Meanwhile I'm forever holding onto that morbid idea of Bishop rolling Luxon and having the Era of the Three Chris's

Stuff update showing Luxon and Willis left the Nat caucus meeting together with the meeting still ongoing

Oh? #nzpol

The reason Little being replaced by Ardern worked so well for Labour in 2017 was because Little did so on his own free will, and that they had someone of Ardern's capacity to replace him. National have a ego fuelled egg who will never willingly go and no one half as inspiring as Ardern.

a man in a police uniform has the name keith on his shirt Alt: Dude yelling dead man walking

Luxon right now? #nzpol

I think that might be the case, markets often are based on confidence as much as actual reality. Sometimes it looks silly but they prefer knowing something is really bad rather than not knowing one way or another.

You never have leaks from your party if people are confident in the direction of the party... #nzpol

Genuinely, there are people who are progressive but have voted for Labour for decades, and it's hard to pull them off that.

There is a reason I call Brown "Pee-Wee Hermann"

Truth be told, I only occasionally look at Bluesky, a lot more of my relationship building comes on Discords with like minded people across the world.

I do get it tho, Polanski is a very charming person.

Something I will add, and it's not persay bad, but there seems to be more talk here about Zack Polanski than the NZ Green Party. I'm obviously interested in the efforts the Greens in the UK have made, but at a certain point what's the goal?

Greens certainly need to cut through more, but the solution isn't preaching to the choir here. My main concern is from recent candidate stories, that the party has retreated into its shell too much in terms of their team, when we need the Greens to be very loud.

Oh no doubt, I only specifically mentioned Winston cause he's the one pushing the anti-Indian rhetoric, much how Seymour is the main force behind thr government's anti-Maori agenda.

The specific targeting of the Indian communities not long after Winston dog whistled about the FTA with India....

Stare into the abyss, and you become the most foul of monsters... the redditor

If I was John Key, I would be insulted that people would compare me to someone this absolutely oblivious and incompetent. Never seen someone in politics here so surely just in it for a title.

Proof he has no actual pulse on the public mood, I do think there should not be a freeze because I don't want MP pay to be influenced by politics, but Luxon instead of that tries to justify his pay as an already wealthy person.

Accurate image of Sham Jones realising not all Nats are spinelss like their leader.

National candidate looking sad sitting by himself, looks like a wanker

What an image to pick in the article

As a @greens.org.nz voter as well, I find it DEEPLY concerning that the party is willing to let the ragebaiting harassment push marginalised groups out, and fully capitulate that ground. If the Labour of the 90s could do it, why the flying fuck can the Greens of 2026 not? Horse fucking shit guys.

Being aware of these possible attacks is entirely fair, we know the dirty politics ghouls will use anything they can find. The part that is deeply concerning is the dismissive and judgemental tone of the chair, not to mention this being a reactive response to the right wing outrage factories.

To be clear, I cannot speak for leftist NZ spaces, but in the wider online space I've seen a trend from some people who claim the title of leftist to be very puritanical.
The idea of that leaking in would not shock me, and needs to be put in its place immediately.

Honestly, with diesel at the price it is now, the road user requirements should be suspended. It would help with the impact on the economy a lot. #nzpol

While I am critical of the leadership, I cannot deny at this point that Labour's candidates are pretty good.

At this point, Willis is the PM, she's the one doing the work.

Erica saw ICE brutalising non white people in America and thought that was a good idea.

It's good that at least one of these dipshits got dealt with, but almost everything else has a form of minimisation in her words. Yes it can happen to anyone of any party, but anyone not with their head in the sand knows it happens much more to those groups.

Either some misinterpretation of yesterday's statements, or someone told Hipkins it was a stupid thing to say and got him to correct.

It's not his job persay to offer ideas, but I do need to point out before the current coalition, National were at least willing to look like they were trying to help when the occasion rose. Really silly politicking from Hipkins.

The only area of the city that lacks decent cycle infrastructure is the north west, cause that's where a lot of the NIMBY Tory types are as it stands.