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I'm pleased about the Roy Morgan result. The last time the All Blacks won a World Cup it was worth 2-3% in the polls to National. Enough to get them over the line in 2011 election, in fact. This RWC ... nothing. In fact, less…
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Following on from its earlier release Scoop has uploaded further documents filed in the Hager v Attorney General case. The documents include Hager's affidavit, various other affidavits, police disclosure and some exhibits. Discussion is building about why police resources were put into the case at…
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David Slack is on fire this morning with his take on our craven human rights record - in the form of imagined NCEA questions: David Slack: You have two hours, starting... Now ... Question 5. Using the words 'craven', 'supine' and 'cynical', analyse how New…
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We now have reasonable detail on what happened in Paris yesterday. The Guardian is live blogging events on day 2. From Hollande's reaction it seems likely that the terrorists will accomplish their goal: Paris terror attacks: Hollande says Isis atrocity was 'act of war' Hollande…
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The latest Roy Morgan poll is out. During November support for National fell 1% to 49% still well ahead of a potential Labour/Greens alliance 41.5% (up 1%) according to the latest Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll conducted before controversy erupted this week after PM John…
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Three explosions and shootings in Paris. Reports are of dozens dead. Live updates from The Guardian The death toll has risen to at least 35 people, according to the Press Association. French media reports put the number as high as 30. From the BBC. At…
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It is interesting that as this regime gets older the criticisms of the left, as has been painstakingly recorded in the Standard, are becoming more self evident. This is a government of spin with the goal of privatising state assets, further attacking already marginalised workers…
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The Herald seems to have accidentally deleted the online version of yesterday's big story from Kirsty Johnson on how the government manipulates media perceptions. However could that have happened? The original link is now 404 (as of last night). Fortunately various web sites have archived…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPLy4esyhDs And just for the weekend a video from The Eastern who had people dancing in the aisles before Andrew Little's speech last Sunday. Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of…
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A National MP has been caught bludging off the taxpayer to further her political career. This time it's list non-entity Parmjeet Parmar, who has been sprung trying to get Housing NZ to boost her profile in the Mt Roskill electorate. Weirdly, Parmar thinks that she…
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This petition at ActionStation is closing in on 5,000 signatures: Dear John Key, We call on you to stand up, apologise for the offence your comment has caused to survivors of sexual violence throughout New Zealand, and withdraw the statement. We also call on you…
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In the case taken to our Courts last September to force Groser to compy with a Law of New Zealand (and at cost to the taxpayer through having to defend him) Justice Collins said of the Official Information Act: the Act plays a significant role in…
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From itsourfuture.org.nz 14 November is another Nationwide Day of Action against the TPPA! The political tradeoffs have been done and the text has now been sent to Tokyo to undergo the ‘legal scrubbing’ process. As we expected there are very few trade benefits, while the…
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The quote which is the title of this post is words of wisdom from none other than PM John Key. You can read it and several others in this great piece by Toby Manhire in The Herald.
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Really Fran? What with the week we've just had, you felt it necessary to... Andrew Little's grab for territory limp-wristed So we're in for hilarious homophobia then. Righto. If Andrew Little was hoping to craft a new Labour playbook, last weekend's sop to the party…
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John Key is working directly from the Dueling Loop Playbook. He has to, because being who he really is won't keep him as Prime Minister of New Zealand. It's clever, and it is destructive. John Key is this week using the False Enemy Play When…
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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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The first of what may be an ongoing occasional series of posts where social media interaction by Politicians ends in disaster. https://twitter.com/paulabennettmp/status/664272030402027520 https://twitter.com/ronindotca/status/664523258377572352 https://twitter.com/whiteroseghost/status/664525228832239616 https://twitter.com/DathEmerson/status/664285404464484356 https://twitter.com/edmuzik/status/664523631062454272
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Previously posted at Boots Theory. Content note: discussion of sexual violence and the experience of survivors. Yesterday I did a round-up of the women's voices on Twitter talking about recent events in Parliament, where women MPs from the Opposition, many of them survivors of sexual…
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One News broke the story: Exclusive: New Zealand's guardian of the seas under threat from the Government The Government is considering changes to the Environmental Protection Authority, after the guardian of the seas turned down two offshore mining applications. The EPA is responsible for protecting…
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Who would James Bond vote for? Say he was a New Zealander. Just say. Sean Connery and Roger Moore I'd class as Waiuku Cossie Club Tory. Ageing too quickly, cheesy jokes that really work heard once, glances meant for the updo'd kept-but-faded beauty brought up…
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You know how Labour and the Greens are supporting all the rapists and murderers that are based on Christmas Island. There is a slight problem. There are none. From Radio New Zealand: Of the forty New Zealanders being detained on Australia's Christmas Island, one is…
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The combined antics of cynical Key and useless Carter have brought NZ international shame yet again. Here's The Guardian: New Zealand female MPs thrown out of parliament after disclosing sexual assaults Women ruled out of order by Speaker for demanding prime minister John Key apologise…
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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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Excellent piece on Newsworthy yesterday - Is John Key Gutless? Yes He Probably is TBH. Well worth reading for various reasons, but the best bit was these famous political quotes - as Key might have said them: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall…
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One of the more unusual customs I have seen in Parliament is that when an MP takes exception at something said to them or about them they can raise this as a point of order and normally get a retraction. They can dish out the…
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