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Well done Jeremy Corbyn. It is great to see a plain speaking principled politician succeed. Clearly Jeremy and Bernie Saunders in the States are indicative of a growing restlessness amongst activists with political business as usual where careerists using triangulation as their only weapon have been…
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Stuff has a piece up on how the popular Red Peak / First to the Light flag resembles a logo from a small American engineering firm. (At time of writing Red Peak still dominates the poll.) Oddly there are no Stuff pieces on the things…
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https://twitter.com/helenkellyCTU/status/642798852089757696 Here it is then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5StztvYw5SA From the GetUp web page: ***UPDATE: We just received word that Channel 9 banned our new TV ad from airing during the evening news — and they won't say why. We're scrambling right now for ad spots with other…
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Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn new leader of the UK Labour Party. (Update: Guardian coverage - Corbyn took nearly 60% of the vote "a stunning first-round victory that was bigger than the mandate for Tony Blair in 1994"). Everything about him appeals to me. He really…
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Thank you Mike Bush: Police should remain unarmed: Commisioner Mike Bush Despite the number of armed incidents recently police should remain unarmed, the Police Commissioner says. ... In a blog released today, Mr Bush said the incident highlighted the unpredictable and dangerous events police officers…
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Anthony R0bins has already posted on this subject but it is an important one and deserves multiple analysis so here goes. The Pacific Leaders Forum has occurred over the past few days. The proud leaders of small Pacific Nations were there. Some nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati are…
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The current refugee crisis, to which our government has responded so pitifully, is but a taste of things to come: Tackle climate change or face resource wars, Lord Ashdown warns Refugee crisis is a ‘rehearsal’ for a vast humanitarian disaster that will soon unfold if…
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The Labour Party has announced that General Secretary Tim Barnett is to stand down as Party Secretary. From the Party's website: The New Zealand Labour Party’s General Secretary, Tim Barnett, today announced his resignation. Mr Barnett, who has been in the role for just over…
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A very interesting post in The Herald yesterday by Grant McLachlan, a former Parliamentary researcher and a Nat campaign director. It is mostly about the bungled flag process, but includes these gems: What National has done since 2002 is develop the most advanced voter relationship…
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https://twitter.com/RusselNorman/status/642095282981728256 Greenpeace's gain is Parliament's loss. Russell will be replaced by Marama Davidson when he stands down next month.
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As anticipated, what is the first complaint at this site under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015? Not from some poor kid being stalked and cyber-bullied by the classmates. But by an adult trying to stifle legitimate criticism and analysis of what they wrote and distributed digitally. I'm not going to…
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Good on ya Wellington: Thousands gather to protest refugee quota Thousands of silent protesters gathered outside Parliament tonight, calling on the Government to double New Zealand's refugee quota. Seven-hundred-and-fifty candles were lit to symbolise the lives that could be saved, should the quota be doubled.…
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Tēnā Koutou Katoa, Thank you for the invitation to speak this afternoon. I want to acknowledge your local president Graham Adams and Whanganui Deputy Mayor Hamish McDouall. Today, I want to talk about New Zealand’s tradition of standing up for our values and interests on…
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As previously stated I think the whole flag process its a waste of money and a distraction from the real issues. But given that it went ahead, it should have been run fairly and inclusively. Any new flag needs to have broad support - be…
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I posted earlier noting New Zealand's and the United Kingdom's change of position relating to the Syrian Refugee crisis. Yesterday Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia known affectionately by many as dickhead also did something unusual. He changed position from four days ago and acted in a…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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Where has our outcry been these past years as desperate refugees rode airplane undercarriages to their deaths, drowned in the Pacific or the Mediterranean and otherwise wasted away in the ‘middle of no-where’, in transit camps or detention centres? We can’t say that we didn’t…
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This Government's priorities are clear. It sells our assets, strip mines the country's primary social housing provider, and preaches austerity yet at the same time it blows our money on sheep farms in the Saudi desert and all sorts of corporate welfare. One of the…
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Reposted from No Right Turn Over in the UK, the government is carrying out an unprecedented attack on employment and union rights in an effort to return things to their C19th utopia. They've already changed legislation to make it almost impossible for unions to legally…
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In these days of increased poverty and surging housing need a responsible Government would allow Housing Corporation to invest its spare cash in building new homes and repairing clearly deficient existing homes. But the Government clearly has alternative priorities. From Radio New Zealand: Housing New…
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An interesting development in US politics: Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire by nine points – poll Senator would receive backing of 41% of Democrats to Clinton’s 32% Clinton holds shrinking lead in Iowa, NBC finds Senator Bernie Sanders has opened a nine-point…
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How do you deal with a war situation that’s leading to millions of fleeing refugees? According to Winston Peters, you put a gun in the hands of all the male refugees and send them back. Brilliant.
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.