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Open mike 10/07/2014
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Open mike 09/07/2014
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Clear choices in Labour’s mini-Manifesto
Kiwi voters are going to be offered clear election choices across a wide range of policies that matter. This is clear from Labour's mini-Manifesto, released at the weekend Congress. As promised, Labour's offerings are positive and forward-looking. Besides education, there are policies on work, economy,…
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NRT: So much for the surplus
Reposted from No Right Turn. Back in May, National promised to balance the books next year. Now it looks like that won't be happening: The Budget deficit was tracking $332 million worse than forecast for the 11 months to the end of May, throwing doubt on…
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The view from the media room
It was an interesting weekend for me. Since 2012 I've been going to Labour conferences as "media" rather than as a delegate. This is in large part because I have been avoiding the hurly burly of being involved in Labour party campaigning. I've had less time…
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The real aims of National’s “Education” policy.
If the aims of National/ACT's education policy were, genuinely, to to improve the learning, education and career choices for our children, including the ones that are failing at present, they would not be following policies which have signally failed to achieve any of these goals,…
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Polity: Japan opposes, sinks NZ-style TPP
Reposted from Polity. Here are some excerpts from an excellent Tracy Watkins piece on Stuff today: Prime Minister John Key and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe may sound like they are speaking the same language on trade, even if they remain miles apart on the other hot…
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Lies damn lies and crime statistics
National has for some time trumpeted a reduction in crime rates as being a vindication of its policies. This is despite a reduction being a world wide trend linked to reduced lead levels in petrol. But recent news suggests that there may be a more local reason.…
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Open mike 08/07/2014
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The education debate
This issue has already had comment by Karol and Rob Salmond but it is so important that I thought it deserved more discussion. I spent the weekend at the Labour 2014 Congress. The event was very well run and very enjoyable. David Cunliffe’s speech was superb,…
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Polity: National dropped 6% in 2008, 2011 campaigns
Reposted from Polity, with a minor correction in the title. At my briefing to Labour's Congress over the weekend, I made a point about National's performance in recent campaigns, which was later picked up in David Cunliffe's speech. National has dropped six percent each time. For…
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Polity: A clear choice on education
Reposted from Polity. One of the most prominent battlegrounds in this election campaign will be education. Both large parties know our kids deserve better than the two-tier education system we currently have. Both have clear, costed plans they think can help. And now the public…
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Imperator Fish: In the Beehive today
Reposted from Imperator Fish. It was put up there on Sunday evening. It looks like Hekia Parata was following Scott's script today. :) #486988589 / gettyimages.com Politician: Quick! Find some studies that show smaller class sizes don’t make any difference to learning. And hurry! Minion: Just a…
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A quick note to John Key
Remember when you said this: h/t Jerome Mika on twitter, who tweeted: Smaller classes should be for all our Kiwi children, not just #TeamKey. #ForABetterNZ#labour2014#papakuramatters And now, Mr Key, with your support, Hekia Parata says this: "Labour’s ‘back to the future’ idea of reducing class sizes at…
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Polity: Vote Positive
Reposted from Polity. Labour's Congress meeting over this past weekend was inspiring, and hugely energising. This post is going to be a bit more evangelical than most on Polity, but that's how I feel this morning. We heard a superb set of politics emerge about…
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Open mike 07/07/2014
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David Cunliffe’s speech to the Labour Party congress
The text of David Cunliffe's speech to the 2014 Labour Party congress. Tena tatou e te whanau o te Roopu Reipa i tenei ra. Tenei te mihi kia koutou katoa. It’s 2014. It’s election year. And we are going to win. President Moira Coatsworth, ALP…
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David Cunliffe’s Congress Speech and education policy
Following on from yesterday's announcement of proposed help to equip young students with technology David Cunliffe's speech today is expected to announce reduced class sizes using the money set aside for the so called super teacher policy. From Radio New Zealand: The Labour Party will…
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Open mike 06/07/2014
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Labours fiscal plan – ring fencing
I have spent a large chunk of the this week digging my way into Labour's fiscal plan after the Liu smear collapsed. I think that the fiscal plan is a work of art, and very classy art at that. Of course you have to read it closely and…
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Parker’s egalitarian passion
David Parker's speech at Labour's Congress today was passionate, comprehensive, and fully thought through. Respected for his intellect, Parker also said "My political heart lies in what has become something of a quaint notion these days, the notion of an egalitarian society. Perhaps it's because…
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Labour addressing digital divide
Since 1976, I've been living on one side of the digital divide. That was the year that by biology teacher, Graham Bean at Mt Albert let me play on his HP25C with its 49 programming steps and a moon-lander program. It was an instant addiction,…
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Blame the Officials
Reposted from Bryan Gould Murray McCully draws a substantial salary as a Minister and seems to enjoy the prestige and perks that come with being New Zealand’s Foreign Minister. He doesn’t seem quite so keen on facing up to his responsibilities. What is admitted by…
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We men do need to own the violence problem
The media has this really frustrating practice whereby big issues raised by the opposition are broken down into simplistic analysis of stray collections of words and then this is used as a means of attack. As we saw this week a Minister can absolutely drop the…
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Open mike 05/07/2014
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NRT: John Key pisses on public service independence
Reposted from No Right Turn. One of the core principles of our public service is that Ministers have no role in staffing decisions. This is not the era of Seddon, where a Minister can hire or fire at will, and stack "their" department with cronies…
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“Hope and Wire”: Disaster & collaboration
Responses to TV3's miniseries, Hope and Wire, based on the Christchurch quakes & aftermath, have been mixed. The main cause of the division is likely to be that it is an Auckland outsiders* view of the events, and that it deals with some general themes. For people…
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Jared Savage still trying for more inches
I realise that journalists have to show some column inches sometimes to justify their existence on the payroll. However the "Investigations editor" Jared Savage at the the NZ Herald appears to be overdoing that and just dropping journalism to new lows of stupid reporting. The…
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Labour plans to win
It's true, Labour does have a plan to win this election. And the plan's a good one. Campaign Manager David Talbot and Polity's Rob Salmond presented it to members and media this morning at the Loaves and Fishes in Wellington, so it is out in…
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Polity: Family violence: National views
Reposted from Polity. The Expert Advisory Panel on Domestic Violence reported back to the government this week. It says New Zealand’s record is not good enough, victims deserve better, and politicians need to show some real leadership to prevent an escalating series of national tragedies. Here…
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