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Gone
Having resigned as Minister, how long before we see a by-election in Ohariu as Peter Dunne's credibility keeps dripping away? And will we see an early election?
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And the leaker is…
Update: Peter Dunne - still denying it but cannot be ruled out. Update: Breaking news - Peter Dunne has resigned as a minister. https://twitter.com/Michael_Parkin/status/342842575364972544/photo/1 Key is making an announcement at 3:30 on who leaked the Kitteridge GSCB report. 3 News will stream it live. Chat…
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Weekend social 07/06/2013
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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NSA pwns the internet
The NSA has direct access to servers at Google, Apple, Facebook, and other Internet giants, and they collect pretty much whatever data they like. We shouldn't be surprised. The Guardian has the story: NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret…
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NRT: If you can’t cap it, don’t drill it
I/S at No Right Turn on deep water drilling off our coast line. If you can't cap it, don't drill it Next year Anadarko - one of the companies responsible for the Deepwater Horizon spill - will begin drilling in deep water off our coast next year.…
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Key Muldoon
So the fuss about Russel Norman comparing John Key to Robert Muldoon is still rumbling on - almost a week later. National Party spinster David Farrar helpfully rounded up all the outraged editorials. Typically hypocritical of Farrar given the various times he compared Clark to…
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Open mike 07/06/2013
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Special pleading from the Electricity Authority
Dr Brent Layton of the Electricity Authority has produced a 28-page paper to refute the claims of Molly Melhuish, Dr Geoff Bertram and Bryan Leyland that "the Authority's approach is a light-touch approach to regulating the electricity markets." He says Geoff Bertram's chart, showing that…
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You can be a leader of nothing!
Well it turns out I was wrong - you can be a leader of nothing! The Speaker has ruled that Peter Dunne keeps all his leaders perks, despite having no party to lead. Trevor Mallard, and the whole New Zealand First caucus have walked out…
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Campaign heroics or hubris?
I was impressed by this press statement from the Mana Party on the ground in the Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election reporting that they door-knocked over 1000 houses over the weekend and found that support for their candidate was over 70%. As a political campaigner of many…
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War on Workers
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The policing of women’s bodies
John Key's government hasn't been kind to large numbers of women, especially those on benefits, and those working in relatively powerless low paid jobs. For them the top jobs mostly go to men, with women largely fronting on lower status and less powerful portfolios/positions. Jan…
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Slums for Auckland?
As noted in Open mike this morning, ominous words for Auckland: Minister gives Brown a hurry up on plan Housing Minister Nick Smith has told Auckland Mayor Len Brown to get a move on with the Unitary Plan so more houses can be built in…
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You can’t be a leader of nothing
Peter Dunne's status as a party leader in Parliament (i.e. funding and perks) is under threat: Dunne's parliament recognition on the line United Future leader Peter Dunne could lose his status as a party leader in Parliament in the latest twist in a nightmare week…
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Ode to Phil Twyford
I was impressed by Phil Twyford's analysis of the Government's housing policies announced in the budget. I thought his best point was that only this Government could announce a housing affordability policy with the eviction of 3000 state housing tenants as its centre piece! I…
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Open mike 06/06/2013
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OECD report leans left
Both sides of the political spectrum will draw some comfort from the recent OECD report on our economy, but overall the report is much better aligned with Labour / Green policy. As the 3 News summary puts it: An OECD report on New Zealand supports…
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So, who’s up for buying some shares in Meridian?
Here's English on the likely take up of the sale of Meridian: We would expect that it will give New Zealanders the opportunity to invest in a large New Zealand company, and tens of thousands of them are likely to do so. Tens of thousands.…
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Old Boys Club
This speech follows Metiria Turei's (previous post). In which John Banks (facilitated by Eric Roy) indulges in some good old fashioned Parliamentary sexism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2WyqhbucY
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Charter schools have no future
The charter schools legislation passed its final reading last night. Great to see a strong stance taken by Labour and the Greens. From Metiria Turei's speech: Charter schools have no future in our country Aotearoa New Zealand, and I am pleased that the Labour Party…
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NZ Power verdict is in
The polls are in. Despite an unprecendented assault by the capitalist forces to protect the profits of the electricity companies, the people want change, they want lower power prices. A TVNZ poll shows 57% of people support for the Labour/Green NZ Power plan, while the…
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Open mike 05/06/2013
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Fairness and freedom
If the left had to pick one word to describe the essence of its political philosophy, that word might be "fairness". If the right had to do the same that word might be "freedom". Which makes this article by Labour MP David Clark an interesting…
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Christchurch schools for sale
I feel kinda stupid for not seeing this coming: Charter schools on the cards for closed Christchurch schools Sites left vacant by Christchurch school closures could be in demand for charter schools or apartment complexes. The Government's school shake-up will leave 14 surplus school grounds…
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Key’s credibility hit
At the same time as Russel Norman was laying out the Key Government's flagrant disregard for democracy in powerful terms (and weren't the Right's pundits quick to circle the wagons around Key after that?), a poll was out showing the public is agreeing with Norman's…
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Open mike 04/06/2013
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The power of blogs
One of the most bizarre aspects of the Collins / Lusk faction's plans (as per the leaked Lusk paper) was their perception of and plans for blogs. [Area of Operation 2. a.] Dominate the media by controlling the message through credible right wing blogs. Wonder…
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Stable government?
National Party civil war has broken out in to the to open. United Future no longer exists. ACT is one court decision away from losing its only MP. Maori Party leadership uncertainty part of their long slow decline. Stable government?
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Open mike 03/06/2013
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On party membership
It isn't very often that I regret not having a TV aerial. But on the odd occasion the local TV raises its head above the parapet of simple-minded mediocrity. If I want to watch it, then I wait until it shows up online - like…