"We're also competing against a lot of people in politics who come along and say... it's those rich people's fault, we'll just take even more money off them and give it to you."
This is the fundamental lie of neoliberal politics. A total inversion of the truth, which is that neoliberal parties say 'it's those poor people's fault, we'll just take the money off them and give it to you', and they do.
"...one of the biggest supporters of extra regulation is big business. If you're a big business, more regulations are a pain, but they're going to hurt and maybe wipe out your competitors and stop any upstarts coming and competing with you."
"Over the last quarter of a century, the Clark, Key, and Ardern governments have all eroded the simple idea that you are the person that makes the difference in your own life."
"Leaders... who have the ear of the young need to ask themselves: are they dealing with the issues responsibly, or simply inciting baseless racial resentment? It is an important question."
Does Hipkins actually believe this tripe? The Greens and TPM ran progressive campaigns, while Labour did everything they could to suck up to the centre-right (eg ruling out wealth tax). Even as it decimated their support. Something we thought maybe - just maybe - they'd finally started to throw off.
@strypey@Martin_NZ#NZPol
It would seem #DavidSeymour expects Kiwis abroad to return home to vote, going by his statement that they were too disorganised to vote in their own electorates 🤦♀️😵💫
“WIth half-a-million special votes still need to be added to the count from last night, ACT leader David Seymour says it's "traditionally it's the left wing voters that are less organised and tend to vote special".
Typically parties like ACT and National lose a seat or two from election night once the special votes (including people overseas, outside their electorates or enrolling on the day) are counted.
"We respect that. We just wish they'd vote in the right place.”
Transport Minister Michael Wood's ownership of Auckland Airport shares put the spotlight on politicians owning business assets, which might create conflicts of interest. David Seymour of ACT was initially hesitant to have this judged too harshly, which is out of character. I wonder what journalists might find if they looked closely at business assets owned by current and prospective ACT MPs? https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/focusonpolitics/audio/2018893813/focus-minister