Mostly would rather be reading a book. Mum. Dog owner. Bird and plant enthusiast. The older I get, the more sweary I become. She/her.
Poneke, Aotearoa
Joined October 2020
- Tweets22.2K
- Following489
- Followers477
- Likes79.9K
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
Facts
Christoper Luxon ‘lied’ about intent of electoral changes: Chlöe Swarbrick
thepost.co.nz/politics/36111…
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
"Special votes will have a greatly diminished effect compared to previous elections" is really saying the quiet bit aloud
This quoted post is unavailable.
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
Hard to see much of a path for TOP moving into kingmaker position. This is really the worst outcome A Nat led govt with no liberals and an emboldened act party. A PM with no moral centre and no ability to negotiate getting milked by hard right psychos
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
This man’s strategy also set out to discredit MMP, which he has surely done. He represents big money working to distort electoral outcomes. #NZ law on political donations & 3rd parties running political campaigns is far too loose. Reform needed. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/e… #nzpol
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
Yes - minor parties have had an overhang before, but a deliberate strategy with large funding behind it to distort proportionality to the extent witnessed yesterday does not have a precedent in #NZ to the best of my knowledge.
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
The govt's cynical partisan attempt to disenfranchise voters has resulted in 300k fewer special votes and a 4% fall in turnout for no operational benefit and no cost saving
Its only effect was to prevent the wrong people from voting, as intended
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
3/3 These disturbing aspects suggest a need for an in-depth inquiry into the functioning of the electoral system. Overhang distorting proportionality, a loose electoral funding regime - including for 3rd parties, & enrolment periods which exclude many should all be addressed.
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
2/3. 3. Many were not enrolled during the truncated enrolment period which ended 13 days before the election. 4. MMP was designed to see parties proportionally represented - yet in a dead heat party vote result, National currently has around 6 more seats in Parliament. ➡️ 3/3
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
1/2 Whatever the eventual outcome, there were disturbing aspects to the just concluded #NZ election campaign. 1. Anonymous funders backed a vote splitting campaign advantaging National. 2. There was a huge imbalance in party funding. rnz.co.nz/news/political/242…
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
A govt that did not wish to be constantly accused of using an election-count pretext to justify skewing the rules in its own favour would simply ensure that the changes did not in fact favour it
But this govt was warned and unilaterally went ahead anyway, and we can all see why
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
Actually there WAS a plan:
1. To undo everything Labour had put in place (i.e. Willis and the ferries)
2. To do as little as possible other than overseas trips and photo ops for Luxon
3. To take as much off the 'bottom feeders' as they could to give it to their donors
4. To destroy the health system and replace it with private hopitals
And they succeeded on all counts
thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361111… “There must now be a creeping realisation for many New Zealanders that there is no plan. There never was. And voters are surely sick of being told otherwise.” Post Ed.
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
I know the election day black out doesnt really make logical sense but its kind of nice to have a day where everyone shuts the fuck up for a bit
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
We are going to need another royal commission after this election aren't we
“Māori voters have reportedly walked away from voting booths without casting their ballots after supplies of Māori electorate voting papers ran out, with one voter describing how election staff had to travel to another town to collect more”
thepost.co.nz/politics/36111…
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
That disgraceful headline should be National Plummets further rnz.co.nz/news/politics_elec…
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
This ad feels like I've taken crazy pills
The voiceover says 'Times are tough, but good plans take time'. The sheep baas, man pats half shaved head, voiceover sings 'it's going to be good'
*You know how you're a half shorn sheep? Trust us, a half shorn man, to finish the job*
Janette Stratton 😷 retweeted
Well @radionz @SaturdayRNZ you have really misjudged your biggest listening market in appointing Gower. He doesn’t have the intellect or interests the Saturday listeners do. There will be little interest in his content