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The holidays are over and politics is gearing up for what could be a fascinating if not brutal election year. And it appears that Jacinda Ardern will throw down the gauntlet to National by confirming later today that Labour will sign up to Facebook's transparancy…
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The latest international news involves former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull castigating Donald Trump for his climate denial rhetoric. Earlier on Trump had been reported as saying at Davos the usual right wing attack lines on climate change. From Jeremy Diamond at CNN: President Donald Trump…
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Sad overnight news with the death of Terry Jones being announced. He was part of Monty Python, a ground breaking comedic group from the 1960s and 1970s whose movies are as outlandishly funny now as they were when they were released 40 years ago. Their…
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Join people from across the globe for this international day of action to show our opposition to any new US war on the people of Iran or Iraq. Our message is simple: * No war on Iran* No war on Iraq* Troops out More information…
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The hypocrisy of the defenders of Trump defenders in the US Senate is providing grist for comedians. I particularly liked the Colbert take on it. Especially with digging out the old footage of Alan Dershowitz on previous impeachments where he changes his opinion on what…
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Richard Heinberg writes about humanity's relationship with power and how this presents both great danger and great opportunity. Originally published by Post Carbon Institute These days I’m deep in the process of writing a book on power—both physical power (humanity’s power over nature)…
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With Simon Bridges currently being overseas it has been left to Paula Bennett to look after publicity and handle press interviews. And yesterday she had an interesting day. She waded into the great climate change education is brain washing our children debate and suggested that…
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National has been rightfully criticised for its obsequious approach to its Chinese relationships. I guess having someone in your caucus with strong Communist links and who taught English to Chinese spies but somehow managed to omit saying this in their Immigration Application can have a…
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A few weeks ago a comment was made on The Standard along the lines that the current US president has been better than most would have thought, and the predictions that he would do all these terrible things haven't come to pass. There was solid…
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I don't get farmers, or at least their representative organisations. You would think that a sector whose business model depends completely and entirely on the environment would be concerned at the prospect of environmental devastation. And that melting ice caps and out of control recent…
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This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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From the you have to be freakin kidding file. Boris Janic at the Herald has reported that National created *more* working groups than Labour during the first two years of each party's latest term of Government. From the Article: Since the early days of…
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Posted on 16/01/2020 by Nick Kelly UK Labour lost the general election. A new leader needs to be elected. The Labour Party is now consumed in this process. Much has been said and written about why Labour lost, the quality of which varies considerably. The broader context…
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There has this week been the release of an interesting report by Freedom House, an independent US watchdog that provides reports on trends and changes in freedom and democracy throughout the world. From Zane Small at Stuff: National MP Todd McClay has been accused of…
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Posted on 15/01/2020 by Nick Kelly The UK Labour Party in the 2019 election assumed that like in 2017, the release of their policy manifesto would see their support increase significantly. Assuming that 2019 would be a re-run of 2017 was a foolish mistake. Also in 2017…
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The previous post looked at how those who opposed Corbyn contributed to the election loss. Corbyn's allies also contributed to Labour's loss. The factional organisation Momentum was formed after the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader in 2015. It is headed by longstanding party…
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In 2017 Tony Blair, Alistair Campbell and those in Labour who had never accepted Jeremy Corbyn being elected party leader had their speeches prepared. Worst defeat since 1983. "Look, this just shows that Labour can't get elected if you move too far to the left.…
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