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Daily Review 12/09/2017
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US presidential campaign heats up along with the hurricanes
The first contender challenger has declared, albeit so far in a humorous manner. https://youtu.be/-ukv9v7IGZw Former Mexican president Vicente Fox nails this faux US presidential campaign ad doing what he does best – poking fun at Trump. However there appear to be several campaigns on the…
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Poll tonight
https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/907428090342662145 https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/907435869048520704 https://twitter.com/MacFinlay/status/907435049183625216 https://twitter.com/DavidSlack/status/907435968474390528 https://twitter.com/David_Cormack/status/907367978424983552 https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/907413424958615552 In other news - dig deeper Steven - please! https://twitter.com/nealejones/status/907425585525284864
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Is NZF positioning itself for a 4th term National government?
It was certainly interesting to see Winston Peters, the master of pre-election, 'hold your cards close to your chest' secrecy, coming out yesterday demanding that Labour tell the world everything they think about tax, before the election, despite Labour's long held position of having a…
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“Boardroom” backing change
The Herald's "mood of the boardroom" makes encouraging reading for Labour (Fran O'Sullivan): A strong mood for change among business leaders There is a strong mood for change among the 118 respondents to the Herald's Mood of the Boardroom Election Survey. Some 88 per cent…
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If you walked away from the Greens, it’s time to come back
First published on Friday 8 September at firstwetakemanhattan.org, this post by Graham Cameron is cross-posted here with permission. When Metiria Turei talked about lying to secure her benefit, it divided New Zealanders including Greens voters. As it unfolded, the attacks were unending, Metiria stepped away and their…
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Anyone who believes Nats’ panicked election bribes I have 10 bridges in Northland to sell you
National are running about promising this that and the other. No costing on how they are going to pay for it all of course, that level of transparency is only expected of Labour. For anyone who actually believes that the Nats will deliver on all…
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Nat attacks on Ardern reach new low
Yesterday - https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/906990383594438657 https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/907044142793895936 https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/907053582888980480 English did eventually rein in O'Connor, but he waited too long - https://twitter.com/NZStuffPolitics/status/907070954831962113 Satire or not, you be the judge - https://twitter.com/DavidSlack/status/907002521071214592 Nats on the ground - https://twitter.com/danylmc/status/906990496983031808
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Open Mike 12/09/2017
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Daily Review 11/09/2017
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I’m off to vote today
Voting has opened for advance votes and the expectation is that it will be pretty heavy prior to polling day over the next couple of weeks. Advance voting begins today, and the chief electoral officer Alicia Wright said there would be more places to cast…
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This is how you change the Government – electorate vote Goldsmith if you are on the Epsom roll
National has this cosy arrangement whereby it essentially gifts the seat of Epsom to its puppet party ACT. This then gives the right an extra vote in Parliament. Basically Epsom gets two MPs for the price of one. The worse ACT polls the greater the…
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Guest Post: The Spectre of the Bloody Fetus Placard
Reposted with permission from Julia Schiller's blog Enough is Enough. Is New Zealand's party of alleged personal agency and responsibility in danger of being overrun by religious zealots who want to control our most intimate choices? One thing I've appreciated about New Zealand since arriving…
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Business leaders endorse Labour / Green government
An interesting piece (Francis Cook in The Herald): Fear of a Labour/Green Gov 'gone' says business leader Fear of a Labour/Green Government in the business community is well gone, says SkyCity chairman-elect Rob Campbell. A refreshingly honest comment, especially given the amount of time and…
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Plant trees, love NZ: the Greens’ bold Climate Protection Plan
https://twitter.com/AmandaWasteFree/status/906716231855521794 The Greens released their 2017 climate change action plan yesterday. It's bold, and serious as, and makes no bones about the crisis we are in and that we have to act now. It's visionary as well as being a fully fledged strategy that NZ…
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Below 40% National loses its diversity
Some polls have National below 40%. If that is reflected in the election result then National is in trouble. See this excellent piece by Simon Wilson in The Spinoff: If Labour and National both get 40%, who gets into parliament? Labour: All 28 MPs standing…
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Divisions in National
Labour insiders on what's going on with National - https://twitter.com/nealejones/status/906776380867723264 https://twitter.com/andykirton/status/906809440166305792
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Open Mike 11/09/2017
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Labour’s first 100 days
The big announcements at Labour's rally today: Taking action in our first 100 days Labour will hit the ground running in government, with a programme of work across housing, health, education, families, the environment and other priority areas. Make the first year of tertiary education…
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The decline and fall in National’s polling under English
This election is starting to feel like a rerun of 2002. I could not believe how bad the campaign was back then. The campaign launch felt like a funeral and nothing went right. And when the dust settled National polled 21%. This is a graph…
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Underpaying beneficiaries
Another update from nine long years of the brighter future: WINZ staff accused of withholding entitlements The Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley, has defended her department after a report showing people on benefits were missing out on $200 million in entitlements a year. The figures…
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The election of truth vs lies
All politicians are liars, so the saying goes. It's not the case of course, but the lies are so widespread as to tarnish all politicans by association. This damages rational decision making and political engagement. It's bad for democracy. In this election the contrast between…
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After nine long years National discovers there is child poverty in New Zealand
Over the past nine long years it has been really difficult getting National to even acknowledge that there even was child poverty. Before 2008 National talked big. John Key gave speech after speech about the underclass and how Labour was failing. He even took a…
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Open Mike 10/09/2017
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Reasons to vote Green: the TPPA
The citizens group It's Our Future recently launched a campaign to get political parties to front up on NZ trade and investment policy. They produced ten bottom lines and an analysis of each parties' policies and responses to the bottom lines. These bottom lines were…
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Garner on National’s death rattle
Here's some weekend reading for liars Steven Joyce and Bill English: Duncan Garner: Shameless Steven Joyce digs himself a massive hole to lie in ... So let's call it. Joyce stuffed up this week. In his desperation to smear Labour's alternative budget, he got it…
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The Cost
The German, Icelandic and New Zealand Green Parties are the only substantial elected green voice on earth. Should the NZ Greens get back in, the global green movement will be watching. Can the NZ Greens live up to their global role model status? It's worth…
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Open Mike 09/09/2017
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Daily Review 08/09/2017
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Labour’s climate change policy – nuclear free moment
Jacinda Ardern has released Labour's climate change policy - including zero net carbon emissions by 2050. Isaac Davison in The Herald: Labour unveils climate change policy: All sectors to pay for emissions The Labour Party has released its climate change policy, which includes a new…
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