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Shouldn’t this global shock from this COVID-19 virus make us all wake up to the power of collective global action on climate change? Well, the minor upsides are vastly outweighed by the bad on this question – so far as I can see. We do…
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A healthy democracy relies on a well-functioning Opposition whose job it is to hold the Government to account and to represent an alternative government (in waiting). Over the years, this has morphed into a dirty game of point scoring, which has undermined public trust in…
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In the interests of Covid-19 bi partisanship keep it especially seemly.
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The Council of Trade Unions has launched an online tool allowing employees to log complaints against ill treatment by employers during the Covid-19 lockdown. From Rob Stock at Stuff: The Council of Trade Unions has launched an online register for workers who have been shoddily-treated…
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Only three months ago our media were lauding the visit of total Tolkein obsessive and massive U.S. entertainer Stephen Colbert. Now the new Tolkein series is stopped and the studios shut for now. Along with all tourism completely. Tourism was until March 2020 New Zealand’s…
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