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Politicians can wreck economies and get a knighthood and a cosy diplomatic post. Bankers can loose billions and get a government handout and nice fat bonuses. But, as always, it's different for us ordinary folk: Workers charged for petrol drive-offs Low-paid workers at a petrol…
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All the usual suspects are lining up to give advice to new Labor leader Andrew Little. Why shouldn't we have a go? Here's my top ten, Andrew little should... Expect and receive the support of every Labour MP. Put together a front bench team based…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Reposted without permission from Hot Topic (just like last time). CROWDFUNDING THIN ICE: THE FINAL PUSH GARETH on NOVEMBER 19, 2014 http://player.vimeo.com/video/43012596 The Kickstarter campaign to get climate documentary Thin Ice shown on public TV in the USA is closing in on its target. At the time of writing, the…
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I have no real opinion about the details of the complaint against Roger Sutton, there simply isn't enough information in the context. That would require seeing the report. Which of course is why authors have been circumspect about writing about this topic. However I do have…
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Labour's leadership contest boiled down to Robertson vs Little. Little represents the unions, in a sense "old Labour". Robertson projected a more modern, urban image, and very literally represented Young Labour. We the Party have chosen, by the very narrowest of margins, the old Labour…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Sunday 21 September: After the election result last night showed how divided the country is, it is unclear how the nation can unite behind John Key to let him be Prime Minister. Key got less than half the vote, with more of the public not…
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On October 4th Andrew Little was looking to see if he was even going to be in Parliament because he hadn't won the provincial seat of New Plymouth. He was at the bottom of the possible MPs coming in off the list and only got back into…
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Vernon Small has tweeted that Andrew Little has been elected as the new leader of the Labour Party. Update: The result has been confirmed. From party president Moira Coatesworth: “The Labour Party congratulates Andrew Little, who has been elected as party leader in a robust…
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Reposted from No Right Turn The Herald this morning reports that New Zealand is near the bottom in global R&D spending: New Zealand's world ranking for research and development spending continues to drop, despite increased incentives for companies to invest, according to a report by…
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In an incredibly unfortunate example of timing John Key announced yesterday that the report on Gerry Brownlee's Airport Security difficulties would be announced today. It is bad timing because the news will be drowned out by other news of another significant event that occurs today and during…
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John Key is a well intentioned politician. As best as I can tell anyway, I don't actually know the guy. But certainly most of the blue side of the House will actually be doing their best for the country. They may be wrong in their ideas…
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Russell Brown had a good post last week about National's dodgy use of statistics in the interest of pushing their gang legislation. Jarrod Gilbert is understandably not pleased, having tried to correct the figures at the time. Russell also cites the false Media7 figures used…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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Reposted from No Right Turn Back in September, John Key said that sending the SAS to Iraq was his "least preferred option", "at the very outer edge of what we'd be wanting to do". Today, he's changed his tune: New Zealand's elite Special Air Service…
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In the last few days America and China announced a significant deal on reducing carbon emissions. The G20 nations also made progress, forcing the denier Abbot government to back down in the process. The tide of history is turning (too little, too late) - and…
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Reposted from Polity. Poor old Tony Abbott. Thrust into the limelight of hosting the world's biggest economic meeting, and his true colours come out for everyone to see. Here's the Los Angeles Times: For Australians it's not so bad — most of the time —…
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Many of the authors of the Standard have expressed their opinions on who they think should be the next leader of the Labour Party. Mike Smith chose David Parker. Geoff supported Andrew Little as does Stephanie Rodgers and lprent. Bill supported Nanaia Mahuta. Ben Clark supported Grant…
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The war-mongering and hysterics are ridiculous. Apparently we have much to fear, an unprecendented threat and need to give up our liberties. Bullshit. We have no history of Islamic extremism in NZ. No groups wanting sharia law. No noticeable support for IS. We have a…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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The system fixing at The Standard is done for the moment. So for the next few hours I'm paying bills and finally doing a late vote for the Labour party. The anecdotal word is that there have been in the order of 6000 membership votes. But I…
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If you have seen a few outages over the weekend in NZ, it is because with Lyn off in India running classes (BTW: thanks for the great response* :) ), I've been up at nights upgrading my old server to take The Standard and moving it off my development system.…
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Hamilton City Council currently has plans to sell of its remaining pensioner housing stock. It already sold off a block of them in 2012. Of those sold, only 12 out of 53 units are available for seniors to rent at affordable rates. This is because…
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A recent Guardian Article by Jason Wilson asks a very pertinent question. Why is the right in control of the English speaking Western world? In England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States (despite Obama's presidency) the right is in control. The repercussions are significant.…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the…
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A video from Labour leadership candidate Andrew Little. Transcript below. You know, working with the union, as a lawyer, and then as an advocate and as the secretary, you’re dealing with people and the things that they do that make their lives good. What you…
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The Waitangi Tribunal has released a hugely important decision on the Treaty of Waitingi and the Government and others are already trying to downplay the significance of the decision. Of itself this is very significant. On the left there is a period of reading and understanding and…
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[This is a photograph of a protest on Bondi Beach depicting the Australian Government's approach to climate change] Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVPYFsTlp4Y Scooby Doo jungle canyon rope bridges as a commentary on Thatcherite and Tory socioeconomic policy and Stewart Lee's existential despair. Also, (h/t Polity) - these Mr Men book reviews are superb: For indeed, Hargreaves himself seems to give up on Mr Small - in…