tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1893412189633022934..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Uncomfortable Comparisons: If Labour’s Harking Back To 2017, Then It’s Not Looking For A Win.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-77969383041022395702022-07-10T11:45:09.889+12:002022-07-10T11:45:09.889+12:00The French Assembly election result are an artifac...The French Assembly election result are an artifact of the French voting system which, like that of Australia, almost always rewards a Left bloc and a Right bloc, at the expense of the Centre.<br /><br />Preferential voting never gives a proportional result; in fact it can be worse than FPP. So, the comparison should be with the recent German election, not the French one. Germany uses MMP, and the German election provides a more nuanced and subtle guide to the NZLP on how the parties of the Left can win (or retain) power.Phil Saxbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-87412352631939402272022-06-24T08:16:14.247+12:002022-06-24T08:16:14.247+12:00"As always with ineptitude, luck eventually r..."As always with ineptitude, luck eventually runs out and the underlying failures are exposed."<br /><br />Ineptitude? How do you come to that conclusion? Because I come to the conclusion that it's pressure from businesses and selfish middle-class people that have made them decide to abandon the vulnerable.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-59206504468171802362022-06-23T15:36:32.459+12:002022-06-23T15:36:32.459+12:00Surely you're being mischievous here Chris! Se...Surely you're being mischievous here Chris! Seeking advantage for spurious reasons used to be called 'special pleading' & regarded as either despicable or just laughable. I see no evidence that that has changed or ever will. For Labour to try & reinvent itself on the basis of what amounts to positive discrimination would be suicidal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-42176188780958823412022-06-23T11:25:23.499+12:002022-06-23T11:25:23.499+12:00To: Jason Barrier.
Thank you, Jason.
I will make...To: Jason Barrier.<br /><br />Thank you, Jason.<br /><br />I will make the necessary corrections.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75799260193440444882022-06-23T08:50:33.531+12:002022-06-23T08:50:33.531+12:00Jacinda's brand is kindness but she doesn'...Jacinda's brand is <i>kindness</i> but she doesn't actually make any of the sacrifice.<br />People all over must feel uncomfortable with our wild west zoning laws (something Chris hasn't acknowledged).<br />Her choice of Spoonley/Kidmann as directors of the Center for Excellence says heaps about where the Labour Party is at. <br />What do Marxists know about human nature?<br />https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Racism-and-Stereotypes-Spoonley/c3ac2756c7b243b4382e0d0061c0aff551978341John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50044875526908593232022-06-23T05:41:28.103+12:002022-06-23T05:41:28.103+12:00Chris, I hate to correct such a masterful exponent...Chris, I hate to correct such a masterful exponent of the English language - but here goes. Colombia is the country, Columbia is a University in the US. Please don't think me pedantic, I spent a fair bit of time in Colombia, and the distinction is important to them.Jason Barriernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-60771522899956294882022-06-22T22:59:56.675+12:002022-06-22T22:59:56.675+12:00Just an update which most don't seem to have b...Just an update which most don't seem to have bothered with.<br /><br />NZs fallen waaaay down the list of successes in beating back covid.<br />According to worldometer.com NZ is now 183rd from the lowest rate of infection from Covid.<br />Sweden has a better rate per million as does Japan, India and Brazil!!<br /><br />On the deaths related to Covid 62nd from the top of the least deaths from/with Covid.<br /><br />But of course NOBODY in the media or blogs is pointing out that out!!<br /><br />As always with ineptitude, luck eventually runs out and the underlying failures are exposed.oneblokesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747665460845683295noreply@blogger.com