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This has been a contentious issue for Labour and the Greens for a while. An early response from the Government to poverty issues was to set up the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. The group's report Whakamana Tāngata Restoring Dignity to Social Security in New Zealand…
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This issue is descending into pathos. Fresh from his claim that tax cuts would fix corona virus Simon Bridges is now criticising the Government's emphasis on hand washing. Stuff quote him as saying this: Telling people that washing their hands is the thing to do…
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Just a short post to acknowledge the death of Jeanette Fitzsimons. She was quite exceptional. A totally dedicated politician who lived her life according to her beliefs. Someone who always chose to argue the merits and not engage in the political game playing that is…
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Yesterday I wrote a post around the serried opposition to Bernie Sanders. As noted in that post and in a few of the comments that followed, Biden is suffering from marked levels of mental degeneration. That's not news to anyone who has been following the…
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The basic problem with Bernie Sanders campaign is that his sole political role since the start of his career has been as the archetypal outsider. He injects ideas into the political debate that didn't get play time, but he didn't concentrate on making those things…
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Simon Bridges gave another car crash of an interview on Radio New Zealand yesterday morning. He chose to attack the country's response on Covid 19. There is an unwritten rule that you do not get all political in times of a crisis because the country…
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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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At the eleventh hour it seems Obama has rung round and rallied the establishment troops behind...a guy whose mental capabilities are degenerating to such a degree that he regularly fails to string sensible sentences together and forgets where he is or what office he's competing…
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In the US of A today is Super Tuesday. California, Texas, North Carolina and 11 other states and one territory will be voting for their preferred candidate. The Democrat race has sharpened somewhat. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar have both pulled out and have endorsed…
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I have really no idea who to cheer for about the Afghanistan peaceagreement. If the Taliban were the answer, it was a pretty fuckingstupid question. Nor am I qualified to talk about its costs, neither human nor financial. But the Afghanistan peace agreement is worth a…
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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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Two leadership races on either side of the Atlantic are all but over and in Israel, neo-fascist Benjamin Netanyahu is on the verge of ending the stalemate that has gripped the country's Parliament for over a year. Keir Starmer is almost certainly going to be…
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The trouble with MMP is that some politicians view it as an opportunity to court support amongst people holding decidedly minority views. Media attention is beneficial no matter what kind when all you want is minority support. When your goal is just over 5% party…
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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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Over in Australia and despite the worst efforts of the Liberal Government the roll out of solar and wind power generation continues. The place is awash with solar energy. It has over 2.2 million solar panels. The City of Melbourne has 2,200 of these and…
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Yesterday's Herald front page was pretty appalling. Some evidence of increased supermarket activity on Friday night was amplified into a Saturday morning front page suggesting that we are in the middle of a pandemic. The cause? One person identified as having Coronavirus. One infected person…
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All those articles and memes circulating now about how terrible meat and dairy is for the environment, they're based on global statistics that don't take into account local variations. They're measuring the impact of farming like this, which isn't really farming so much as a…
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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…