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Open mike 23/11/2011
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Solidarity with Egypt
A call for international solidarity with protests in Egypt MENA Solidarity Network (Solidarity with workers in the Middle East) The Arab Spring hangs in balance, as protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other cities in Egypt battle the riot police of the ruling Egyptian…
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Tape hearing
The hearing on the legality of the teapot tapes has been underway since 10am. The Herald has coverage of early news, and The Listener is filtering useful content out of Twitter (or see the feed direct on #votenz). We'll update this post as events develop. Update:…
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Taking out the trash
There are unwise acts, and disturbed individuals, on both sides of the political spectrum. One particularly dishonest form of attack politics is to take low level examples (from the politics that you oppose), and blow them up in to some kind of fantasy narrative about…
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Nats’ education policy
The Nats' education policy came out yesterday and, predictably, it's ideologically driven nonsense that will damage children. The main drive is to extend the significance of national standards. The Nats' version of the standards, you'll recall, have been slammed by their own education advisor: National standards ‘disaster’…
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Nats’ cuts cause benefit overpayments to rise
Checking out data matches that show beneficiaries may have moved overseas and stopping their benefit if they have. That's back-office work, eh? Exactly the kind of 'unsexy' jobs National has been cutting. Well, MSD stopped data matching because its resource were stretched too thin -…
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Key’s campaign super weapon
hattip: William Joyce
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Key to lay police complaint against debate worm
The 2nd TV debate was a 2nd win for Goff. He was human and humane, visionary and realistic. Key made excuses for his poor record, tried to hide in detail, and cast a sullen eye to the future. The worm told the story. So did…
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Open mike 22/11/2011
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Laws and police priorities
Commenting on the John Key teapot tapes, Michael Laws on Radio Live advocated shooting journalists in the Herald on Sunday. He said: Talking about journalists on his show on Friday, Mr Laws said: "If I had a gun I'd shoot them, put them out of…
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The other state house issue
Key's poodle blogs are barking about Labour's state house attack ad. Key told us again tonight on TV3 he too was "brought up in a state house." What it taught him though is that "it was a great marketing ploy." What a fraud.
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TV3 debate: clear win to Goff
Forum for discussing the TV3 Goff-Key leaders' debate (7pm – 8:30pm). See earlier post on the TV audience three ring "worm" circus, and how to participate if you're so inclined. Update: http://keyholes.co.nz/ is fact checking Key's claims live. Update: A clear win to Goff - Bravo!…
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The Goldsmith Gambit
This will be one of the dirtiest political and anti-democratic tactics ever designed in NZ history. It has the potential of delivering a second John Key term, gifting Epsom to ACT and of discrediting MMP in one foul swoop: a true Tory Trifecta. On current…
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Police delay searches
In what seems a very wise move, police are holding off their searches of four media organisations until the legal situation has been clarified. Police delay enforcing search warrants over teapot tape Police are holding off enforcing search warrants on four media organisations until after…
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3rd World New Zealand
There's an insidious little meme from the right going around: 'our poverty rates aren't so bad, look at India'. When did we start comparing ourselves to the 3rd world? We should set the best countries as our benchmarks. The shame when, in a new doco,…
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Truth in advertising
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Debate tonight – smartphone worm app
Tonight is the TV3 Goff-Key leaders’ debate 7pm – 8:30pm. Remember "the worm"? It's back. Sigh. Yes folks, once again we're going to be subjected to this controversial feedback mechanism driven by an "uncommitted" panel. But, in a move aimed much more at "wow" factor than…
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Fearing Winston
National is getting increasingly hysterical as its internal polling shows its majority slipping away and New Zealand First above 5%. The 'positive campaign' that never really was is out the window. It's all out attacks on NZF now. National is lashing out at the democratic…
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Five days to Save our Assets
Phil Goff said yesterday at Labour's big rally that we had "Six days to save our assets" - now we have 5. There's a great letter to the editor in this week's Listener (not online) by Tim Hazeldine, Auckland University's Professor of Economics that succinctly puts National's…
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Open mike 21/11/2011
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More lameness from the man with no ideas; wave goodbye to Aroha
In a desperate attempt to distract voters' attention from his dire campaign problems, John Key has announced today that if Winston is re-elected (in which case me might well hold the balance of power), New Zealand will be forced to go back to the polls within…
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Integrity or hocus pocus
I have no sympathy for politicians complaining about their 'private' political conversations being made public. What politicians say on politics is inherently of public interest. Don't say different things in private than in public, and you won't get caught out. It's a matter of integrity.…
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What would he have thought?
hattip: William Joyce
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New Goldsmith signs go up
Apparently, Paul Goldsmith is not even handing out his business card in Epsom any more. And Imperator Fish reports on the extreme lengths he is going to in an effort to lose. But his popularity cannot be quelled. #hipstersforgoldsmith is big on Twitter. And new,…
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Open mike 20/11/2011
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Ambrose to sue Key for defamation
Bradley Ambrose, the cameraman widely maligned by John Key and his pudgey lapdogs David Farrar and Cameron Slater for daring to hold the PM to some basic standards of accountability, is demanding an apology from John Key or he'll take the PM (and hopefully the…
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ACT have been very stable
We missed this at the time - thanks to toad in comments (and link to g.blog) for the heads up! Especially relevant now that John Key has personally tied himself to ACT with his endorsement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazVH2AlOfg
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In memoriam
It's a year since the explosion at Pike River killed 29 men. Just people like you and me doing their job. It seems some semblance of justice may be delivered to those who let this disaster happen. But the lasting legacy must be a change…
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How bad are National’s internals?
Some say the tea tapes haven't hurt Brand Key. In fact, National is down 2% last week and those polls were largely taken before the tea tapes hit overdrive. It also takes time for impressions and media narratives to bed in. The 26th will be…
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Nats and climate change deniers
The teapot tape fiasco has done the country a couple of favours. First, it has given us a good long look at the tawdry reality behind the media construct that is Brand Key. That story is playing out with a momentum all of its own.…