Right politics: flood the zone. Labour: put one policy up at a time and paint a huge target on it.
Chippy is pushed to describe the precise transactional functions of his policy. Bishop might float thinking about the slush fund.
Sorry, National MPs, history will judge you by the vote you cast, not the sad face you made while doing it
Pro-tip for any budding politicians: Saying "It's a distraction" when your opponents begin a policy directly targeting a minority, one which will reverse your own governments gains for that minority, tells everyone in or supportive of that minority that you didn't give a fuck then and you don't now.
Have they done a thorough proof of concept for AI in public service? No. But are they using it successfully themselves? Also no. But do they have clear plans for how AI will be deployed? No. This article would be hilarious if it wasn't devastating. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government wants to replace thousands of public servants with AI – here’s what ministers think the robots do
Stuff asked ministers how they use AI, and what they think it can do to cut costs and jobs at their departments.
stuff.co.nz
AI can listen to public submissions so that politicians don’t have to.
The staff survey has been delayed without explanation. So that’s how morale at my workplace is going.
Outcome: The dark alternative future where Ted grows up without the unwavering support of Bill.
Luxon wanted to fully support Iran war? What an asshole #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Coalition crisis talks after Peters releases emails on PM's Iran war stance
Newly-released emails show Winston Peters shot down Luxon's support for the US war.
nzherald.co.nz
excuse me but how and why THE FUCK is this being promo’d as a top story on Stuff?? Absolutely fucking foul on so many levels. “We’re just reporting what was said” just doesnt fucking cut it anymore
MMP Inception. No one has the numbers to lead the Nats, so is born a coalition of minority factions that lead together. But it’s totally not co-leaders, job-share, or part-time. #strongleadership #nzpol
There is a silver lining to this story, which is the judge stepped in when it became clear the jury were relying on rape myths. That's a direct result of the work Jan Logie did on SV law in Ardern's first term, and I love seeing it paying off - even if we clearly still have a long way to go.
nzjanette@nzjanette.bsky.social · 5mo agoRape culture - we're all soaking in it. This jury went straight to the classics. What was the victim wearing? How sexually active was she? Education and information programmes are clearly needed to teach people about consent and help overcome victim blaming.
“Implications for our fiscal policy settings” Willis is setting up to use Iran as an excuse for further cuts.
IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.
Luxon learned all about diplomacy and wars when as a small child his mum let him stay up and watch the Star Wars prequels.
For the first time ever Luxon has no comment on running an airline.
hey so this is being delivered in the context of ICE we’re seeing that narrative play out across the west. and cabinet ministers, like Peters, have been specifically attacking immigrants this needs to be treated incredibly seriously as a human rights & civil liberties breach
Jordan Rivers@jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 5mo agoQuick reminder that The Dawn Raids only targeted brown people at a time when our largest group of overstayers came from England.
This govt will probably issue move on notices for dogs and think it’s a solution.
John Key and his government made Peter Thiel an NZ citizen and bent the rules to do it. Talk about captured. #nzpol
R.U. Sirius@rusirius.bsky.social · 6mo agoThiel's rap against democracy has been around for quite a while. Now it's "in the files"
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
I hold together a bunch of people who neither agree nor like each other, doesn’t sound like the flex that Luxon says it is.