Alex-Ander

Passionate about the Past, Politics and Pecan Pie.

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@astero9890_ In this scenario, Gore probably ironically draws enough votes from the Greens to Labour, forcing them below the threshold and leading to a NAT-NZF-UF-ACT Government

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@kabaivanoff1 @ajrgd @xruiztru Theresa May was PM before Boris Johnson

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Tiare_MP Against a first term Government? Absolute BS. National in 2020, Labour in 2011, and National in 2002 were closer to 20 points behind at this point of the cycle

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Liquid_Times He's objectively the best performing opposition leader since the 70s and it's insane to claim otherwise

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Interstellar_HG @RaulManuel And then immediately resigned, leaving everyone else to clean up his mess. Worse than Truss, easily.

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Tiare_MP Credit for removing the kickstart in the first place and then reinstating it?

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@AstroPuss @henrycooke What are you talking about? Yes, National was only founded in 1936 before then Labour had only won one election. What Henry posted is just an objective fact

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@ChadFromGeorgia @lukepbeasley Oh he likes Star Wars? Wow I'm sure that will put swing voters off

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@bdquinn The election was so close that the strongly approve Obama-Trump voters alone decided the Electoral College

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Kittyka21153868 @TheZeitgeistNZ Lol that's just not remotely true

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@Tiare_MP Are there really people on the left saying they're on the right? All the (fair!) critiques I've seen are about how they'll be a wasted vote and ensure another term for the coalition

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@sable98677 @MatthewMacland2 @mattyglesias Zombie Ann Richards would have won

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@ATX_fight_club @AlecMacGillis @mkhammer @Nate_Cohn https://t.co/fm01vp3UM1

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@totaraforest To be fair, any economist will tell you the debate over a 2028/29 vs 2029/30 surplus is rather silly in that a $0.5b deficit vs. a $0.5b surplus is much less relevant than a $2b v $8b deficit, but the former gets the headlines

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@okanepeter @liamvincent26 Plenty of times you have to use ID other than alcohol - banks, post offices etc. Seems pretty sensible given some elderly will lose licenses and/or don't have reasons to travel internationally

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@nowavves1 @DavidLiskov @trouble_man90 What previous race? Every poll in 2014 had her at least 20, often over 30 points ahead

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@sandylanceley @disco___cat What on earth does geographical size have to do with it? Sure some countries take time to form coalitions but plenty of others don't and have actually had more stable political leadership over the last couple of decades: Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@sandylanceley @disco___cat Who is in Parliament is who should govern. If people don't want a minor party in Government, they don't have to vote for one. PR works well in plenty of other countries

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@_colourmeamused Other end of the island, but Abel Tasman is still beautiful in winter. Otherwise in Canterbury, the Godley Valley has some decent huts but just check the forecast so you won't be walking through snow

[Alex-Ander @Nyujirando]

@SophRiver @cowenscorn @henrycooke @NicolaWillisMP @cjsbishop Imane Khelif is a cis woman. If you're going to be transphobic at least do some basic research.

Meanwhile in actual facts, this Government has supposedly protected women by reducing their pay by $12 billion and reduced access to family and sexual violence services.