It is clear this week that National has a major factional problem and resolution of this issue will require National to do some soul searching and work out what it actually stands for. It's basic problem is that it does not really stand for anything. …
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I tweeted the other day to someone about the three axes of class oppression vs discrimination. Might as well put the explanations here. https://twitter.com/wekatweets/status/1462186544618356739 https://twitter.com/ThinkBlackWoma1/status/1280845686200848384 https://twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1280855474984955905 Longer explanation thread on the differences, from philosopher, writer and activist Jane Clare Jones, (note, JCJ is left wing…
In the next 7 days … Just let Dr Reti do the talking. Assured, bicultural, medically qualified, and with a dignified mana that is already providing welcome calm. And the rest of you just shut up. In December … Elect a white guy over 50.…
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Originally published on Nick Kelly's blog All national identities are a construct that evolves and changes over time. That the identity of Britain has evolved is in no way unique to this country. The concept of the national state or borders is a relatively recent…
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This is quite simple. The winners are: Jacinda Ardern. Want a leader who is going to keep her cool during an emergency whether it be a terrorist attack or a pandemic? You can trust Jacinda to give her all to the job and not be…
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At midday, it sounds like Judith Collins lost a vote of confidence after apparently angrily pulling the trigger for a preemptive shot using junk from someones dirty politics file. I heard David Farrar on RNZ speculating on the movement of vote to Act. I very…
All eyes today will be on the National caucus meeting to occur at 9 am this morning. Details are still vague but it seems that Simon Bridges was organising for a leadership spill. Last night at 9 PM Collins demoted him after learning of a…
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There is no other explanation, and this week Paul Goldsmith gave the game away, National thinks that we should let the Corona virus rip through out population. After all according to them people who are not already vaccinated can only blame themselves and the rest…
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While a core of farmers protested a few days ago against farm environmental regulation with long lines of tractors, the organised form of agribusiness, Maori and government working together have concluded that making a climate different isn’t possible. It has MPI, MFE, deer, bees, dairy,…
You mean: Covid death rate of 8 per million compared to Australia's 76, Japan's 146, Germany's 1,191, the UK's 2,146 and America's 2,316? Covid infection rate of 200 per hundred thousand compared to Australia's 777, Japan's 1,372, Germany's 6,457, the US's 14,327 and the UK's…
From the time I began writing, I focused on what was being under-covered, not echo what everyone was saying Glen Greenwald https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1462830801213603849 https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1462862511900876805 https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1462866825717465096
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The New Zealand Bill of Right Act 1990 (BORA) is an interesting act because it is what I would call a balancing act in that it enshrines certain rights but they are not absolutes. There are requirements that new or updated legislation are tested by…
The sense of privilege is especially strong with this one. Barry Soper was politely shut down by Jacinda Ardern during her post Cabinet Press Conference yesterday. In front of a packed group of reporters all asking her questions she did what was utterly logical and…
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