Cait, Jarl of the Bread Makers 🏳️‍⚧️

Didn't have a queue voting in chch but it's also an absolute scorcher of a Labour Day, so a bit harder to causally go and do so. Earliest vote I have ever done, proud to be one of the first batch of votes to turn Christchurch Central green 💚 #nzpol

Voting locations around chch for the Cantabs here, all bar the airport one open now till at least 4pm, most a little after. ✅✅ in Central, ✅ Party elsewhere and local vote Lab. Let's fucking go. #nzpol

Kinda impressive how each political party seems to find a way to one up the other with making a mess with this gang thing. At this point I'm fully expecting to find out one of the NZF or ACT candidates is in a gang to one up National, absolute madness. #nzpol

Some of the things being said about Opportunities in this space now is getting very conspiratorial. @mountaintui.bsky.social has already shown how they're no good, we don't need to make weird ideas of being a right wing scheme or what not. Simply point at their hypocrisy. #nzpol

Opportunity Party accounts dared me to find any evidence the party astroturfs - I found some #NZPOL #Kiwi

What I am gathering from here, is both Chris' have lost tonight because they have to talk to Ryan Bridges? #nzpol

I genuinely didn't realise the debate was tonight, I eagerly await to hear how Luxon puts his foot in his mouth after I am home from work #nzpol

In case this gets missed in all the news today #nzpol

One thing I've found looking at policy is, Labour and Green policy can work really well together. Meanwhile you have a lot of friction between the Coalition parties policy, maybe Opps will realise who can actually be adults come November. #nzpol

That Labour can do better and that Curia/TPU polls are dogshit are not mutually exclusive #nzpol

Honestly, until diseal goes back to at least close to what it was before the fuckwit in the White House and his drunk fascist lackey decided they needed to feel manly, I think not putting the tax on fuel up is fine. #nzpol

I hope that there is a push on all parties in opposition now to actually devolve power to councils properly, after the strong arm wank Luxon and his cronies have pushed on everyone #nzpol

A frustrating vibe I've seen here is people assuming voters on the left annoyed with Labour will go to Greens by default. You need to win people over on the Greens vision, not just Labour bad, and a lot of the energy here carries less "We need to bring them in" and more "How could they not?" #nzpol

You know, the Labour fiscal plan isn't bad IF you include the Greens tax plan with it... just saying. #nzpol

Content warning - long grumpy post about arts funding ahead. South Island based arts organisations were reported as getting just 10% of Creative New Zealand funding. That's bad enough. What I discovered next was astonishing.

National Party eating itself and Aussies getting hammered by Bangladesh? What a surreal and wonderful few days #AUSvBAN #nzpol

And so, a Chris did fall today... #nzpol

It is impressive that with the biggest egg in the world, National are still unable to make an omelette #nzpol

THE COWARDS, SO FUCKING FUNNY #nzpol

Is it happening? #nzpol

It goes without saying, if you call yourself a leftist and you do this kind of gendered hate to Stanford, get the fuck out. #nzpol

Honestly, all the parties AI related policy is poor. The Greens have the best but a year pause is not itself particularly inspiring. #nzpol

Gonna be so rude if Luxon fucks off before I finish my shift #nzpol

The Greens & Opportunity should be calling their policies TAX RELIEF - because for over 70% of the population what you take home after tax is lower. Current language is allowing the right to wrongly depict what happens to the wealthiest 10-20% as the general effect. Smart labelling matters #nzpol

Someone should really ask Luxon how a fuel excise isn't a tax on working people #nzpol

Do you think Luxon doesn't think about fuel excise as a tax because he's never personally thought about it, as he never had to fill his own car? #nzpol

I do agree with this, but I will acknowledge the marijuana referendum was the result of a government from 2017-2020 where one Party wanted legalisation (G), one didn't have a particular side (L) and one that did not want it (NZF). We can have a government without the part that didn't want it.

I swear, anytime I link up with my Labour or Greens friends, there is a new situation of Luxon putting his foot in his mouth. Truly impressive levels of ego. #nzpol

Hipkins referring to the FSU and TPU as "so called" has given me a massive dopamine hit I can't lie. #nzpol

As a software leftist: it both has all the negative impacts we know and hate AND it does not live up to the hype always given to it. AI slop has always been and will remain slop, so SLOP GENERATING IT

I hate that I have to keep saying this, and at this point I'm gonna start being more direct about it. STOP USING AI FOR YOUR POSTS! It stands against everything the left should stand for, and is also frankly, in a word, cringe. #nzpol

One thing I do enjoy about being connected with both Greens and Labour people is, I get to see where there is the alignment and similar vibes. This weekend, it was entirely laughing at Paul Henry, like his named was mentioned by both with such deserved disrespect. Quite heartwarming. #nzpol

The members bill to make stalking a crime was literally lodged by Labour Party's Ginny Anderson in response to a murder that happened in 2022. Luxon wont tell you that though 🤷

She died so ministers can pat themselves on the back and claim emergency housing use is down, fuck this callous, vile government #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...

Not only is this a really damn good policy, but it actively one-ups National's now very sad looking solar policy. Which is not just a great move, but really, really fucking funny #nzpol

It should be said, you get a lot of immigrant communities who vote against the current government parties, especially for Labour. This is blatantly voter supression against their political rival's electoral base. #nzpol

I really fucking hate how the media treat a small fixable error as comparable to having terrible policy. Act put out policy to make poors into Salient Yellow… Media: No typos here! #NZPol

So Greens have policy that both increases tax revenue and cuts taxes for almost everyone, Labour has policy that makes healthcare costs way lower and limits the cost of PT. National meanwhile only have a policy that actively forces your pay out of your pocket for Kiwisaver. It says enough #nzpol