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Daily Review 04/12/2018
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National; Leaking Like a Sieve
Someone claiming to be a National Party MP has sent media outlets more embarrassing internal information from the Tory caucus. A few days ago, it was last week's Curia polling (Labour 44, Nats 41) and a now, a handy set of talking points on how…
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Jesse Mulligan deserves a medal
Maggie Barry has been the subject of fresh allegations of bullying, this time from an anonymous source previously employed within her Ministerial office. From Anna Bracewell-Worrall at Newshub: Speaking to Newshub anonymously, the source said Ms Barry would lash out at staff and that she…
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Open Mike 04/12/2018
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Yanking our chain
Tracy Watkins is in Korea paid for by the US to head off any support fro President Moon's visit here. US security chiefs are here in Wellington today with the 40-grit sandpaper on Huawei. A high-ranking Russia "expert" from the UK was here last week…
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Daily Review 03/12/2018
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“For the good of all, the poor come first.”
When Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican Presidential race, I commented that he was probably no more than a Jacinda Ardern in terms of being "left" but that seeing as how we were talking about Mexico, that was quite a big thing. I…
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We’re dreaming of a White Christmas
On the first day of Christmas someone's editor said to them: Bring me a story that is guaranteed click bait and that will cause huge dissent between the conservative block that hates change and the progressive block that embraces change, diversity and doing things to…
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Open Mike 03/12/2018
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Latest Colmar Brunton poll
The latest Colmar Brunton poll result has been released and to be honest the results are rather difficult to understand. National is up 3 to 46%. This does not accord with recent internal polling of the parties. ACT is up to 1%. The Greens are…
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Schools Out?
In Australia, two 14 year old's took a cue for protesting against government inaction on global warming from a 15 year old Swedish school child who takes every Friday off school to sit in protest on the steps of the Swedish parliament building. Last Friday…
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Open Mike 02/12/2018
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Another National MP accused of bullying
I am sure this is just a case of awful bad luck and there is nothing to the allegations. But Maggie Barry is the latest MP to be accused of bullying. The Herald has the details: National MP Maggie Barry has been twice investigated over…
Abuse of power national newspapers Politics same old national the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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New Privacy Law for 2019
At some point early in 2019 the new Privacy Bill is going to come out of Select Committee and back to Parliament and I thought I'd get in early. The main purpose of the Bill is to promote people’s confidence that their personal information is…
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Open Mike 01/12/2018
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