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Poor Matthew Hooton must be wondering about what he has let himself in for. Because it seems pretty clear, even at this early stage, that Todd Muller will not be the saviour for the National Party that they were hoping for. They may as well…
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The good ship Muller has sprung a leak. Tova O'Brien is reporting that the National caucus has been told today that Labour are on 55% support and they are 21 points back on 34%. That's one point less than under Simon Bridge's leadership. That the…
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Dear readers. I have gone out on a limb for you all and done something that I would not recommend. I have read the past couple of months' Mike Hosking reckons on Covid and my head hurts. I decided to do this after reading his…
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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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Paula Bennett has announced that she is standing down from politics and will not seek re-election on National's list at this year's election. A month ago she was deputy leader and head of National's campaign. Now her career is no more. Clearly the message has…
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Weka has already written about the Green Party's UBI equivalent but one point that she makes which should be re-emphasised is that Paora Goldsmith is either bereft of literary and/or mathematical skills, or he has been telling porkies. Either is not a good look for…
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The Green Party's first major election announcement is a beautifully conceived social security package based in the concepts of manaakitanga and compassion. It insists on giving people income security and treating them well. It's fully costed, and financed by taxing some of the assets and…
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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has hijacked a Washington State far right rally, enraging the neo-nazi organisers. https://twitter.com/i/status/1277031411724120064 Cohen had already bought the rights to sing at the rally and his security team stopped the far right organisers from storming the stage when they realised they'd…
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We're now seeing a revolution. While many expect logic to prevail and capitalism to overcome, a really successful and very modern revolution has already started in just the last few weeks. It's not the revolution we expected. It's morphing, and its changes are unpredictable. It's…
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I've just been reading Andrea Vance's "The brutal business of politics: Judith Collins discusses memoir, John Key, David Bain, and being a survivor", a review of Judith Collin's released biography. One thing that usually infuriates me is whining arseholes. Judith Collins has always been one…
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Well done the Greens. https://twitter.com/jamespeshaw/status/1276054571379339265 https://twitter.com/BMHayward/status/1276664404256239616 Green Party press release. Another Green win as climate change considerations inserted into the RMA June 25, 2020 6:09 PM The Green Party is thrilled to see changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) that mean consents for large…
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Destroy capitalism, right? But what's the replacement? Before anyone thinks this is an argument for not ending capitalism, it's not. It's a post designed to break the false dichotomy that currently exists within the left over capitalism and what to do about it. Capitalism isn't…
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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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The latest Colmar Brunton poll results have been released and Labour is still remarkably in a position to rule on its own. Results are above. National will breathe a sigh of relief that its support has rebounded. The Greens are on the right side of…
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National have partially reverted to the mean in the latest One News/Colmar Brunton poll. Dumping Simon Bridges and the evaporation of the post Covid feel good factor has seen the major parties swap 9% support. However, Labour are still looking good for an historic outright…
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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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Good apart from every conceivable political angle for the government, granted. The political angles are well covered elsewhere in the NZHerald, Stuff, and TVNZ. Neither the Prime Minister claiming regularly on radio that the NZInfra version would help pay for our retirement, nor a single…
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https://twitter.com/matpottinger/status/1273924237007286272 https://twitter.com/VenerableDonkey/status/1273904863869415425 There's no way out of this that doesn't involve the middle classes losing capital. Perpetual housing crisis or some people giving up assets, that's the choice. btw, if the homeless dude who figured out how to get himself into a quarantine hotel room…
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RNZ Labour is conceding defeat on Auckland Light Rail before the election, with Cabinet failing to reach an agreement on either proposal. RNZ previously reported that the project was dead in the water, but until now the government's position has been that negotiations were ongoing.…
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Looking at the rises in covid-19 infections worldwide is just damn depressing. So instead National and some of our media choose to focus on the little inconveniences of local life. For anyone who isn't a selfish myopic like your median National voter, concerned only with…
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You would think in the midst of a world pandemic that is threatening established countries everywhere that National would do the responsible thing and work constructively to resolve all of government issues. If you do think this you are wrong. It appears that National has…
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