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Open mike 22/12/2019
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How To Get There 22/12/19
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What Cheeto, Bojo and Scomo are up to
What a week it has been for the three conservative male leaders of the English speaking the Western World. In America the House of Representatives predictably passed the Impeachment motion against POTUS. I don't see how they could not. The evidence was startlingly clear. Trump…
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Open mike 21/12/2019
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Daily review 20/12/2019
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The British Election result 2019
Originally posted Nick Kelly's blog The 2019 British election was held a week ago today. By now there has been considerable analysis of what happened and debates about what will happen next. Having blogged throughout the election, I made a conscious decision not to make any…
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Rush to Judgment redux
Three months ago I posted this post and wondered if the media had rushed to judgment in relation to the allegation of sexual assault made against a Wellington based Labour Party staffer. I expressed confidence in the statement by Council member Simon Mitchell that he…
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Open mike 20/12/2019
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No Right Turn: Impeached!
No Right Turn writes The US House of representatives has just voted to impeach Donald Trump, making him only the third US president to earn that dubiou distinction. But before anyone gets their hopes up, this isn't any return to constitutional normalcy. Once the House…
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Daily review 19/12/2019
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Bridges fights losing twitter battle with Nigel Latta
Simon Bridges twitter account (is that you Hamish?) and Nigel Latta have engaged in an interesting battle on Twitter recently. And it is straight out of the Trump play book. The tactic appears to be to pick a fight with someone who could be smeared…
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Labour raise the minimum wage
No Right Turn reports, Last year the government gave us the biggest ever increase in the minimum wage, from $15.50 to $17.70 an hour. This year, they're doing it again: New Zealand's minimum wage will rise to $18.90 an hour from April 1, the Government…
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Open mike 19/12/2019
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Daily review 18/12/2019
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Having us squabble over the welfare pie
Yet another report was released this month, by the Children's Commissioner, showing the dire state of children's poverty in NZ. Along with various commentary across the MSM on the situation and what should be done, was the idea of a child 'pension'. Unfortunately, economist Shamubeel…
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Open mike 18/12/2019
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Daily review 17/12/2019
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How to counter angry boomer campaigns
There is lots to pick over in the UK election result. Weka has this outstanding post on the subject that I agree with wholeheartedly. There was this incredible breakdown of voting intentions showing how stark the generational divide was. https://twitter.com/georgeeaton/status/1205535498065846272 If you equate class to…
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Open mike 17/12/2019
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Daily review 16/12/2019
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Listening to left wing dissent
You couldn't pay me to vote for a right wing party, so it's hard to imagine under what conditions someone who has traditionally voted Labour for decades would now vote for the Tories in the UK General Election. On the other hand, I can understand…
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Open mike 16/12/2019
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