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Is Labour's position that weird? Three years and six years and nine years ago, we didn't think we could get a CGT done. So, even though that would have been our preference, we did the weird deductability thing. This time we're doing CGT, so there's no need to do the interest thing for houses only.

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I get such cognitive relief from evidence based policy because recently with regard to the public policy discourse it’s just the ‘I feel like I’m taking crazy pills’ meme all the time

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I almost wish that I had once knowingly listened to an Ed Sheeran song so I could now claim to be boycotting him.

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A petty reason to crow over Chris Penk, but as Minister for Land Information he nixed changing Petone to Pito One and Russell to Kororāreka, and wouldn’t add a macron to Rangitīkei and Manawatū. These name proposals are thoroughly researched and consulted for years, but he declined them on vibes.

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