tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post163551047065469249..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Hone and Hide have a pointPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52457560484669428772011-02-10T15:32:54.658+13:002011-02-10T15:32:54.658+13:00"If “confidence and supply” agreements have “..."If “confidence and supply” agreements have “worked,” then they have worked only for the larger party, which in every coalition formed to date has chewed up, swallowed then spat out its minor partners."<br /><br />...and then in the next paragraph...<br /><br />"since some of the worst law we’ve seen in the last fifteen years has been either the product of a minor party (Sue Bradford’s tail wagging everyone’s anti-smacking dog"<br /><br />Can't be both, can it?cheesefunnelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-39654620120656987572011-02-10T14:12:29.771+13:002011-02-10T14:12:29.771+13:00David, that's part of my point, it's a goo...David, that's part of my point, it's a good thing if government has all sorts of problems "getting things done", the less they "get done" the better it tends to be for the general populace....<br />In my view, "doing things" that only garner the support of 51% is a clear sign that these things are not really worth doing anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72720826443903854802011-02-10T13:57:22.023+13:002011-02-10T13:57:22.023+13:00Trouble with collabaration on individual items is ...Trouble with collabaration on individual items is you may get nothing done unless a party with 3% support decides to. Whichever way you go deals have to be done under MMP.<br />I have some sympathy for Hide as in principal devolving power to its lowest level is good practice and right to let Auckland decide if they want maori representation.He has been blind sided by the stupidity of Auckland voting in Brown when there were enough signs prior to the vote on what directions he takes and his attitude towards accountability.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86254262235891317342011-02-10T13:47:44.131+13:002011-02-10T13:47:44.131+13:00ACT has no ministers around the cabinet table. Th...ACT has no ministers around the cabinet table. They are both ministers outside cabinet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-35667167074292505042011-02-10T12:30:46.280+13:002011-02-10T12:30:46.280+13:00And one would argue this is the way MMP is actuall...And one would argue this is the way MMP is actually supposed to work, i.e. collaboration on individual issues, based on their substance, not on ideological dogma, and the subsequent hammering out of overall coalition deals. Such an approach would dramatically limit parliament's opportunity and scope to create legislation as it would bog the process down to deal with far greater level of detail.<br />This method would however require a much stricter separation of legislature and executive, as well as a much better systems of principles and controls between the government branches, and between government and individual power, i.e. a solid constitution.<br /><br />BezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com