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The speed of the growing trade war between the United States and China will hit New Zealand. Our long term diplomatic arc, such that it is, was to follow a modernist impulse set after World War Two: that economic growth and democracy matched deep human…
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The Court of Appeal has released its decision in the Kim Dotcom extradition case. The case has had a lot of resources thrown at it by both sides and I hope my brief description does the arguments and the judgment justice. The decision can be…
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Emergency Cooling Centres in Toronto. Misting Stations in Ottawa. At least 17 heat related deaths in Quebec. Highest ever recorded temperatures in… Glasgow, Belfast and Shannon. Also in Armenia, Southern Russia and Georgia. Siberia over 20 degrees C hotter than recent norms, that are themselves…
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Phil Goff's decisive action in saying no to Lauren Southern being allowed to use the Bruce Mason Centre to hold a fundraiser has attracted some heat. There have been a number of people who have complained about this being a breach of freedom of speech. These…
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If we imagine the extent of our politics to be represented by a line similar to the line drawing of a smile, then apart from a happy wee graphic, we might have the beginnings of a useful if basic schematic to envisage or capture current…
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Moscow's using the UK as a dumping ground for poison after the hospitalisation of two unemployed people with a room in a homeless hostel. At least, that's what the UK's Home Secretary is saying these days. And Russia must explain what the hell is going…
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Lauren Southern wants to come to New Zealand to give a speech on August 3 which will no doubt insult various communities. Should we let her in? She appears to have a certain way of conducting her business as a self confessed journalist and vlogger. She…
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For those of you who have not been a junior in a large corporation, it’s reasonably easy to describe them as coal chucked by the shovelful into a fire for an enormous turbine. That turbine consists of the profits and overheads of the partnership. They…
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These sorts of debates do my head in. Essentially because they are so removed from reality that anyone with any sense would know that Labour was not responsible for the last global financial crisis. But apparently the opposition spokesperson does not understand what happened in…
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From the you have to be joking file, Alex Jones thinks the US Democrats are planning to start a civil war today. Twitter has surpassed itself in its dissection of the issue. https://twitter.com/RealAlexJones/status/1013566507052175360 But elements of the democrat army were confused ... https://twitter.com/GuinnessDog/status/1013588154362880000 https://twitter.com/BillRupy/status/1013592689030369280 https://twitter.com/DriverD74/status/1013598899788025856…
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Being in the thick of student politics in the mid 2000s, I was around just at the very beginning of social media. From about 2003-2004 onwards, the big trend was the emergency of blogs. Ironically I wasn’t a great fan of them as my Presidents Column…
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Another important sector is attempting wages and conditions catchup. And National is continuing to try and rewrite history. This time it is the teachers sector. I can speak with a certain amount of authority here because I have three teachers in my immediate family. It…
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Labour's family package is getting some negative comments in some elements of the media. First up was this cartoon by Al Nisbet. https://twitter.com/gtiso/status/1013594496787857408 Nisbet has form. He has peddled racist trash in the past. But there was another recent media contribution which arguably was even…
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I wonder how much effect Donald Trump's war on immigrants, humanity and the law of refugees had on this election. Because in Mexico a Bernie Sanders like friend of Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as President in a landslide. From the New York Times: Riding…
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Yesterday the Government's tax changes and the Auckland fuel tax kicked in. First some comments about the fuel tax. Anyone who has ventured onto an Auckland road in the past few years knows that Auckland has a congestion problem. A big one. Some things have…
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It is a small victory, but an essential one for the principles of the generalised fourth power law related to roading maintenance. RNZ: RNZ is aware of at least one company which has given drivers maps of which truckstops are covered by the fuel tax and…
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Australian Guardian columnist Van Badham writes "the future of the left is bright if it looks like Jacinda Ardern and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes." She concludes "We can hope the influence of Jacinda Ardern and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes spread, or we can ensure that it does. The stakes…