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wysi

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17. I've been here 12 years now...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 03:30 PM

Sep 2014

... and this is about as depressed as I have been about the prospects for New Zealand. I keep telling Kiwis that they are getting more like Americans all the time... and I don't mean that as a compliment.

National is more or less using the Reagan administration playbook, and the neoliberal transition should be more or less complete by the time Key retired to his house in Hawaii at the end of this term.

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New Zealand's National Party marches back to power [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 OP

He's a consummate politician shaayecanaan Sep 2014 #1

He's getting credit for the economic recovery which likely would have happened anyway, wickerwoman Sep 2014 #10

ugh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #2

Their immigration laws are the strictest in the World yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #5

I rack up a lot of skilled immigrant category points. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #6

Well I am glad that you are doing well here yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #7

No they're not shaayecanaan Sep 2014 #8

It helps to marry a Kiwi rickford66 Sep 2014 #12

I really like the fact that the country goes all the way from Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #13

CHCH is out of sight since the earthquakes rickford66 Sep 2014 #15

Center-Right... SoapBox Sep 2014 #3

Remember that "center right" by their standards would probably be to the left of totodeinhere Sep 2014 #4

Way to the left of your democratic party shaayecanaan Sep 2014 #9

They also sacked ECan and replaced them with appointed cronies. wickerwoman Sep 2014 #11

In many ways, sure. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #14

Yep. wickerwoman Sep 2014 #16

I've been here 12 years now... wysi Sep 2014 #17

What does fingrin Sep 2014 #18