Political identities, an apology, and more on the money proxy
BK Drinkwater replied several days ago to my post on the core philosophical difference between Labour and National. Unfortunately I’ve been too busy (with work and with caring for family members at...
View ArticleOn media bias and distortion
BK Drinkwater has posted a good response to some of the comments on Bryce Edwards’ synopses of chapters from the book Informing Voters? Politics, Media and the New Zealand Election 2008 (edited by...
View ArticlePassion and reason about climate change
While I agree with most blogging folks that John Key was a fool to try to smack down Keisha Castle-Hughes for her role in the Greenpeace climate change campaign, I do still have concerns about the...
View ArticleBleg: what do people want in an electoral system?
I wrote most of this before DPF’s post on the threshold, including his link to Chris Bishop’s handy paper on representation and stability went up, so read that first. In fact, you’d also do very well...
View ArticleMaybe the greens are doomed after all
That’s greens with a small g, not the party itself, though with reference to this. Anonymous Coward at The Standard sez: To put it simply, you cannot be a socialist, a greenie or any kind of...
View ArticleCompeting electoral insurgencies, in Epsom and beyond
In this post I argue that ACT’s apparent willingness to undermine the MMP system that has kept them alive isn’t so much a death wish as a wish to be welcomed back into the National party as a faction,...
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