tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post7385297457751436976..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Six reasons why National deserved to lose NorthlandKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-21679212745998076272015-04-13T13:08:36.740+12:002015-04-13T13:08:36.740+12:00Thank you for your input around what has been a fa...Thank you for your input around what has been a fairly fascinating few months since the election. I really enjoy the political scene in NZ and followed the Northland by-election avidly once Winston Peters became involved. Like you I found the succession of ministers trolling the region for votes utterly amusing particularly when the contents of government coffers were being strewn around the unsealed highways and by-ways and over one-lane bridges. I await with some anticipation the outcome of PM Keys largess in pursuit of recapturing National's majority in the house.<br /><br />I very much appreciated watching Winston stand at his microphone, lean in a little and utter "Boo" as his first word to the house when parliament returned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014247355029261033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-42994538567837897622015-03-31T16:21:52.329+13:002015-03-31T16:21:52.329+13:00Alan Hale: have you seen the doco "Inequality...Alan Hale: have you seen the doco "Inequality For All"? It's showing right now on the art-house circuit.Kumara Republichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583236252442690048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-72019671005563617732015-03-31T02:31:33.380+13:002015-03-31T02:31:33.380+13:00Karl,
I always enjoyed reading your articles, desp...Karl,<br />I always enjoyed reading your articles, despite the fact that, being a Labour Party supporter, I tend to disagree with many of your views! I particularly enjoy the fact that your articles concerning politics, and your site in general, is an oasis of decency in a world where political debate now often descends into crass nastiness and mindless abuse.<br /><br />On the National Party following this by-election, I have been surprised by how quickly knives seem to have come out despite, in my opinion, this by-election being only a minor setback. I’ve heard rumours surrounding Mike Sabin and these, if true (I’m unsure), could explain some of the fall-out. <br /><br />The factions that have emerged on the Right seem to have been waiting for any chance to attack John Key and his leadership. <br /><br />I find this utterly incomprehensible. Obviously, within any party there are factions and strong opinions but it seems crazy that, given John Key’s unprecedented popularity, people on the Right seem to be going for him so vigorously after only one defeat. <br /><br />In my opinion, only one thing can lose National the next election: the National Party itself. If they implode into vicious infighting and show the kind of public disloyalty to Key that has occurred following this result, then they will hand Labour (who only recently emerged from a seemingly endless civil-war) the 2017 Election.Carwyn Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01635048619234629585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-67689984119947690632015-03-30T21:36:18.909+13:002015-03-30T21:36:18.909+13:00Good article Karl. Nice to know that you are ( fin...Good article Karl. Nice to know that you are ( finally ) beginning to join the dots. Just need a few more people to wake up. Like Northlanders just did!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693795352088768384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-21527845503833920402015-03-30T16:03:30.184+13:002015-03-30T16:03:30.184+13:00How can you in one breath admit that Hager Greenwa...How can you in one breath admit that Hager Greenwald and Snowden provide REVELATIONS yet dismiss them as conspiracy theorists? That is so contradictory. If what they brought forward were just allegations, they could be dismissed but their material is primary source incontrovertible raw material. Going by the rest of your article the Rip Van Winkle in you is awakening and seeing what many of us have seen since the wideboy first turned up in Helensville but you really do have to make the final step pout of cognitive dissonance, the Hager Greenwald and Snowden revelations show claerly the need to at once terminate the current security spy agencies and the Imperial millstone 5 Eyes nonsense and create a new OUR national security and nothing else. Give their success in rounding up the Rainbow Warrior terrorists, I think the Police are the best place for such an agency.Andrew Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850571071331529792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-6047294334839285312015-03-30T14:51:09.703+13:002015-03-30T14:51:09.703+13:00(1) State Houses tend not to have leaky building s...(1) State Houses tend not to have leaky building syndrome issues . (2) the A-G would if he could bring back divine right to rule of the House of Stuart.Graham Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303030213704094398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-31549560966299590282015-03-30T10:28:19.607+13:002015-03-30T10:28:19.607+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179617985401417578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-56545101190431394742015-03-29T10:16:54.085+13:002015-03-29T10:16:54.085+13:00Old state houses...yeah nah, bowl em no value... b...Old state houses...yeah nah, bowl em no value... but the water, the sewage, the power ummmmmPdoggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251464243799154382noreply@blogger.com