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Daily review 05/02/2020
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A Handy Clusterfuck?
What might an entire establishment that loathes and fears the prospect of a particular nominee being successful do if that nominee was about to confound their well publicised expectations? As of the time of writing, the Democratic machinery in Iowa is not giving a reason…
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The MPs go to Waitangi
Waitangi Day and the days leading up to it is a very important part of our country's political and cultural calendar. For a couple of days a year we shake off our holiday slumber and get ready for the year to come while at the…
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Open mike 05/02/2020
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Daily review 04/02/2020
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The Big One’s Coming In.
Remember how as a kid you'd build sand castles below the high water mark and then spend your time trying to shore it up against the incoming tide? Remember running at the back of a receding wave to throw hopeless handfuls or bucketfuls of sand…
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Open mike 04/02/2020
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Daily review 03/02/2020
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The BBC – a failed public broadcaster
The real disappointment of the 2019 UK General Election was the BBC. Once regarded as the bastion of quality media and the envy of much of the world, the BCC's reputation is diminished greatly in recent years. From the historic cover up of Jimmy Savile's…
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Mike Moore
It's not often you find New Zealanders who give every single breath they have to the left and do it with resounding and even global success. Such a person was Mike Moore. The media are calling him a working class hero. I'd like every single…
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Open mike 03/02/2020
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Bridges’ biggest gamble
Simon Bridges has made the call and ruled out working with NZ FIrst after the election. From Henry Cooke at Stuff: National leader Simon Bridges has ruled out working with NZ First after this year's election, telling voters he can't trust the party. Bridges' move,…
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Open mike 02/02/2020
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How To Get There 02/02/20
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. 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 like to think it’s…
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Pay the money back Simon
I cannot believe how inept National's handling of the $100,000 donation fiasco has been. It was bad enough that Bridges was involved in the donation which was made in such a way it was not disclosed as it should have been, that he apparently agreed…
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Open mike 01/02/2020
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