Show threadStrypeyMay 30, 2025

Just to show that Jake Tame asks the hard questions of all politicians, regardless of their political alignment, here's the recent Q+A interview with Chlöe Swarbrick about the Greens' alternative budget;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1slr5sXvk

I was surprised by how many of these questions she couldn't really answer. Although to her credit, she didn't pretend she was, while answering their own patsy question, as Luxon and Willis do, *constantly*.

#QAndA #JakeTame #NZGreens #ChlöeSwarbrick #AlternativeBudget

Why Chlöe Swarbrick wants taxes on wealthy, more debt | Q+A 2025

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StrypeyJul 20, 2023

"If you're only prepared to make popular decisions as a leader though, then what is the point of leadership? It's not really leadership is it. It's just focus-grouping. It's just polling. Instead of laying out a platform, debating its merits, and pursuing a really distinct vision, you might as well just have a smartphone app or a website, on which everyone votes for every little policy."

#JakeTame, 2023

Quoted in Midweek #MediaWatch on #RNZ:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018898749/midweek-mediawatch-too-much-information-too-soon

#NZPolitics #leadership

Midweek Mediawatch - too much information too soon?

Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about intense coverage of a mother accused of killing her children - and the media finally covering the crimes of Sir James Wallace. Also: Tova O’Brien returning to the media as some senior news editors depart; the media response to the PM ruling out wealth taxes - and the tabloid scoop giving the BBC a big headache.

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