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Donald Trump has a lot to answer for. Throughout the Western World careerist politicians who are wedded to public funding and the perks offered by public office think that being as obnoxious as possible is a career preserving and enhancing option. They generally rail against…
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Seven minutes on Morning Report: Chlöe Swarbrick on Green Party’s new energy policy Swarbrick is in full electioneering mode, it's great to see. Campbell reins her in a bit to explain the new Kiwipower and Power for Us All energy policies. What we are seeing…
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Gordon Campbell @ Werewolf Well, the football World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. Meaning: Spain was the first European country to officially join the case that South Africa brought before the International Court of Justice over Israel’s genocidal actions in…
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New policy suite out from the Green Party: Kiwipower and Power for all of us As with Labour's recent solar policy, this is intelligent policy design. Green politics has always included human wellbeing alongside the environment, and here we see the timely confluence of that…
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Norman Kirk once said people do not ask for much: someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work, and something to hope for. Fifty years later, it remains the most concise statement of what a decent society owes its citizens. It is also a…
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The dead cat strategy is a well known strategy where a politician without fear says something outrageous to divert attention. As described by Boris Johnson: There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and…
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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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Press release from the Green Party _____________________________________________________________________ The Green Party is backing unions through the Automatic Union Membership Members' Bill, which would make union membership the default setting for new employees. "Workers are the backbone of our economy and this country. Unions give workers 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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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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Michael Laws and Paul Henry are planning a return to Parliament. Laws as a potential New Zealand First MP and Henry as an Act MP. And just what we need, two oversized ego blowhards who both peaked over 20 years ago wanting a return to…
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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 is no longer a trivial thing that a person makes their fortune in the world and still chooses to invest and stay in the land of their childhood, New Zealand. For this, and many other good reasons, we can all be proud of Sam Neill.…
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The RNZ Reid Research latest poll results were released this morning. Labour is on top at 34%. National continues to languish in the 20s and recorded 28.7%. It fell 2.1% and this appears to have shifted primarily to NZ First (0.9%) and Act (0.8%). The…
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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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You'd have to be blind to miss the climate crisis now. Heatwaves in Europe killing thousands of people. Floods in New Zealand in the same places over and over. Insurance companies radically rethinking their business plans. The right looking increasingly like the climate clowns they…
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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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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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Happy Matariki everyone. Sorry I have been missing lately. Big stuff happening at a local level which need to be addressed to protect the interests of Westies. But can I present something for us all to do on Matariki day and can we celebrate Te…