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'Allo, Allo, Allo, Allo - Based on the 1980's Comedy Series, "Allo, allo" - Starring Cameron Slater as Rene and Judith Collins as Edith. Episode Three. (See previous episodes) "Cameron Slater gets starring role in tvnz drama" "Key schemes with media at whaleoil cafe" By…
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Bunji last night commented on National's odd selection in Clutha Southland. This guest post from Ad investigates matters in some more detail. What’s interesting about the Nat’s Clutha- Southland selection and some of the media it’s provoking is the way it presents a microcosm of…
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If you want a reason to bash your head against something hard then if you saw Paul Henry's performance last night on his show it would surely have provide it. He very clearly set out the reason that so many of us were afraid about the recent numerous…
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No Right Turn points out the obvious that our political parties often seem to ignore which is the effect of policy on the distribution or earnings that people (and the country) make. Distribution - who pays, who gets what - is one of (or perhaps the)…
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It is always interesting reading David Farrar's pitifully shallow analysis on most things as he parrots the National spin line. It is an exercise in how to spin the bad into a virtue. However Farrar did reach a new low when looking at our exports yesterday because…
Economy exports farming jobs manufacturing national same old national
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Yesterday the Green Party launched a new conservation policy. It got overshadowed by the innovative, big impact monetary policy by the Labour Party. However, the Green Party policy provides a means to act locally in countering the current track towards global social, environmental and economic…
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There is a major new economics tome out this year that's sending waves through the economics community like none since Friedman in the 70s. It's Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Such is the impact that in a recent seminar at New York's CUNY…
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So many things wrong with what poor Clutha-Southland are having foist upon them by National. A very young man whose experience of life is National Party jobs and Tobacco company lobbying. Those jobs assisting English, Brownlee and Parata will have given him lots of that private sector…
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The Labour Party is busily selecting candidates for electorates throughout the country. The interest is intense. Seats where normally candidates have to be persuaded to stand are having quite intense selection contests. For instance last night Labour selected its candidate for the newly created Upper Harbour…
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It has been pretty obvious for quite some time to most people that the Reserve Bank system that NZ uses needs fixing. The way it operates right now is pretty ludicrous. The economy heats up for any reason, the Reserve Bank detects a forthcoming threat…
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I see DPF and Cameron Slater are running a desperate smear about David Cunliffe and his grandfather's war record. It turns out David said his grandfather won the Military Medal when if fact it was his great uncle. His grandfather was the recipient of several other…
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Out of sight-out of mind seems to be the logic of Auckland City’s bylaw to come into effect next month, to outlaw begging on the streets. The clear message from Native Affairs report, 'Walk on By', last night, is that the bylaw is the result…
auckland supercity class war Metiria Turei poverty uncategorized unemployment
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A couple of weeks ago, we marked a significant anniversary. It was 40 years since the start of the Kirk Labour Government’s universal savings scheme. The scheme was bold, visionary, and ahead of Australia. And Muldoon scrapped it, for ideological reasons. With dancing Cossacks…
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From the outset, let me say that I don't have much of a stake in the questions of recreational drugs; legal or otherwise. I'm not a user. I drink alcohol usually moderately and usually pretty expensively (I like microbrewery IPAs). I've smoked pot once three decades…
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Once upon a time there lived an amiable king who was generally well regarded for his relaxed demeanor and his friendly smile. While he had been called the smiling executioner in a past, most of his subjects thought of him as a good bloke and a dab…
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I read the news about yesterday's remembrance day, and today's protest march with mixed feelings. It is a very sad indictment of our current employment conditions that so many people have died on the job in 20th century New Zealand. However, I also want to…
activism capitalism greens health and safety labour same old national Unions workers' rights
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This is bound to cause some discussion. In a recent post what do we do with synthetic cannabis Shane Henderson addressed the issues and provoked some discussion. David Cunliffe has just tweeted: Labour will introduce legislation to remove synthetic cannabis and other psychoactive substances from…
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This morning on Q&A I had an unusual experience. I heard one of the panellists talk sense and passionately advocate a left wing view. The video is here. Apologies but there is an ad before and I do not know if there is a youtube…
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The strength of the left: working together … …. from the flaxroots. I agree with the parts of David Cunliffe’s speech to Young Labour where he talks of the importance of working together and mobilising the grass roots left in order to win the election.…
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The text of a very personal straight from the heart speech given by David Cunliffe today to Labour Youth. You know, becoming the leader of a political party is a bit like becoming a first-time parent. Children are like pirated software: they don’t come with…
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So, Collins has bowed to the alcohol lobby and backed off from introducing minimum alcohol pricing legislation. If such a policy was enacted in an intelligent fashion, it would have little or no effect on the back pocket of a majority of people who drink,…
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Judith Colllins and John Key are probably toasting Shane Jones (and Murray McCully) right now: they Oravida conflict of interest controversy wasw pushed off the front pages when the heat was really. But information and marginalised news don't easily disappear off the online record -…
accountability alcohol democracy under attack john key Judith Collins same old national slippery
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The reserve bank has lifted the official cash rate up another 25 basis points to 3%. For the average Auckland mortgage holder ($400,000 mortgage) that's an extra $20/week taken out of their pockets, which means they are now over $1000 a year worse off.…
capitalism cost of living debt / deficit Economy wages workers' rights
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Appropriately it looks like the post this time was the Anzac day post that mickysavage put up this morning. Looking back I see that the previous post milestone was just before October 1st last year. Over the this time period a number of authors who have run…
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Today is the day when we remember those who fell. I plan to honour this sacred day by not indulging in political discourse of any kind until 1:00 pm. At 1:00 pm the shops open and life returns largely to normal. At 1:00 pm I…