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Another day and more ineptitude from the National Party. Fresh from siding with Donald Trump and Breitbart in the hope that they could wedge Winston Peters they then decided to engage in a bit of reefer madness. Perhaps they have our best interests at heart.…
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A series of public vigils will be held this week for murdered tourist Grace Millane. There's a lot that can be said about this terrible crime, which has struck a sombre chord here in Aotearoa and around the world. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke for…
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After a decade of pent up frustration at stalled wage talks and non existing wage increases there has been a certain amount of industrial action recently. The latest news involves Air New Zealand. And it provides a text book example on how important media is…
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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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Overheard at a Press Gallery BBQ ... On the first day of leakmas my deep throat gave to me ... internal polling for the National Party. ... On the 8th day of leakmas my deep throat gave to me ... Eight anonymous donations Seven burner texts…
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With May likely to lose the Parliamentary Brexit vote, next Tuesday is a big day in United Kingdom politics. This matters to New Zealand because both the EU and the UK are huge trade markets for us, and the result will cause major destabilization. Labour…
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The future is ... unwritten. This post is intended to be a place for discussion of the way forward. The idea comes from an exchange on Open Mike a few weeks ago. TS regular Robert Guyton suggested we have a dedicated thread where “the way…
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The Government has kicked off a debate about the future of education with some radical proposals for change. The proposals are recorded in the report prepared by the Tomorrow's Schools independent taskforce. One of those taskforces that the opposition loves to hate on the grounds…
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I like my Huawei phone. Apparently the US National Security Agency can't break its encryption. That's presumably the "security" issue why Spark is being blocked from using Huawei here, and why Meng Wanzhou is held hostage in Canada at the behest of US neocons. Ironic…
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Talley’s owned AFFCO’s latest attempt to prevent justice for the workers they were found to have unlawfully locked out in 2015. In 2015, AFFCO unlawfully locked out Meat Workers Union members at Rangiuru, Feilding and Moerewa plants after…
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"I never knew there was a law against sounding vulnerable. And anyway, personal politics are part of the human condition, so what could be more political than human relationships? Many of those songs are more about not having love, the downside of things. I heard…
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National and ACT have both come out against the UN Global Migration Pact. National has even started a petition. Simon Bridges gives the reasons why: National would pull New Zealand out of the UN’s Global Compact on Migration because of its potential to restrict New…
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Way, way back in the day, there was a Prime Minister called Robert Muldoon who made himself the Minister of Finance. As a total control freak he was the epitome of a leader dominating a command-and-control economy and society. He had a lot of pretty…
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Yesterday was shaping up to be a particularly bad day for National. The leaks were continuing with suggestions that the recent Colmar Brunton poll result for them was overly optimistic and the anonymous caucus texter or another anonymous caucus texter had resumed contact with the…
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This is a circumstance that I see all of the time on this site. As a moderator I help to preside over the unruly robust debate on political processes. To achieve this we have rules and policies that are there to bind the moderators to…
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It was two years ago today ... 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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Keep it seemly.
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It’s likely that the new Child Poverty Reduction Bill will get through its third reading by the end of this year. Here’s the text. There’s a pretty good chance now that National will also support this bill. When it comes to the final vote on…
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Memo from Crosby Textor To senior office holders in the National Party As part of this firm’s intelligence gathering role we have kept up to date with New Zealand politics even though our professional services are not currently required. We have prepared this memo because…
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