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Labour party campaign launch tomorrow, only four weeks before advance voting opens. Seems really fuckin stupid to leave it this late but I'm not some big brain campaign manager. They will have saved a big policy for this though, watch it be some weak poo poo around dental.
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Maybe it's literally a money thing, act and nats have like 5 times the money so they can campaign for longer.
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Sep 1, 2023 09:28
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Yeah I notice they don't have many signs up meanwhile there are like a billion national signs and racist act signs everywhere
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Sep 1, 2023 09:32
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if i was stuck with labour's slogan i'd be hesitant to put signs up everywhere too
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Sep 1, 2023 09:42
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I was.in Queenstown and Wanaka last weekend and all I saw were act and nats and stop 3 waters all over the show. Oh and one NZ first
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Sep 1, 2023 09:44
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Still mad about labor punting on weed, ngl
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klen dool posted:I was.in Queenstown and Wanaka last weekend and all I saw were act and nats and stop 3 waters all over the show.
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Sep 1, 2023 09:48
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maybe they should stop three waters in queenstown. let them dehydrate.
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sebmojo posted:Still mad about labor punting on weed, ngl i barely even smoke weed any more but same. jacinda was at the height of her popularity, all she had to do was come out in favour and that would have put it over the line, and if nothing else police would have one less thing to harass brown people about. they don't even have the excuse that national would just undo it next time they're in because nobody wants to go against a referendum. oh no i might lose a handful of votes. what's even the point of getting elected? just absolute political cowardice.
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Sep 1, 2023 10:14
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klen dool posted:I was.in Queenstown and Wanaka last weekend and all I saw were act and nats and stop 3 waters all over the show. tbf qt and wanaka have got to be nat strongholds. they're basically town-sized luxury retirement villages. i can't see labour picking up too many votes there Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Sep 1, 2023 |
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Sep 1, 2023 10:16
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Labour hosed themselves on so many easy slam-dunks. Weed Capital gains Doing something about the supermarkets The energy market. Paying teachers and healthcare workers more so they aren't striking all the time. I dunno I'm sure there's other stuff I don't remember. And yeah I know it's probably harder to do than just post about, but there was so much momentum for it and none of it happened.
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Sep 1, 2023 10:30
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Project M.A.M.I.L. posted:Doing something about the supermarkets Labour instituted a grocery commissioner to monitor prices and ensure legislative compliance. They've given agencies the tools to monitor supermarket behaviour as well as laid down the ground work required to reign them in. Labour has made amazing progress in that regard. quote:Paying teachers and healthcare workers more so they aren't striking all the time. Labour acquiesced to the PPTA's demands. The only reason they strike under a Labour government is because they know that Labour will do something about it. That won't change under a more progressive coalition. The teachers unions are a democratic institution like any other and they'll continue use the tools available to them in order to progress their goals. I support the PPTA wholeheartedly and I firmly believe they'll continue to strike under a Green government for instance.
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"National would be worse" doesn't mean Labour are doing well. Just using your two examples:Beartaco posted:Labour instituted a grocery commissioner to monitor prices and ensure legislative compliance. They've given agencies the tools to monitor supermarket behaviour as well as laid down the ground work required to reign them in. Labour has made amazing progress in that regard. Yes, Labour have made sure that supermarkets can't just straight up break the law, but they've done nothing to address the main concerns that the Commerce Commission raised around the drastically disproportionate market power supermarkets have here. Just as an example, on the very last day of parliament Labour rushed through a code of conduct for supermarkets that requires them to pay suppliers on time, have plain-English supply contracts, and that bans retrospective contract changes. Labour have been in govt for 6 years and only just managed put in place a set of expectations that supermarkets do the bare loving minimum like paying invoices on time. This is not "amazing progress", this is only just scraping the bare minimum. Beartaco posted:Labour acquiesced to the PPTA's demands. The only reason they strike under a Labour government is because they know that Labour will do something about it. That won't change under a more progressive coalition. The teachers unions are a democratic institution like any other and they'll continue use the tools available to them in order to progress their goals. I support the PPTA wholeheartedly and I firmly believe they'll continue to strike under a Green government for instance. The pay dispute was settled in arbitration precisely because Labour refused to acquiesce to their demands. The arbitration panel worked out the payrise needed to bring teacher salaries up to what they were in 2010, relative to the cost of living. What Labour had been offering (and what primary teachers settled for) was less than this, i.e. an effective paycut. The PPTA settled for less than their original demands, which was on average about 1-2% higher than what the arbitration panel recommended.
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Teachers and other workers who work for the govt shouldn't need to strike, the govt isn't (or, shouldn't be, rather) run like a business who has profit as their bottom line and I would expect the govt to pay it's workers correctly AND give them conditions conducive to achieving their goals like teaching children properly (with teacher aids) and making sure people don't die. Teachers get paid poo poo but also they were striking (according to my kids teacher) for more teaching staff so they can actually teach better.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:35
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They are only asking for more pay to attract more people to the profession. Most schools have op pen vacancies they are just not getting suitable applicants for. Simple market economics says if there is a shortage you increase the price to attract more supply. The government is unwilling to do this.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:55
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It's funny how many times the 'free market' isn't allowed to operate by it's supposed principles
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bike tory posted:They will have saved a big policy for this though, watch it be some weak poo poo around dental. It was free dental for everyone under 30 let's fuckin go, I'd heard they were only going to do up to 24.
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It would be a staggered roll-out, promising free dental care for 18 to 23-year-olds by July 2025. The next year, it would expand to cover everyone under 30 years old. Hipkins said most dental treatment would be covered – essentially everything except for oral surgery. It would see the Government pick up the bill for check-ups, basic fillings, X-rays, basic tooth extractions, and teeth cleans.
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Sep 2, 2023 03:23
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Sounds good. Still gonna vote Green though.
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Project M.A.M.I.L. posted:Sounds good. Still gonna vote Green though.
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Project M.A.M.I.L. posted:Sounds good. Still gonna vote Green though. 
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Project M.A.M.I.L. posted:Sounds good. Still gonna vote Te Paati Māori though.
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If TPM look like they have a shot at breaking 5% I'll probably vote for them. Otherwise yeah Green
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https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/02/felix-desmarais-labours-dental-policy-lacks-bite/ bizarre article
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Wafflecopper posted:If TPM look like they have a shot at breaking 5% I'll probably vote for them. Otherwise yeah Green TPM don't need to break 5% since they are pretty much guaranteed to win Waiariki, and I'd be really surprised if Debbie didn't win Te Tai Hauāuru and Meka will probably win Ikaroa-Rawhiti as well. Debbie very nearly beat Adrian Rurawhe last time, and he's gone list-only this time so Labour are standing a new and relatively unknown candidate there.
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CTU bought a NZherald wraparound attacking Luxon. Also this presented without comment: https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/300963636/skycity-faces-suspension-of-casino-licence
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the ctu ad is pretty mid
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Toby Manhire published an op-ed accusing CTU of secretly supporting National
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Toby Manhire has a brain made of mashed potato - one made badly at that
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Solus posted:Toby Manhire has a brain made of mashed potato - one made badly at that No butter, no milk/cream, just mashed in their own water.
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I always used to be a milk and butter and potato masher guy, but now I'm butter and cheese and potato ricer guy
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why people mash potatoes when they could make them into chips or roast them instead i'll never understand
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Wafflecopper posted:why people mash potatoes when they could make them into chips or roast them instead i'll never understand Gotta do something with the manky small bits left once you cut all the solanine/worm holes out
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Sounds like SOMEBODY hasn't had a good mash
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Different potatoes need to be cooked different ways. Also different meals should be accompanied by different styles of potatoes.
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Half Sour Cream, Half Butter Toss in Paprika, Salt, Pepper ez
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sour cream rules in mash
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sour cream and chives were invented for mash
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This is third unrelated thread I've read today that's had a food derail. This one is good, because all potatoes are good. Roast is good, mash with a heart-threatening amount of butter and parmesan is good, dauphinoise potatoes if you just feel like carbs, cheese and cream.
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Is there any form of potato that isn't good?
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