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Open mike 30/07/2020
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Daily review 29/07/2020
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Will Jami Lee spill the beans on National’s donations?
Believe me I lived through the Labour years of 2008 to 2014. I know what disunity looks like. This term has been a complete shambles for National. And the shambles shows no sign of abating. Because Jami-Lee Ross is threatening to table National's list of…
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Open mike 29/07/2020
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Hong Kong principles
According to our Prime Minister, today's announcement that New Zealand is suspending extradition arrangements with Hong Kong is because of our principles. But it is not immediately clear what these principles are, other than falling into line with our Five Eyes spying partners. Some history…
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National’s Internal Polling Leaked
Radio NZ's Jo Moir has tweeted the polling results be-grudgingly given to the National Party caucus this afternoon after significant rancour in the ranks. The results were presented by David Farrar, the Tory's pollster, ironically meaning that the caucus room briefly contained both the Joker…
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Daily review 28/07/2020
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How do you tell when Judith is saying something that is not true?
Believe me, when things go wrong politically they tend to go wrong big time and you tend to stumble from crisis to crisis. Which is the situation that Judith Collins currently finds herself in. Clint Smith, one of the most incisive of political twitterers dropped…
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Pandemic: a flourishing enterprise. Business needs to get real.
Earlier this month, I saw a Reuters article that had the snag paragraphs (my bold). That was written on July 17th and based on stats up to July 13th. (Reuters) - Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking…
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New Zealand believes Labour are better economic managers than National
I was astounded when Labour scored 61% in this week's Newshub Reid Research poll. But that astonishment was dwarfed by this result: https://twitter.com/nealejones/status/1287648511488430080 Neale is right. There is this constant rule throughout English speaking western democracies. The electorate always believes that tories are better with…
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Open mike 28/07/2020
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Trade Unionism: Does it have a future
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog In mid-2016 the former president of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Helen Kelly (no relation) came to speak to PSA staff at morning tea. Helen had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and would sadly die…
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Daily review 27/07/2020
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Open mike 27/07/2020
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Pollwatch: Reid Research poll completed 2020-07-24
Newshub reported an all-time high for the Labour Party in their Reid Research poll today, hitting 60.9% of the party vote. National were already calling it a rogue poll before it's even announced. (it's technically possible, but if it is rogue, it's the type that…
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Latest Newshub Reid Research poll – yet another rogue poll
Tova O'Brien said that it would be a bombshell result and it was. The results of tonight's Newshub Reid Research poll results are: Labour - 61% up 4.4 National - 25% down 5.5 Greens - 5.7% - up 0.2 NZ First - 2% - down…
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Happy 40th birthday Jacinda!
The woman who has led us through a terrorist attack, a significant natural disaster and who has safely guided us through an international Pandemic and who has led with aroha and compassion is turning 40 today. Happy birthday Jacinda.
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The Greens are thinking ahead
The Green Party has been busy. And unlike the National Party whose definition of "policy announcement" is to announce a new road, they have come up with an impressive policy document Think Ahead, Act Now: Our Green Vision for Aotearoa which is clearly designed to…
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Folly of the year
In the middle of a multi-year global airline collapse... and our worst-ever tourism collapse ... and one of our worst economic collapses... Within 45 minutes of an international airport... and within 25 minutes of another major regional airport... On 700 acres of flat productive farmland…
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Open mike 26/07/2020
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Association of Conspiracy Theorists
Not so long ago ACT had its campaign launch. There were a few interesting developments. They are proposing an unemployment insurance scheme, funded by tax. Sounds a bit like the dole but with a tax increase and higher payments for wealthier people, at least for…
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Open mike 25/07/2020
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Daily review 24/07/2020
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COVID-19: A human adapted virus
One of the things that has been obvious about COVID-19 from the start has been that it is very well adapted to humans. It has evolved a good entry system to the human airways, is often has mild symptoms, has a long pre-symptomatic infectious period,…
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Never argue immorality with a Tory *
The past couple of days have been rather brutal for us sensitive lefties. Poto Williams, who is an outstanding MP gave this contribution to Parliament: https://twitter.com/BeeFaerie/status/1285805631090257920 The details behind Lees-Galloway's and Falloon's demise are now clear. Last Friday Jacinda Ardern privately told Judith Collins about…
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Open mike 24/07/2020
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Daily review 23/07/2020
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We must welcome Kiwis home
With a new Immigration Minister this week, could we please get some reality to bringing our people home? People can probably still remember that sweet time where we didn't have a World War Z immigration policy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhHv8XzAO2c A time where New Zealand citizens were not…
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Authorised by me
Last night, a bit late I know, I finally perused the June 2020 Third Party handbook put out by the Electoral Commission. This morning I activated my authorisation notice for the site. You can see it at the bottom of any post and on the…
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Open mike 23/07/2020
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