Chris Bishop is technically part of “Generation Rent” despite being a minister of a party of landlords.

1999 was the first election I was old enough to vote, and also when the 1st Matrix movie opened in cinemas. On that note, I took the “breadpill” when the other choice was the “blue rinse pill”, and have never looked back since. The Great Recession turning Reaganomics & Thatcherism into a state of undeath into MAGA & Brexit respectively has only reinforced my world view.

Sadly right. Instead of appointing Mr Brewster on a salary higher than lame duck Luxford, they should be just digging up pipes and replacing them. Fixing leaks. Just employ a whole bunch of plumbers with a single road cone and a small digger, and give them a performance target so that they are incentivized to fix leaks. Fuck the management. Fix the leaks.

I had to and fact check this, Kumara, as I couldn’t quite believe that Thames Water was near bankruptcy – but I should not have doubted you for one second. Yes, bizarrely it is true. Despite having a monopoly over the 8 million residents of London, who can neither buy water elsewhere nor shit in someone else’s pond, Thames Water is going bust.

Why? Same old problem that Tiaki Wai has been put up to here. Saddled with huge debts, alongside sadly lacking infrastructure, and the obviously massive protests when they tried to rark up the water rates, this is a warning to NZ not to go down the same track, as well as a lesson in how to fight your water bill for all Wellingtonians: civil disobedience. Refuse to pay unjust water bills.

Agree dildo-headed Luxaflex has gone beyond being merely a “shit John Key” without even the graceless ponytail-pulling and flag-referendum having gone straight for wanting to go back to FPP

No Chris, just no

Question, is he better or worse than Albanese juggling melons and dreaming of Kylie?

That foolish boy should have known that Kylie is God and we are fortunate indeed to be allowed to exist on the same mortal plane as her royal Minogue-ness

Either way I suspect the hand of The Chin and Butter-wouldn’t-melt Erica in these proceedings..

As for the Election, Labour like pissing money up against the wall if their immediate track record is to go by
While I reckon Chloe would be a great leader to share a beer with, the thought of the Greens anywhere near the treasury benches gives me the willies
Quilae seems very personable and sane but I just cannot get behind the idea of sticking the whole country on the dole, despite liking the idea of a land tax in principle

Yes Dancing Dave has lost my vote by enjoining himself to that dying boomer screech-owl Pull Henry who in my book is second only to Michael Laws in the pantheon of tossers

So who ya gonna vote for now that is not a waste of oxygen?

The Maori Party? the same ones who want to abolish prisons?
Hello, reality would like a word

Overall, I think the quality is low and yes I know it’s a shit job that tends to attract the wrong sort

The safest bet for strategic direction of the country would probably be to turn it over to a room full of anonymous accountants and engineers who want to do the right thing for the country and have no interest in showboating so, AI it is, hahaha

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/nyc-dob-wraps-safety-sweep-buildings-collapse-office-residential/827062/

In Britain, Thames Water was privatised years ago, and is now teetering on bankruptcy. In a last gasp of the Thatcherist ideology behind it, its owners are threatening to sue if a bailout isn’t forthcoming. I say let them go under and be re-nationalised for next to nothing.

They both sound like prospective New Cons supporters, despite Winston attracting a few of their candidates. Meanwhile, the Opportunity Party may or may not cross the parliamentary threshold.

Bit much? Shouldn’t call the PM a dick?

Not just stripped of his minister portfolios, but thinking of leaving politics altogether?

“Many constituents Stuff speaks to are disillusioned with politics. “The devil is red, and the devil is blue,” says Darrell Nicholson, a caregiver for disabled children who is handing out evangelical Christian leaflets. “It’s just the same.” He says he won’t vote this year because he does not think it will make a difference.

“Inept, useless, selling out our country,” says Steph, a store owner, about the Coalition Government. She has previously voted Green but now thinks they have become “too woke”, especially the party’s focus on issues around sexuality and gender. Her main concern is immigration, saying that she did not believe non-citizens should be able to vote. While that is a New Zealand First policy, she isn’t sold on the party.

“I think all our politicians are not working for the country. I am one of those people who is furious about paying tax and it not actually benefiting everybody.”

In the two hours Stuff spends on Kumeū’s streets, none of Penk’s constituents give him a ringing endorsement.”