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This morning on Morning Report Simon Bridges spouted some words. Connected with reality they were not. Despite all economic data saying otherwise - strong government books and growth - we're in an "Economic downturn". And the government is "failing" and "weak". Projection much? Only one…
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Although the final results are not in yet it looks like the Liberal party has lost the seat of Wentworth. The best New Zealand comparison I could come up with would be if the National Party lost Helensville or Labour lost Mangere. The young gifted…
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We return to Pollwatch for the first time this quarter with almost two months since our last political poll, and a major scandal on our hands. If you'd like the raw figures, head on over to One News for the text or video versions of…
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The October TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll is out. The last poll, in August, had National on 45%, Labour on 42 and the Greens 6 and NZ First on 5. This time, it's a horror show for National: The Tories have plunged to 43% Labour are…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Oil politics is going to dominate New Zealand politics once petrol gets to $3 and $3.50 a litre. Oil politics has poisoned not only geopolitics, but the way human moral judgement operates. Saudi Arabia perversely envisages a cure. They want to start this at the Future Investment…
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Just a short post to cover the latest events of the Jami-Lee Ross saga. The media reports are that he has been committed under the Mental Health Act and is receiving treatment. Radio New Zealand has the details of what can be expected from here:…
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We’ve written a bit about Labour Day over the years – see the archives for the origins, history, and importance of the day. Enjoying your weekend? Thank a unionist!
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For those of you who haven't caught the news, the media is reporting that Jami-Lee Ross has been taken to an Auckland facility to treat a mental health problem. I'm going to be focusing on that angle of the story in this post, and largely…
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I was talking to friend last night (he’s a scientist) and he was telling me how there’s an idea within some quarters of the scientific community to take CO2 from the atmosphere and ‘chuck it’ down into the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Which is…
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So over the last week we have seen the most monumental meltdown of the credibility of a major party as you can imagine. A senior MP goes rogue and starts spilling the beans of all of the dirty politics that they engaged in for the…
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Saudi Arabian authorities have cleared up the mystery around the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It turns out it was suicide by bone saw. According to spokespeople for Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Khashoggi, a 59 year old bespectacled academic, started a fight with 15…
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We are faced with a plethora of big and scary issues. Issues that we, on a personal-individual level, cannot comprehend let alone solve. Thus, we look at our managers, bosses, or politicians for guidance, leadership, orders … Do we wait for the next GFC, global…
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It just gets worse and worse for the Nats as Jami-Lee Ross sets the agenda for the long weekend. What we've learned in the last few minutes is that Ross has had an affair with another MP. He has told Newstalk ZB who that person…
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Some wag on Trademe has advertised National Party list positions for sale. And the questions and answers were hilarious.
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National is hoping and praying that the damage caused by Jami-Lee Ross is now over. Fat chance. Each day new revelations serve to undermine Simon Bridges' leadership and National's reputation. Take for instance the latest evidence of Ross's attacking and harassing women. National has known…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Rogue National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross’s recording of Simon Bridges has been widely characterised in the media as “no smoking gun”, but it sure as hell shines sunlight on myriad issues, especially the Chinese-National Party relationship. What comes out is: • Corruption within the National…
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So I think we know the story. Across various monopolistic platforms, content is getting scrubbed for no clear reason. Better than that, it seems there's some coordination being entered into, so that at the same time facebook content disappears, the same related twitter content disappears.…
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I wish this was not happening. My work is piling up and my unread unprocessed emails are getting to terrifying levels. But twitter is so interesting. Every day tweets appear that act like mini explosions and cause chaos to National's hopes of appearing to be…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …