Questions to ask Nick Smith on the 29th....Auckland

[BMWST?]

""Mr nickster
What policies are you going to put in place to promote Climate Change in regards to lowering vehicle emissions?

Is your party going to promote Climate Change practices such as thue use of low fuel consumption scooters in the CBD's of our major cities?

Are there going to be any incentives for workers to use more enviromentaly friendly vehicles for daily commuting to their work places which assist in Climate Change? ""

Directing the questions so that they cover both changes can put him in a situation that his answers can become very difficult.
Getting him to admit that bikes and scooters are more a efficent vehicle , and need to be promoted as a way to reduce Climate Change promotes both of the causes and places him then open to more direct questions like.

" If you agree to scooters and motor bikes being more enviromentaly friends, thus reduceing carbon emmisions, why increase the ACC tax on said vehicles, when a redution of the tax, would then become ecconomic sence to Joe Citizen to switch to said vehicles, as a way of reducing Climate Change and their weekly expendature on transportation to their chosen work place."

this is very good cos he is minister for enviroment and carbon emmisions

[st00ji]

my experience of watching pollies on telly tells me that they almost always avoid making direct answers, and long or involved questions give them a chance to pick a single part of it that they can palm off with some sound bite, or turn the dialogue to a topic they actually know something about, or some other agenda they want to promote.

so i think any questions need to be short and pointed, preferably requiring a very basic answer, and hopefully repeated until some kind of definitive answer is given - even if the answer is just 'im not going to answer that'

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

I agree. If a question gets asked and doesnt get answered ask it again and again and again.

Politicians are trained in not answering questions using as many words as possible to eat into the time allocated.

He will have some 'party line' replys stored up and we need to be able to respond to these too.

[MSTRS:Me]

Whether questions are being read and answers being spun, Nick the Prick needs to be pinned like an insect specimen. Mikkel has a recent post in another thread that would be perfect...re the 77-thing

[mashman]

I agree. If a question gets asked and doesnt get answered ask it again and again and again.

Politicians are trained in not answering questions using as many words as possible to eat into the time allocated.

He will have some 'party line' replys stored up and we need to be able to respond to these too.

I loved this guy, the house always went quiet when he was on... PAXMAN, THE MASTER (failing no less)

Training Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCo7qbzEX3c