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Daily review 26/11/2024

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, November 26th, 2024 - 8 comments
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  1. Kat 1
    26 November 2024 at 8:01 pm

    One simple check mate move by Labour: Reinstate the Ministry of Works….to begin with….then Forestry……..then….well let your imagination run wild, why don't you…..

  2. adam 2
    26 November 2024 at 9:45 pm

    Our problem is the leaders of this country do a combination of stupid from the USA and the UK. The worst of both at moment.

    There is a way out

  3. Dennis Frank 3
    26 November 2024 at 10:19 pm

    Gordon Campbell did an accurate analysis of Seymour's Treaty bill without mentioning the social contract dimension: https://werewolf.co.nz/2024/11/gordon-campbell-on-whats-wrong-with-the-treaty-principles-bill/

    The Bill seeks to turn back the clock to where “equality before the law” would mean that the only option on offer to Māori would be assimilation, and in existing conditions where there is structurally unequal access (a) to the necessities of life and (b) to the means of socio-economic progress. Māori children, in particular, have a right to far better.

    The Treaty itself recognises that Māori, as tangata whenua, have customary rights not enjoyed by pakeha. It also places unique responsibilities on the Crown towards the Treaty partner, that require it (a) to try and correct the neo-colonial wrongs and disadvantages that are still having enduring effects on the Treaty partner and (b) to ensure that Māori share equal access to the new forms of wealth and opportunity that society has developed, since 1840. The Treaty is, after all, a living document and its commitments endure.

    Seymour’s Bill is a concerted attempt to deny that the Crown has these responsibilities and obligations. It does so by invoking a bogus equality before the law, and by ignoring the causes of the blatant and enduring inequality of access to opportunity. These are issues that the Crown is Treaty-bound to address.

    So the Crown entered into a social contract with iwi, and Te Tiriti formalised that. Seymour believes parliament can negate that contract by limiting the lawful application of Treaty principles – effectively freezing it in time, whilst allowing courts to continue to apply it as per normal, so it ain't really frozen, just seems to be.

    I doubt Seymour sees this paradoxical behaviour as whimsy, though, nor is he likely to realise that it makes him seem somewhat schizoid. But God loves a trier, as they say. Perhaps he's gambling on perpetual appealing of all maori court wins to the Supreme Court, funding lucky lawyers with Atlas money, & shared expectations that the tiresome clogging of courts would persuade everyone to accede to his wishes.

  4. Dennis Frank 4
    26 November 2024 at 10:41 pm

    Starmer went Green big-time, Ed Miliband his point man…

    UK to slash climate pollution by 81%. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/the-uk-will-slash-climate-pollution-by-81-can-nz-do-the-same/

    By 2030, to combat climate catastrophe, global emissions need to fall by 43% on 1990 levels (whereas the most optimistic scenario of NDC implementation implies a reduction of around only 5.9% by 2030), climate finance needs to increase at least fivefold, we need to phase out coal 7 times faster and reduce forest loss 4 times faster. That is why the UK has set an ambitious target and will be urging other countries to bring forward ambitious, economy-wide Nationally Determined Contributions by the February 2025 deadline to address the urgency of the climate crisis.

    During COP29 in Baku the UK’s climate negotiations will be led by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband where he will be encouraging others – particularly major emitters – to submit their own target ahead of the deadline. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-shows-international-leadership-in-tackling-climate-crisis

    So British Labour have finally gone Green. Only took half a century for their leftists to achieve consensus on the paradigm shift the fast learners did back in '68. Heat's on the acronym to wise Trump up fast & most will assume its Mission Impossible (discounting divine intervention) but there may be a zeitgeist triggering so best wait & see…