Go Labour!!!

[scumdog]

Helen Clark has announced that the petition for removal of GST on foods will not be considered by the labour government, instead stating that the government would address hardship through there working for families scheme.

Also, Helen Clark has announced that it will not block the sale of Wellington's Vector energy to a Hong Kong company. Wellington should be bracing for rapidly increasing electricity prices in the near future..

Also, Helen Clark is a proven liar.


Let's not forget that little bit.

[Jantar]

Also, Helen Clark is a proven liar.

She lied within days of getting into power in 1999 with the sole purpose of getting Peter Donne sacked. In the court case in 2005 where it was shown she had lied, she should have faced prosecution. But by that stage she had surrounded herself with sufficient corruption among senior police that she was effectively insulated from any comeback. Is it any wonder that so many front line staff who are just trying to do their job today are being tainted by what happens at the top?

[MisterD]

Whoopy-doo, Cullen bought a trainset at only $200M and 50% over valuation...it seems he thinks he can run it better than a bunch of expert train-company running blokes.

Unions are happy (obviously) back to the days of 3-hour tea breaks and no commercial pressure to actually be any good at what you're doing.

All I can say is: Cullen you are a TWAT!

[Mully]

Whoopy-doo, Cullen bought a trainset at only $200M and 50% over valuation...it seems he thinks he can run it better than a bunch of expert train-company running blokes.

Unions are happy (obviously) back to the days of 3-hour tea breaks and no commercial pressure to actually be any good at what you're doing.

All I can say is: Cullen you are a TWAT!

Aye, lad. Union Rules. No heavy machinery operation before 0845h or after 0900h.

I read somewhere that when the government sold the railways, they were losing a million dollars a day. Is that correct??

[Oscar]

Aye, lad. Union Rules. No heavy machinery operation before 0845h or after 0900h.

I read somewhere that when the government sold the railways, they were losing a million dollars a day. Is that correct??

They were disguising 30,000 or so that would be otherwise unemployed...

[Mully]

They were disguising 30,000 or so that would be otherwise unemployed...

Ahh, makes sense.

T'was a bit young to remember m'self.

[oldrider]

Watch the antics of our politicians between now and the election.

Watch the strangest of bedfellows emerge in order to grab positions of power in the lolly scramble that follows!

Helen, Winston and Dunn raised the stakes a bit last time.

I think that this one will be a real doozy!

Prepare to be amazed and watch for some interesting new players in the wings. (left of course)

Democracy anyone? Enjoy, John.

[simonantz]

Well Its been nine years.... and im still fat.....so cant be that bad!! May be I need a few more rentals...yea thats the one!!

[Swoop]

Whoopy-doo, Cullen bought a trainset at only $200M and 50% over valuation...it seems he thinks he can run it better than a bunch of expert train-company running blokes.

Unions are happy (obviously) back to the days of 3-hour tea breaks and no commercial pressure to actually be any good at what you're doing.

All I can say is: Cullen you are a TWAT!

Damn right!
Cullen has proved, yet again, he is unfit for office!
What type of retard would purchase a trainset at a rip-off price, which requires MASSIVE investment in infrastructure, and will go back to being run in an inefficient manner.

Remember the days when it was common knowledge that "if you want the delivery TOTALLY destroyed in transit, send it by rail"?

[Cajun]

Whoopy-doo, Cullen bought a trainset at only $200M and 50% over valuation...it seems he thinks he can run it better than a bunch of expert train-company running blokes.

Unions are happy (obviously) back to the days of 3-hour tea breaks and no commercial pressure to actually be any good at what you're doing.

All I can say is: Cullen you are a TWAT!

Funny thing is, when it was sold all the land that was under nzrail was sold with it.

and with the government buying it back they did not buy back the land assets, only the rolling stock.

So now Toll is still a land owner of many of the places that these trains/ferry/trucks need to use to operate.

[Grahameeboy]

There's nothing wrong with the sale of the network, which has in fact previously been owned by a Canadian and then US based company...electricity supply is very highly regulated for both price and quality of service. The crowd that have bought it currently (no pun intended) run electricity supply networks in Melbourne and SA, so they do know what they are doing.

The inconsistency is with Liarbour playing politics. National, rightly would have allowed the airport deal...and Labour deserve to be shown up for the petty, shortsighted control freaks that they are.

Cheers for putting the perspective into the story....too many knee wobblers in NZ.

This Country needs investors and has a trait of putting them off with childish antics. So they should not complain when Kiwi's go to Aussie to "invest"

Gst on food...well I am pretty certain UK does not add VAT to food and te Family Tax credit only applies to those who are entitled to a tax credit, nothwithstanding it is an Income Tax credit and not linked to Gst.

I was talking to a friend last night who said her American friends are going back to America because it is just too expensive here...food etc...even petrol...it's 40% more here than in America...UK is 157% more than in America....Greece is 75% more than America so I guess we should be thankful for something....

Grass is still greener in NZ...

[Robert Taylor]

Cheers for putting the perspective into the story....too many knee wobblers in NZ.

This Country needs investors and has a trait of putting them off with childish antics. So they should not complain when Kiwi's go to Aussie to "invest"

Gst on food...well I am pretty certain UK does not add VAT to food and te Family Tax credit only applies to those who are entitled to a tax credit, nothwithstanding it is an Income Tax credit and not linked to Gst.

I was talking to a friend last night who said her American friends are going back to America because it is just too expensive here...food etc...even petrol...it's 40% more here than in America...UK is 157% more than in America....Greece is 75% more than America so I guess we should be thankful for something....

Grass is still greener in NZ...

Indeed the grass is still ( in many ways ) greener but we still need to comprehensively get rid of Frankensteins sister and Cheshire Cat Cullen. As you may well realise the council elections in the UK have just comprehensively dumped in excess of 100 labour controlled councils and the Conservatives picked up most of those. The poor old poms are undergoing the same sickness of mindless pseudo communist ''Government'' as we are. Given that Kevin Ruddiculous ( aka ''the milky bar kid' ) is in control across the ditch there isnt a lot of hope for the ockers either.

[jrandom]

labour controlled councils... Conservatives...

'Labour'?

Thanks to a decade's worth of Blair & Co sticking their heads up the American corporate rectum, British 'Labour' is further right on the traditional political spectrum than NZ's National Party.

[Robert Taylor]

'Labour'?

Thanks to a decade's worth of Blair & Co sticking their heads up the American corporate rectum, British 'Labour' is further right on the traditional political spectrum than NZ's National Party.

On that point yes but on other issues they are just as moronic as the outgoing ''government'' here

[oldrider]

Indeed the grass is still ( in many ways ) greener but we still need to comprehensively get rid of Frankensteins sister and Cheshire Cat Cullen. As you may well realise the council elections in the UK have just comprehensively dumped in excess of 100 labour controlled councils and the Conservatives picked up most of those. The poor old poms are undergoing the same sickness of mindless pseudo communist ''Government'' as we are. Given that Kevin Ruddiculous ( aka ''the milky bar kid' ) is in control across the ditch there isnt a lot of hope for the ockers either.

Labour have enough blind faithful, couple that with the Maori party and assorted ambitious odds and sods and "Bingo" Helen's back for an historic fourth term.

If you run away in disgust Helen will fill your space with friendly Chinese immigrants.

Helen has a plan and it doesn't necessarily include you and me! John.