(31-01-2022, 09:20 AM)Olive Wrote: I think it is absurd to compare approval ratings of how well a Prime Minister and a Leader of the Opposition are doing their respective jobs. Their jobs are almost completely different. And Luxon is almost completely unknown, whereas the PM is extremely high profile and has been the target of a huge amount of vitriolic and groundless abuse.we all know where the vitriol and abuse was sourced.
some people are just too thick to understand she is the figurehead of a party, not a dictator.
she doesnt make the policy, the rules or the decisions. (except oil and gas apparently), she leads those that do.
the response is not her doing, and whether we win or lose is not down to her.
that said, you win an election on the back of covid you will have to face the wrath of the public if it goes south.
being the poster girl for one side is always going to attract the venom of the other.
(31-01-2022, 09:24 AM)king1 Wrote: on the subject of labour dont do fiscal well - i came across this yesterday...granted, but if you look at many of those graphs, they either start at 2008, or finish at 2008
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...not-really
of course those are the periods in which each side is in power, but something happened in 2008 that threw the whole world into a tailspin. GFC.
do the graphs and statistics allow for that? or are we comparing two different playing fields?
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