Comments on: Forgone Conclusion

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:48:06 +0000

Brash’s comeback was good. He said he could have just copied and pasted National party manifesto policy but he wanted to find some constructive policies that would actually work.
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By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:31:17 +0000

Agreed, Key is far more Left than right, this is now so obvious. I won’t be fooled again, and would rather vote for a right winger in Labour than the Leftist, socialist Key.

By: Paul Walker

Paul Walker — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:35:25 +0000

I make a couple of comments on the recommendations here. Basically there is nothing particularly new or radical in any of the ideas. But there are a number of good ideas in contained within the recommendations. A few things I don’t get, but I think the big thing is, as you say, the recommendations will be rejected out of hand by Key. He never really had any intention of doing anything with the report.
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By: JeffW

JeffW — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:36:52 +0000

Agree with your analysis of the politics, but I think it is important for NZers to realise that John Key is left of centre, not centrist. We have gone way to the left in terms of government involvement in the lives of its citizens and the negative inmpact government has on our economic welfare; the fact that John Key and National are doing nothing about changing this, while reducing complaints from the MSM, puts them firmly them in the left wing camp themselves.

I think we need to get the labels right. Calling John Key centrist suggests he is right not to undertake anything \radical\ such as empowering citizens to make decisions on how they spend more of their own money. And thus continues our decline.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:01:11 +0000

And Dr. Brash was probably ‘persuaded’ to drop his complaint to the police over the stolen emails by being told he could ‘contribute’ to the future of NZ.

Sorry Dr. Brash you may be honest and have integrity but those you are dealing with are/do not.