Open mike 09/05/2020
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Open mike 08/05/2020
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MSM asking questions in a democracy
Too much repetition, or the wrong questions?
Bridges pulls a stunt
Simon Bridges threw two stunts yesterday, firstly threatening to try and summons senior Public Servants to publicise confidential legal advice and then by attacking Dr Ashley Blomfield for not answering emails quickly enough despite the existence of a pandemic which the country appears to be handling pretty well.
Open mike 07/05/2020
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Open mike 06/05/2020
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Open mike 05/05/2020
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Open mike 04/05/2020
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Open mike 03/05/2020
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Covid-19: Important… satire
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It is a bit of a problem when this was often more accurate than the statements from many governments.
Open mike 02/05/2020
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Open mike 01/05/2020
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Open mike 30/04/2020
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Open mike 29/04/2020
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Open mike 28/04/2020
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Open mike 27/04/2020
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Open mike 26/04/2020
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dear sysop: on covid-19 debt
We put in guest posts occasionally. These days I’m the person who runs the email account and sees the general ones. Mostly I don’t give any feedback as much as anything else because a lack of time. But I should. This is the first to get that editorial attention. The topic itself is worth discussing. What is the process of raising debt for the cobid-19 economic response.
Open mike 25/04/2020
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Open mike 24/04/2020
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Will National roll Bridges before or after the election?
It appears that the National Party is engaged in a bitter discussion of when Simon Bridges should be rolled, not if. Will it be before or after the election?
Open mike 23/04/2020
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Open mike 22/04/2020
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When Bridges’ social media goes wrong
Simon Bridges’s Facebook post criticising the extension of lockdown level 4 has been met with overwhelming opposition, including from people who are clearly National Party supporters.
Open mike 21/04/2020
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Open mike 20/04/2020
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Open mike 19/04/2020
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Open mike 18/04/2020
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Open mike 17/04/2020
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Open mike 16/04/2020
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Matthew’s Magic Numbers
Matthew Hooton has tweeted a series of numbers. They add up to good news for the Government.
UPDATE: Curia Polling reckons it’s even better for Labour!
Lockdown 4 – do we stay or do we go?
Over the next few days there will be an intense public debate about whether the lockdown should be continued or loosened.
How Not to Engage in Public Debate
The best way to engage in public debate on the lockdown is to be open, clear, and transparent and show the facts. A press release full of beliefs and reckons is unhelpful and irresponsible.
Open mike 15/04/2020
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Better footpaths and cycleways are a socialist inspired plot?
National MP Simon O’Connor thinks that making under used streets safer for walkers and cyclers is a Socialist inspired plan for world domination.
Open mike 14/04/2020
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