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Daily review 13/08/2020
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TheY aRe onlY aSKing qUestiOns
Yesterday was a remarkable day. Deputy Leader of the National Party Gerry Brownlee posed a series of questions suggesting a wide based and interesting conspiracy theory involving the Government and the Ministry of Health and all of the Health Boards suppressing news of community spread…
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Open mike 13/08/2020
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Daily review 12/08/2020
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UMR Poll August 2020
Yet another rogue poll, this time from UMR, has Labour on 52%, National 28%, Act 5.9%, Greens 5.4% and NZ First steady on 5.1%. That would give Labour 65 seats, the Greens 7, NZ First 6 and ACT 7, National 35. I stand by my…
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Will National politicise the new Covid outbreak? *
So the bad news that we were all hoping not to hear has occurred. There is a new case of community transmission discovered in Auckland. A test conducted on Monday was positive. The Government has acted quickly and imposed a level 3 lockdown on Auckland…
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Biden/Harris
Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Significantly, she is both the first black or Asian woman to be offered the position. Harris was an early runner to be the Democratic Party's Presidential candidate, but dropped out. The California senator of…
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Open mike 12/08/2020
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Well that is a bit shit. Auckland level 3. Rest of NZ level 2
Just been reading the NZ Herald. "Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland in lockdown, rest of country in level 2 - Four cases of community transmission". Four cases of community transmission from the same family - presumably without an obvious cause. Lock down for 3 days in…
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Daily review 11/08/2020
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Should the government replace sex data with gender (identity) data?
Stats NZ is asking for submissions on their proposed changes to the standards for collecting and using data about sex and gender (submissions close 5pm on Thurs). The proposed changes appear to be twofold in intention: to make this research and governance part of society…
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The strange tale of the Auckland Central selection and Merv from Manurewa
National truly is the party that keeps on giving. Every day there is a new scandal, a new event that casts doubt on National's ability to organise a piss up in a brewery, let alone run a country. Yesterday it was the the chance for…
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Why you should vote Labour this election
Reason 1: Prime Minister Ardern Jacinda Ardern. We have the best crisis manager in the world, and pretty much the entire country agrees Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done and will continue to do an astounding job. No one else comes close. We need a…
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Open mike 11/08/2020
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Daily review 10/08/2020
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Vote No to Cannabis Reform
Ten reasons to vote against the proposal: 1. It's In Your Professional Interests You - and your employment - become unsafe for driving or for work under the influence of THC. The government tried to clean up this mess with a law enabling testing of…
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Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government: Style over substance or a guiding light for progressive politics?
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Just over three years ago, a few weeks before leaving New Zealand, my friend Rob and I were in Burger Fuel on Cuba Street the hipster trendy part of Wellington. Piko was renting an office space in the old Wellington…
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IT doESN’t aDD up
For a few days now Gerry Brownlee has been peddling dog whistle conspiracy theories that the Government is hiding bad news about Covid and we should all be really concerned. On August 5, 2020 the Spinoff commented on a press release that he had provided…
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Covid recovery and bouncing forward
One of the founders of the Transition Town movement, Rob Hopkins, talks about how Transition Towns have responded to the covid pandemic, and how this helps us prepare for the coming climate crises. Central to the Transition movement from the outset has been the idea…
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Open mike 10/08/2020
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National’s list
It's out. And it appears to be bolted together hurriedly rather than carefully crafted. And a lot of it may be academic. Such is National's current polling there will not be many list places to go around. Four months ago I had a guess at…
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NZ First is in trouble in Northland
More bad news for NZ First. It looks like their hope that Northland could provide a get out of jail free card is misplaced. The special Colmar Brunton poll result this morning had National's Matt King on 46% and Shane Jones a distant third on…
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Open mike 09/08/2020
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July 2020 Roy Morgan Poll
The latest Roy Morgan poll is yet another rogue result, claiming that new National Party leader Judith Collins has actually cost the Tories votes. That can't be true, surely? On the day that National have released their party list, this will be a reminder to…
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Jacinda’s speech to the Labour campaign launch
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=625849445002350 E ngā mana e ngā reo Ngāti whātua ngā mana whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau, e tika te kōrero Ehara taku toa he toa (taki tahi) he toa (taki tini) No rēira tātou e huihui mai nei, ka ‘Hoake tonu tātou’ Thank you for that…
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Open mike 08/08/2020
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Daily review 07/08/2020
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The return of John Key
This week feels like I have gone through a time warp and that I have been returned to 2016. Suddenly John Key is back in the media and displaying that passive aggressive style that he perfected. On Tuesday he was advocating that the country's borders…
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James Shaw, comedian
Before you read this post, please watch at least the first 3 1/2 minutes of this video. It's James Shaw's Adjournment speech in parliament yesterday, and he's funny. Seriously, 3 minutes of jokes, casting shade on Winston, National, Act and even a wee bit on…
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Open mike 07/08/2020
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