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2008-09-22 Down Under

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Posted by Steve White 2008-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Upcoming in 2 years and 2 months if on schedule. He might go earlier if there's an advantage to be had.

New Zealand has the shortly upcoming elections.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2008-09-22 05:41|| 2008-09-22 05:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Is New Zealand likely to go Conservative in their election? Surely they wouldn't upset my preconceptions like that!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-22 09:17|| 2008-09-22 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks Mike, the article made it seem as if the elections were just around the corner.

Posted by Steve White 2008-09-22 09:21|| 2008-09-22 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm a bit sheepish about the possibility of a conservative Kiwi government at the moment. Your longstanding, and I might add quite accurate perconceptions remain sound TW.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-22 09:23|| 2008-09-22 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 At a conservative guest there will be plenty of sheepish conceptions in the spring, Besoeker dear.

/ducks, runs, pulls hole in behind her.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-22 09:27|| 2008-09-22 09:27|| Front Page Top

#6 /runs back, replaces t in guest with a second s to make the more appropriate guess, returns to her hopefully safe inverted hole.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-22 09:28|| 2008-09-22 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Is New Zealand likely to go Conservative in their election? Surely they wouldn't upset my preconceptions like that!

Back in the 80's, New Zealand was arguably more free market oriented than Reagan/Thatcher.

Posted by Iblis 2008-09-22 17:08|| 2008-09-22 17:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes indeed NZ might go conservative. They do have a crazy electoral system though which I don't pretend to understand.
They did go free market under the Labour party government in the 1980's as a result of a push by their finance minister Roger Douglas. I don't think they had much choice but NZ still looks too regulated to me. I've got a dog in this hunt as my lovely wife hails from NZ and has 7 siblings there.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2008-09-22 17:24|| 2008-09-22 17:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Kewi's going conservative eh? Then I say... GO BLACKS!!!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-22 17:25|| 2008-09-22 17:25|| Front Page Top

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