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Those of you watching TV3 or scouring the web for news recently may have caught a pretty interesting poll. In some respects, it doesn't say anything too dramatically different than February's Colmar Brunton poll, except it says it worse for National and New Zealand first,…
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I don’t want to upset any Irish people who might be reading this, but having been brought up as a notional Protestant in the British Isles, I was inculcated with a less than glowing view of Ireland and Irish people. Ireland was a tad backwards…
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There was some heavyweight competition this week. In the United Kingdom Katie Hopkins became upset because a Daily Mirror article had the headline "Katie Hopkins banned from leaving South Africa after taking ketamine". She had taken ketamine, although apparently for medical reasons and she was…
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Simon meeting the people of provincial New Zealand.
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It's finally happened. I know I have been harsh on Minister Clare Curran, but she's actually done something positive, in her portfolio, that might achieve something tangible domestically, however small, and I confess to being just a little bit excited. I am harsh because I…
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Judith Collins, National's best performing politician, has dropped another bombshell about Phil Twyford. She has alleged that on the same day he took a call in a plane when the doors were closed he stood up out of his seat as the plane was taxiing.…
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The homeless are not nameless faceless nobodies, they’re babies, children, women and men all clamouring for a place to call home. A place where they can put down roots and establish a sense of belonging within their local communities. They’re not all the stereotype that…
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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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Mark Richardson is a self-confessed NIMBY, so it is little wonder that he has spoken out about a social housing development in Epsom. He does not want any social housing developments in his little piece of suburbia and he's not shy about declaring his 'me me…
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So Yulia Skripal contacted reuters news agency through the Metropolitan Police and issued two written and one video taped statements. I might think reuters to be an odd choice for someone looking to break a story when there are so many other (how to say?)…
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This is what New Zealand’s energy future is supposed to look like. The view of Transpower is that our energy future will provide New Zealand with its biggest international advantage: clean, sustainable, affordable and efficient energy to power our economy. The Transpower Chief Executive expounds…
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Minister Phil Twyford has offered his resignation today, after revelations from the opposition that he took a call on an aircraft after its doors closed and devices were supposed to be switched to flight mode. The Prime Minister has declined to accept his resignation as…
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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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If this afternoon was the result of National's strategic big wigs in action they need to get new ones. National took on Trevor Mallard in Parliament and lost. I have watched the videos and still have no idea what the game plan was. They started…
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You've probably heard or read something on the government's decision to back-track on imposing restrictions on trawling for orange roughy. There was a raft of conservation measures ready to go before the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), and they've been dumped. The fishing industry…
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A bit of drama happened in Parliament yesterday. It seems the simmering resentment within National's ranks reached boiling point. It started after Bennett showed her inability to ask a simple question, or at least one that is within Parliament's standing orders. The rules are clear.…
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New Zealand and Australia are entering in to trade negotiations with Europe. For those with really long memories about how the U.K. treated New Zealand when the European Common Market was formed, you might not have much sympathy for the U.K.’s trade position as Europe…
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Sam Stubbs, a longstanding outspoken commentator in New Zealand's financial industry, continues to advocate for a Royal Commission into banking and insurance. This would be a great thing in my view. The Reserve Bank governor has written to all our banks with a much narrower…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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It looks like the National collective has doubts about Simon Bridges' pulling power. Also they must be worried that Northcote might tip in the by election. Because they are bringing out the big guns.
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Factional infighting within UK Labour remains as high as ever. While there was a brief reprieve after the 2017 General Election where the Corbyn lead Labour Party did much better than predicted, in 2018 the internal civil war is back on within the party. The…
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What do you do when you are the parliamentary leader of and sole Member of Parliament for a party disappearing in the polls and totally dependent on National giving its supporters a nudge and a wink to get you over the line. Apart from being…
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I am really pleased that the Government has said no to the new mega prison planned for Waikeria. The prison would have been a retrograde step, continued New Zealand's failure to address the causes of crime and sucked in huge amounts of resources that could…
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In a welcome move by Labour to relieve energy poverty on those with fixed, low incomes, all beneficiaries (including pensioners) are to get up to $700 extra automatically over winter. This will reduce the rate of deaths among the old & ill as they live…