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Comments on: Stats NZ is politically neutral … Labour isn’t http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/ The Visible Hand in Economics Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:43:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: DT http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35286 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:43:32 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35286 All fair points, and I understand your (mistaken) decision to not vote Labour this time. I assume that you must be voting green 🙂

]]> By: alwyn http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35275 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35275 In reply to Pete.

Please, please.
It wasn’t Feynman, it was New Zealand’s own Ernest Rutherford who said that science was either Physics or stamp collecting.

]]> By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35269 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:02:13 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35269 In reply to D.J. Taylor.

One day we will have competent opposition – we just need to hope its soon 😉

]]> By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35262 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:06:50 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35262 In reply to Herman A. Junge.

Thanks for that – I picked up a couple more typos while fixing that one 😉

No need to delete the comment, my inability to write properly is a common theme on this blog.  Hopefully the fact that I’m inconsistent with my spelling and grammar doesn’t take away from the message.

I should really write these posts in word first so I can keep a more careful eye on these things 😉

]]> By: Herman A. Junge http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35261 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:02:24 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35261 A little typo over there: “not being able to understnad data ” (delete my comment once you read it)

]]> By: D.J. Taylor http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35258 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:05:20 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35258 In reply to Pete.

Trust a physicist to say that (re: Feynman). Depends on your definition of “science” Pete. (Physical or natural) Science it is most certainly not. However, if it is an emperical investigation of social (political) interaction(s) that utilises scientific method is it not a (social) science? 🙂

]]> By: Pete http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35257 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:42:13 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35257 Politics is not science. In Feynman terms, it isn’t even stamp collecting.

]]> By: Stats Dept is squeaky clean UPDATED « Homepaddock http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35255 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:29:26 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35255 […] at The Visible Hand In Economics and Alex Tarrant at Interest.co.nz both point out Twford has misunderstood the data. […]

]]> By: D.J. Taylor http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/11/09/stats-nz-is-politically-neutral-labour-isnt/#comment-35253 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:08:40 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=6462#comment-35253 Could not agree more with you Matt. As a political scientist and advocate of democracy this situation makes me both angry and sad.
 
It’s a sad state of affairs when the so-called primary opposition party cannot make those currently in charge break sweat during an election campaign. It’s not like National have been all flowers and rainbows for goodness sakes. Labour have just handled their task abysmally, making themselves look foolish and doing the public a great disservice.
 
It’s a sad sad day for any democracy when there’s clearly only one way things are going to go based largely on an ineffectual job from the leading opposition party. L
 

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