tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post5892702859101003918..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: Throwing out the bumsAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-29499417052215617952011-10-24T20:51:12.579+01:002011-10-24T20:51:12.579+01:00Two words: John Key.
The incumbent NZ Prime Minis...Two words: John Key.<br /><br />The incumbent NZ Prime Minister is up for re-election quite soon, and his party has enormously higher popularity than it did at the last election, which was just before the financial crisis moved out of the financial sector into the real world.<br /><br />And it's not that the opposition have self-destructed, either. The Labor leader is a bit of a non-entity, but hardly objectionable, and there haven't been big scandals or infighting. It's true that the recession hasn't been as bad in NZ, but it's still surprising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-54380782082259028332011-10-11T14:00:39.273+01:002011-10-11T14:00:39.273+01:00That's more or less the conclusion here: http:...That's more or less the conclusion here: http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels/stimulus.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com