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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

excellent summary of the uselessness of Nat "pledges". The how behind these pledges is scary. e.g. health is on track to be privatised. Private operators are already getting paid to provide services to our public health system. https://healthcare.southerncross.co.nz/about-us "Southern Cross Healthcare provides services to insurance-funded, ACC, Te Whatu Ora and self-paying patients." In addition, our joint venture partnerships in rehabilitation, physiotherapy, mental health and workplace health services further support the health outcomes of New Zealanders. Southern Cross Healthcare is extremely proud to be an integral part of New Zealand’s wider healthcare system." I suspect that more money for private operators is how they would reduce waiting lists. And "new technology to reduce agricultural emmissions" of course means genetically engineered plants and animals. this stuff is already developing but nats would speed it all up. Hopefully the greens and te pati maori can get a labour govt to pursue better options.

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It is the classic Tory tactic, underfund a public service until it can no longer cope, and then privatise.

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Sep 3, 2023·edited Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

Nats have been working at the privatisation of Health for over 10 years. There will be BIG money donations to Nats to get them in to finish the job.

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Sad. White collar crime is never jailed.

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

Lux-on thinks he's god's-right-hand-man, his wing (& a prayer) man, the 'wide boy' of remmers.

His zeal has the element of god-is-on-my-side.

I propose to film the ritual burning of nats stolen idea: the pledge card.

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

I'm also really interested in the "personal guarantee" aspect 🤔 Hoping media, lol will challenge him on what he's offering up to make good on that part ffs

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

An excellent summary of how useless and out of touch National really are. Also they could not come up with a new idea either - using a pledge card that Labour used years ago. It's all so laughable except there are deluded people out there who believe National's shite!! John Campbell did a good job of exposing Luxon's fakeness last night on Sunday. We must keep exposing the shortcomings of National/ACT/NZ First.

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Is Jude the ripper still their IT guru? That would explain why they have no idea about vpns.

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I want to cry, really. We're all pissing into the wind. National are so slick at the marketing that noone (the majority of New Zealanders) are looking at the substance, or lack thereof, of their policies. I think having the NZCTU place those ads in the Herald this morning has not helped the situation - in fact, it's given National more ammunition to fire at Labour, even though Labour wouldn't have had a hand in it. I'm sure Chippy is pissed off about that turn of events. 😪

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

We’ll done Nick! Measured destruction of the pledge, a useless bit of flammable material, worthless!

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

Lucks(Lux)out and Willnot must be the inspiration behind these empty promises.

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Sep 4, 2023Liked by Nick Rockel

I am amazed by Nicola W's outdated language and rhetoric ? Who keeps their money in their back pockets these days? How many women even have any pockets in clothes? And honestly DVDs ,has she not heard of Netflix? Maybe not as she hadn't even heard of VPNs !!

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Clear and precise. Great read. Thank you.

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