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Labour up 6.8% – Herald DigiPoll
Sure it's just one poll but that's nearly seven percent. And it's (nearly) all come off National. This goes quite some way to explaining why National are breaking out the desperate dirty tricks...
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Open mike 25/09/2013
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike...
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National goes dirty
It's not been surprising to see National's dirty tricks machine groan back to life over the last week - in the last week of the leadership campaign a good source close to the Nat's research unit told me that they'd picked David Cunliffe as the…
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Dear media….
Just for the record, if you or any other idiot accuse me of homophobia, genocide, necrophilia, child kidnapping or just not being nice enough please use this photo; not the ones you used recently which make me look disturbingly like my mother - whom I…
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Anti-democratic tendencies
That CV's almost looking complete and we've been loving the baubles and celebrity of a weekend with the Windsors. Milk it baby. John Key has come away not only learning that you address a baby as "Sir", but more committed to keeping the monarchy and…
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Doing what we’re best at
One of the oddities of looking at our export statistics in NZ is that one of the largest export sectors simply doesn't show up. It is one that virtually didn't exist 20 years ago when I started working in it. The amount of hi-tech exports…
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Cunliffe makes space for the Greens
The cleverness of David Cunliffe's reshuffle extends beyond how he has united Labour by keeping worthy MPs who opposed him in senior positions while demoting no-hopers like Curran. He's also left space for the Greens to move into both in opposition and in government. That…
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Open mike 24/09/2013
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Labour’s reshuffle
Hooton's attempted diversion aside, the big news today is David Cunliffe's announcement of Labour's reshuffle. Following is the Party's press release: Labour Leader David Cunliffe has unveiled his new shadow cabinet, describing it is a government in waiting that will make a real difference to…
Annette King david cunliffe david parker david shearer grant robertson labour
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Hooton – please apologise
I don't usually comment on Matthew Hooton's statements and commentaries. His behaviour on RNZ this morning, shouting down both Kathryn Ryan and Mike Williams offended my ideas about free speech, democracy and fairness. Hooton accused Cunliffe of lying, and no-one was given space to reply.…
accountability business david cunliffe democracy under attack labour radio spin
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“Predistribution”: From Miliband to Cunliffe
Andrea 's latest op ed piece on Cunliffe focuses on his use of the idea of pre-distribution, following it being embraced by UK Labour leader Ed Miliband. I posted a quick analysis on open mike of the ways Vance incorporates a right leaning stance in…
benefits capitalism david cunliffe democratic participation education housing infrastructure labour minimum wage poverty social democracy wages workers' rights
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Open mike 23/09/2013
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Have the Nats been at the insanity peppers?
Selling Mighty River shares was bad enough: $66m taxpayer dollars spent on selling shares with a dividend yield of 6% (the total shareholder return for the Crown last year was 11%) to avoid borrowing at 4% . That's spending money to lose money. Not crazy…
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Have National’s asset sales officially cost more than they’ll earn?
In a previous post at The Standard I did a wee bit of math and came to the conclusion that National has already made $5.26 billion worth of spending promises out of the Future Investment Fund, the not-actually-a-fund chunk of cash they plan to make…
accountability assets bill english debt / deficit economy john key national
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Sunday Reading
My semi-regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the last fortnight. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week: happiness, income,…
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Unions Auckland’s list of supported Council candidates
Unions Auckland has released a how to vote card for the Auckland Council elections. For the first time they have settled on a group of candidates to support. The next Council will be politically finely balanced and it is important that as many progressive candidates…
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Open mike 22/09/2013
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Labour chooses Poto Williams for Christchurch East
Labour has selected Poto Williams to be its candidate for Christchurch East. I hadn't heard of her before but a few phone calls has convinced me she'll be a great candidate and a great MP. It's fantastic to see a Maori woman being selected for…
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About Judith Tizard
A recent tweet by Matthew Hooton claiming that Judith Tizard is getting a position in David Cunliffe's office was obviously meant to be destabilising spin. There was a quick response that Judith was merely helping out an old friend by helping him move his office. But…
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Open mike 21/09/2013
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Weekend social 20/09/2013
Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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What’s in the friday dump this week?
The spinners in parliament and government are rather predictable. The ideal time for them to dump their disgusting embarrassments into the public sphere is typically late on a friday, preferably when it is it is a long holiday weekend or there is a lot of other interesting…
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NRT: More lies from Smith
Was going to write about this. But No Right Turn already did it Yesterday in Question Time Nick Smith continued to pretend that he had not forced DoC to shitcan its submission on the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme. He even went so far as to claim that…
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Stop the TICS Bill – Meeting
Can Wellington outdo Auckland for the revival of town hall meetings? Come to an urgent Stop the TICS Bill meeting on Monday 23 September, 7pm at Old St Paul’s, Mulgrave St.
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Beyond the MSM? You Bet!
It looks like David Cunliffe is aiming to continue reaching beyond the MSM via blogs and social media to connect with the Labour and left base. It was interesting that so early in his tenure as Labour caucus leader, David Cunliffe chose to do a…
child welfare climate change david cunliffe economy employment gst housing labour Left pasifika poverty trade Unions vision workers' rights
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Open mike 20/09/2013
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Nats’ City Rail Link delay to cost $500m
National is now 'officially on board' with getting the Auckland City Rail Link built. But they won't start building it until 2020 at the earliest, and there's no government money actually budgeted for that. Why not start building in 2015, like the Council wants? Maybe…
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You’re paying for interest-free loans to foreign bankers
You will have heard of this 'buy now, pay later' plan that the Nats have to try to save the Meridian sale. Pay 60% of your shares' price up front, the remaining 40% in 18 months. It's an interest-free loan, funded by higher government borrowing.…
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Nick Smith and the Ruataniwha dam
Nick Smith is in trouble. He has a lot of explaining to do to show how he has not misread misled Parliament. The background is that the Hawkes Bay Regional Council has a grandiose plan to construct a dam to provide water for irrigation. There…
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Dom protecting its favoured mayoral candidate
Did you know that Wellington mayoral candidate John Morrison told an audience at an arts awards ceremony that he would see a body-painted model in the shower later? Did you know he's engaged in voter suppression of young voters? Did you know at a recent…