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"Courage my friends, 'tis never too late to build a better world" was the motto of Jack Layton, leader of Canada's New Democrat Party, who died of cancer yesterday. His last letter to Canadians ends: My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better…
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http://youtu.be/sQkUp3PtVto Another great video, this one targeted at the enrolled non-vote, a huge reservoir of untapped leftwing votes.
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Jackie Blue, MP for [insert region here], accidentally unmasked National's media practices when she published a blog post called "Generic Column – Lifting Education Standards" and forgot to add the 'personal touch'. Now, the Dimpost has shown that the Nats are still using these [insert…
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Sandra Grey from the Campaign for MMP and Kevin Hackwell from Forest and Bird will speak at a Fabian Society event this Thursday at 5:30 in Wellington. Sandra will outline the issues for the referendum and Kevin will give an account of the recent UK…
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90% of Labour's MPs are hardworking, principled, and bloody good at what they do. Cunliffe, Fenton, Parker, Nash, Moroney, Ardern, King, O'Connor, Shearer, Twyford, Davis, Mahuta. The list goes on. It's the quality of these people and what they believe in that makes me support…
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The latest salacious tidbits from last weekend's 3 News Poll are being carefully drip fed to the hungry right-wing pack. Duncan Garner writes: 56 percent of Labour voters say Goff won't win - survey In our latest 3 News Reid Research poll 78 percent of…
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Why selling infrastructure is stupid Public infrastructure includes a range of assets and services that enable an economy to function. Many take the form of networks where completeness of the network is essential to its functionality. Networks allow the core of the economy to interact…
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The recall elections in Wisconsin over Governor Walker's anti-union law abolishing collective bargaining for public servants had it all - Republicans running fake Democrats in primaries, massive spending by faceless outside bodies, and two Republican senators losing their seats in the subsequent ballot. Democrats did…
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Lifted* from Scott at Imperator Fish and privatized in accordance with the "What's yours is mine to privatize, but what is mine is mine" principles of the Business Roundtable. Congratulations! Your new Tory is now ready for operation. Below are the care instructions for your…
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Pike River had lax safety systems. Profits came first. The workforce was highly casualised to weaken the bargaining power of the union. The boss, Peter Whittall, will end up getting the blame. Labour says it will restore miners' power over their safety by bringing back…
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The Greens want to charge 10 cents per tonne of water used by farmers. Use the revenue to restore our rivers and lakes. Even Actoid types can support this: internalise externalities, use price mechanisms to encourage efficient use of resources. Naturally, the farmers don't want…
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We have a representative democracy, which means that we elect people to represent us. People to work for us. People to consult, and listen, and act. Or not, as the case may be: Key defends non-attendance decision The Prime Minister's defending his decision to stay…
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At the start of the year, John Key said that he wanted to have a mature debate on asset sales. Now, his Finance Minister and SOE Minister are refusing to front up to debate David Cunliffe on the issue. Instead, that was left to old…
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