There is this idea on both the left and the right that Trump's not so bad. Minimising or being in denial of what is happening in the US risks helping the rise of fascism. You can read the original post here, or the series here.…
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So National needs a new candidate for the Auckland Central electorate. It is an electorate that when you look at its socioeconomic breakdown should be safe National. But it is an inner city urban liberal seat so there is a tendency to really detest National's…
https://twitter.com/JulieAnneGenter/status/1283516650239569920? The MMP-savvy Green Party know that campaigning in the electorates increases their party vote. While it's likely that their vote will increase this year as a result of rebuilding trust with voters after 2017, their solid policy platform, and 2017 Labour voters wanting to…
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One day the rooster, next day the feather duster. Nikki Kaye has shown her total faith in temporary Tory leader Judith Collins by abruptly announcing her retirement from Parliament. This squarely brings the seat of Auckland Central into play. Kaye won the seat four times…
For Judith Collins that was a short honeymoon. Yesterday she had a good day as all forms of media were dominated by pro National voices talking up how the change of leadership was a very good thing. She even managed to show her crushing ability…
Ok sure, they won’t. You list why. But here’s the top five things National could do to give themselves a better shot. 1. Cut Ardern Down Get as many one-on-one Collins v Ardern matchups as possible. Collins is a highly experienced and combative politician and…
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The size of the job in front of new Tory leader Judith Collins is laid bare in the latest Roy Morgan poll. Labour would win a comfortable outright victory, and with the Greens added, the Government would be returned with around 75 seats.…
So Judith Collins is now National leader and Gerry Brownlee is the deputy. Yesterday was a day to remember for political tragics. At 7:35 am Todd Muller was gone, by 9 pm Judith Collins was leader. Her initial comments and visuals were to suggest that…
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Twitter confirms that Judith Collins is now National leader. She is the perfect candidate if your goal is to stem the bleeding of support. She is not the candidate if you want to win the election ... Update: And Gerry Brownlee is deputy! Happy days!
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I realise that National probably won't appreciate my advice. However I actually would like to have a viable competent opposition. I don't even want an election to be as much of a pushover as this one is likely to be. If I was a stalwart…
In breaking news Todd Muller has resigned for "health reasons", effective immediately. Time to bring back Simon? lprent:Stuff: Todd Muller resigns as leader of the National PartyHerald: Todd Muller quits as National Party leader for health reasonsHerald: The National Party leak: A timeline of the…
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The Serious Fraud Office has started an investigation into donations made to the Labour Party in 2017. Annoyingly, they have given few details, so speculation will be rife. They say: "The SFO is presently conducting four investigations in relation to electoral funding matters. A fifth…
There is a particularly resonant piece by Tim Watkin in Pundit. "National's problem with privacy and privilege". I'm only surprised that he seems to think that the National party is at all redeemable. Personally I think he is somewhat to charitable. I think that the…
National's latest attempted spin is to try and suggest that last week's clusterfuck of rolling events did not involve in any way the slightest trace of dirty politics. From Spinoff: Nikki Kaye, speaking on Q+A on TVNZ, acknowledged “the perception was that Todd hadn’t received the…
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https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/1282101888956035073 From the Green Party website, The Green Party has always been clear that climate change needs to be tackled now, and we’ve done more in the last three years than the past 30 years of government combined. We know we need to go further…
One thing I have never understood is why the religious right have not been able to get its act together and achieve a proper Parliamentary presence. I know there was United Future in 2002 under Peter Dunne. But that was a marriage of convenience, a…
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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog: The role of the Union peak body is to provide national or international leadership for all union members. The union movement structure in NZ and many other countries is to have several sector-specific unions, which then affiliate to a…
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