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Peter Franks's avatar

I agree this is a balanced and excellent column unlike a lot of the partisan nonsense out there. I want to be informed so I can make up my own mind. Congratulations Grant.

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Malcolm Robbins's avatar

I was actually shocked at the "audacity" of the TV One news item on the poll. It was the first item, they announced it up front as "breaking news" and then spent about 10 minutes on it. The reporter was speaking in high pitched/excited state tones that suggest this was REALLY significant. OK so National have dropped a couple of points, so did NZ First, Labour went up a couple but from her tone is seem we we virtually had a constitutional crisis on our hand in that the govt had lost the confidence of the people in the first 5 months of office.

Based on this and previous coverage from MSM I couldn't help have the cynical thought that they have actively been contributed to the loss of confidence given the lack of "honeymoon period" (which is at least partly a function of how the fourth estate reports on a new govt). That and the fact that inflation is persistent, times are tough, outlook is grim, people are losing their jobs it's all hardly surprising really.

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