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Bringing them to heel is not a concept that works in coalition politics. It assumes a direct power imbalance has to be acknowledged by all parties. And tails have a hard problem accepting they do not control the dog.
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(25-09-2024, 03:09 PM)harm_less Wrote: As previously forecast by many the cracks are starting to appear in our coalition government as opposing minor parties wheel their barrows out with a PM that lacks the political nous or leadership abilities to bring them to heel.
"They can't get Winston to agree?"
Oh, really? Surely not...
My how very unexpected...
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Better men than thee Mr Luxon, have rejected Winston for office. Not to mention a woman worth more than all of you put together...
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Chippy had plenty of past experience.
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(25-09-2024, 06:04 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Better men than thee Mr Luxon, have rejected Winston for office. Not to mention a woman worth more than all of you put together...
Indeed, there is that....you'd think someone with Luxon's experience in business & possible knowledge of politics might have managed to avoid this.
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Defensive, I think many of them are.
Well earned, well deserved.
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How the devil did we ever get saddled with this:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-collec...oliticians
incompetence of politicians
Hypocrisy of politicians
Omnishambles of politiians
Embarrasment of politicians
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I dont think privatization is going to help the situation given Bluebridge even is now having issues.
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An obfuscation of politicians.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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