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Thanks for that link, Incognito. Funny how the same old names turn up, but not getting their hands dirty. Hence the name of Hager’s latest book I suppose. “Hager had shown that Graham appeared to be engaged with Slater in a deceitful and slanderous …

So Macklemore, freshly free from Ed Sheeran commitments is embarking on a ‘Free Palestine Tour’. It reminds me of a mate, back in the day, that went to a Free Nelson Mandela concert but was disappointed when he didn’t get one.

Be that as it may, the clip is more about systemic issues in Treasury, the lack of capacity in the state and a lack of ruthlessness in cabinet to pressure the mandarins to enact their will

Firstly NZ1ST seem to have wandered away from their origins and seem to be an affordable, entry level party to buy donate to, to get legislation your way. Philip Morris knows this. In a nutshell I want to undo most of the regressive aspects of neo …

“Or are you seriously arguing that an ACT supporter is going to regard this as telling the unbiased truth?” Truth is that which does not change. It doesn’t matter the lens through which it is seen. The hypothetical ACT supporter may not like it, that …

Another roblem is with these sort of people and their words is they are slippery. “…never been accused of sexual harassment by a current or former staff member.” The accuser could be an intern or a volunteer and the above denial still be true. Likewise …

Democracy in name only. With political donations, feral unregulated lobbying and ‘party’ politics we are LONG way from one person one vote democracy.

Ok, so we may have found someone to blame but who is responsible? In my limited contact with social workers and those charged with care for youth, I find them to be dedicated, involved and professional. Is OT yet another example of underfunding? What is …

“the right wing framing on tax, is one of the more depressing aspects of this election.” Absolutely. There are a few angles of attack on this. Including the ‘opposite’ of taxes- rebates. Such as that that landlords enjoy. Tax rebate, interest claiming …

Cheers for the clarification. I was bringing Ryall up deliberately, as he was inclined to favour private health provision during his time at the helm.

You are barking up the wrong tree if you want me to have sympathy for supermarkets. I have family experience from the supplier side of how the industry screwed over vegetable suppliers with unreasonable contracts, pricing and conditions. Incidentally, also …

.. of what has been proposed… Sausage fingers and phone.

Yep. Every naysayer of us hat has been proposed neglects to mention excessive profits. I have tried to find out what Willis said she/they would do about supermarkets last electioneering cycle. It certainly wasn’t wait till a couple of months out from the …

There was a post here recently pointing out that National hate the poor. Many examples were given and the premise was proven. It occurs to me ACT hate workers. Van Velden, who doesn’t appear to have done a weeks hard work in her life, weakened Health and …

A lot of what you say is correct, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for global leadership on this issue. A Green party vote will help with a shift from, as you point out, this obviously flawed economic model. There are other ways to farm that aren’t the …