie Edison's Iconic Scream from Community

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The New Zealand Labour Party is an embarrassing disappointment. Hipkins should have resigned 3 years ago. They should have spent the last 3 years rebuilding into a centre left party, but no, needless blood sacrifice after blood sacrifice at the alter of the neoliberal market.

We're more scared of gangs in politics than billionaires in politics One is playing a massive role in shaping our world the other is not Climate destruction, poverty, price gouging, crumbling health & infrastructure Neoliberalism is the most aggressive gang to walk the earth #WealthTax #NZpol

There's more coverage about some green and TPM MPs liaising with gangs than there was when it was revealed the president of the ACT party was a pedophile and members of the act party had acted to cover that up. Like I knew we lived in a pedophile nation didnt need media to confirm it FHMR

This is serious and needs to be broadcast @chewienz.bsky.social

Dark Underbelly of The Opportunity Party, New Zealand

An encounter with Opportunity Party leads to a more sinister revelation about the party’s apparent modus operandi at times. Plus: Video highlights from the TVNZ Debate starring Nicola Willis

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I too think politicians hanging around with criminals is disgusting. Especially when those criminals are the president of a political party and the courts give that man name suppression to protect his party from being associated with his rape of minors.

Hard to bring a government down when it's self-levelling slime...

Still reflecting on David Seymour’s comment when asked what his enormous political donors wanted: ‘to keep Labour out’ Lets think about that: A small NZ political party admits it’s taking donations to screw the playing field to stop a legitimate party being fairly elected That’s undemocratic

Has Ben Thomas declared Christopher Luxon the winner of this debate, too, yet? #nzpol

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Also remember that their former president was being trailed (and eventually convicted) for child sexual abuse during the last election and David Seymour shielded him and spent huge amounts of money to make sure his name surpression didn’t lapse until after the election.

Stu Fox@stufox.bsky.social · 3w ago

When you're voting this year remember that ACT hates you and every person who works for a living www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Very much feels like an ideology quite far from the mainstream doesn't guide an effective election campaign. How would have thunk?!

Dr Bex@drbex.bsky.social · 2w ago

Pondering - is it the socially conservative fundamentalist Christians within the National Party who are out of touch and out of step with the rest of NZ??

"And besides your debate is stupid anyway, I don't need any of you" he said through clenched teeth, his eyes welling up with tears.

“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies

Watching Luxon trying to be prime ministerial is like watching a Neanderthal wander aimlessly around a nuclear reactor, smearing it with mud and hitting it with sticks, whilst proclaiming ‘what I’m saying to you is I’m doing a really great job of running this thing’ #nzpol

Dr Bex@drbex.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ad break! Interesting to see clear concise answers from Hipkins while Luxon is getting flustered and dancing around Tame's questions.

Funnily enough Stuff hasn't allowed comments on this latest addition to the cannon of their most premier contributors 😂 #nzpol

Minister Erica Stanford refuses to divulge #curriculum feedback amid #OIA secrecy claims, despite it being her job & her responsibility. She should be sacked. #nzpol #education #AtlasNetwork www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Minister refuses to divulge curriculum feedback amid OIA secrecy claims

The Education Minister says information about the feedback she personally gave on curriculum changes "does not exist", amid accusations of a culture of secrecy.

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It's arrived! Merry Hagermas to me #nzpol #dirtywork #dirtypolitics

@arusbridger.bsky.social with this happening and many other things this kiwi is quite missing Media Confidential

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 4w ago

Politico’s owner gave Peter Thiel an award today. Hardly surprising, since Peter Thiel gave the guy’s son $50 million. Have you heard of “The German JD Vance”? www.thenerdreich.com/politico-pet...

If you think about it ACT is in fact the least economically efficient of all our Parliamentary political parties. Highest vote to donations/spending ratio. Makes you think.

#nzpol @henrycooke.bsky.social @paulapenfold.bsky.social @marcdaalder.bsky.social We have known for well over a decade that the TPU and associated astroturf orgs and junk tanks (NZI) are working to destroy our democracy in favour of corporate greed. Will NZ Journalism continue to use them…

Kurt M@kiwikurt.bsky.social · last mo.

Got blocked by The Parents Alliance on Facebook for asking questions. Before the release of Dirty Work too #nzpol

For the benefit of Jordan Williams, David Farrar et al, here is a comprehensive list of everyone who has successfully sued Nicky Hager for defamation in relation to allegations made in his meticulously researched books: .... End #NZPol

#nzpol A vote for National or ACT is a vote for more Taxpayers Onion and these awful white men abusing their positional power. Vote them out. Vote them all out.

Mountain Tui@mountaintui.bsky.social · last mo.

NZME doing their best to protect their friends at Atlas Network's Taxpayers Union.

Got blocked by The Parents Alliance on Facebook for asking questions. Before the release of Dirty Work too #nzpol

Some thoughts on Nicky Hager's "Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right" which was launched tonight. These thoughts are informed by a research project we did earlier this year looking at NZTU discourses which involved analysing two years of its media releases and other outputs.

Feel like a 6 year old on Christmas Eve. Merry Hagermas Eve! #nzpol

Labour confirms it is "National Party Lite" Milquetoast centrism, clap fucking clap #nzpol

Labour to keep 'tax cuts for landlords' in place

Labour commits to allowing property investors to deduct interest from their tax bills.

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I couldn’t believe Jack Tame actually platformed that corrupt (Atlas Network, Astroturfing, Fake Union), prick at all. He & his merry band of misery merchants are the reason why NZ isn’t thriving & inequality has been rapidly increasing. Shit work NZ Q&A. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ

Musical Chairs@musicalchairs.bsky.social · last mo.

Torrent of crap coming out of Jordan's mouth this morning on Q&A. I should not have started fact-checking, but here we go. Claim 1: The old '2nd largest fiscal response'. Jordan is referring to an IMF report, which was adopted conveniently as gospel by NZ Treasury. Friends, it was bad. [🧵 1/n]

#nzpol

People will die because of this I want to know if the building in going in is going to fall down This is not ok #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

Thousands of buildings no longer deemed earthquake-prone after new law passes unanimously

Thousands of buildings are no longer deemed earthquake-prone after Parliament passed legislation reforming building rules.

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