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Daily review 31/10/2019
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Open mike 31/10/2019
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Daily review 30/10/2019
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Snap election Britain
The UK will learn its political fate on Friday 13 December. MPs have voted in a one-line Bill to have an election on Thursday 12 November, in the middle of winter. BoJo's got his way if not quite the way he wanted. All bets are…
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Can’t Simon Bridges prove a double negative
It has been reported that the opposition leader's office has 31 people working in social media and only four working on policy development. And boy does it show. Today National is releasing its social services policy discussion document and I am sure there will be…
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Wellington mayor-elect flip-flops on sale of Wellington Airport
One of the first acts of Wellington mayor-elect, Andy Foster has been to reverse his stance on the council’s 34% holding in Wellington International Airport Ltd (WIAL). Foster, who has flirted with National, Labour and NZ First in his desire to enter parliament, won the…
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Open mike 30/10/2019
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Daily review 29/10/2019
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Small start to inflated bullshit.
I was reading one of Chris Trotters reflections at Bowalley Road this weekend which looked at the Corrections Amendment Bill 2018, that just passed its 3rd reading. "Putting The Check In Right-Wing Prisoners’ Mail" appears to claim that the whole of the bill was to…
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Unapologetic populism?
It seems that Wall Street is getting worried. One of the Democratic nominees has been described by a Wall Street broker as an unapologetic populist. Why you may ask. For saying that the country is too PC? For bene bashing for political gain? For railing…
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Brittle cities
Following on from my little warning about the Auckland-central government relationship, it's pretty hard to miss a variety of cities going nuts for apparently minor offences. There's no great regional uprising of the polis as per the Arab Spring or anything. Just a few big…
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Open mike 29/10/2019
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Happy Labour day
Happy Labour day everyone. Have a great day. And don't forget the importance of the Labour movement and of collective action in preserving and enhancing our quality of life.
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Open mike 28/10/2019
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