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9 quotes by Jim Bolger

James Brendan "Jim" Bolger ONZ (born 31 May 1935) was the 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997. Bolger was elected on the promise of delivering a "Decent Society" following the previous Labour government's economic reforms, known as Rogernomics. Shortly after taking office, his government was forced to bail out the Bank of New Zealand and as a result reneged on a number of promises made during the election campaign. His term in...
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Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of... →

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I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time... →

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I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we... →

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So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the... →

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And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of... →

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And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you... →

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I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a... →

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Nigel might have an earlier date, but I think it's unprecedented from my memory. So it is a reminder to everybody that the public can move very... →

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So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take... →

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