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Britain has an interesting political system, one that in many respects we share. As well as the formation of effective new parties like that of the Labour party or the Unionist party at the start of the 20th century or the UKIP more recently, it also…
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Three Tory MP's have joined the 8 Labour party rebels aligned in the so called 'Independent Group'. Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen have savaged Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit negotiations, claiming that the Tories had shifted further to the right, adopting Ukip…
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I feel like I should be getting myself a tinfoil hat. Because the investigation into a crime scene where 29 Kiwi workers died should have been pristine. But for some strange reason it wasn't. From Conan Young at Radio New Zealand: Documents released by the…
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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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There is this radical subversive group engaged in the undermining of the Kiwi way of life and advocating that we forgo our way of life and eat less red meat, drive more efficient cars and catch public transport more regularly. Who is this group? Is…
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Bernie Sanders has announced that he will be seeking the Democrat nomination for president in the next election. From the Guardian: Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont whose 2016 presidential campaign helped energize the progressive movement and reshaped the Democratic party, has entered the…
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Like two buses coming at once after you've waited an hour, we have the second poll of the year. Unlike last time, it's not a sexy poll, it is rather the workhorse poll that confirms what you wanted to know, and that things weren't quite…
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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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In a welcome development, the Prime Minister has signaled that they will seek to tax digital companies from overseas. The commentary from the Monday post-Cabinet press conference from the Prime Minister is worth listening to in this NZHerald piece. Minister of Revenue Stuart Nash indicates…
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Another poll, another solid result for the Labour led Government. The 1 News Colmar Brunton poll suggests a 2 party left government with a 6-8 seat majority. LAB 45% (+2), GRN 6% (+1), NZF 3% (-1) NAT 42% (-4), MAO 1%, ACT 1%, TOP 1% …
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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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There have been lots of recent comment about how the Government is mucking up the relationship with China. The evidence is somewhat scant. There was the Air New Zealand plane that was turned around. This has been mentioned by Audrey Young and others and Simon…
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I wonder how many people saw this article over the weekend. It is about the difficulties workers have getting money owed after winning employment grievance cases. I confess that I’m an on line reader, and this article is a reminder that I must go…
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Call the cops. Someone may have hindered the investigation of the cause of the Pike River fatality by hiding evidence, And it was potentially vital evidence that showed that the explosion occurred in an electrical cabinet that was tragically totally unsafe for the conditions. From…
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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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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. How To Get There is an Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d…
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John Armstrong has once more dished up one of his opinion pieces and once again, he has done us a disservice. His main failing is to conflate the current turmoil in the National Party with that of perceived (!) weak leadership by Simon Bridges and…
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It's been a funny old week. In the States, Trump has caved to the Democrats and signed the government finance bill that was he never, ever going to sign if he didn't get his wall. He doesn't get his wall. In the UK, Theresa May…
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The Matthew Blomfield Cameron Slater defamation case has been followed on this blog for some time. Just check out some of the posts the Standard has published to understand what the interest was. The basis was that back in the dark days before Nicky Hager…
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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 …
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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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It is said that the worst day in Government is better than the best week in opposition. That is because you can actually get things done. Things that matter. Like getting rid of the tenure review policy, under which large tracts of rural land has…
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Gosh, what a busy two days. We get one day for political pundits and other commentators to talk about National's disastrous polling, and then suddenly a lot of weird behaviour happens from the Nats, almost like they have been instructed to generate political headlines that…
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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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There’s trouble on the horizon in Bouganville. 18 years ago may seem a bit of time, but there was a massive civil war in this island very close to New Zealand. Bouganville has a semi-autonomous government, which is proposing legislation that will make significant changes…