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Open mike 28/11/2019
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Daily review 27/11/2019
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National’s Youth lauranorda rhetoric
I have practiced in the Youth Court since its inception, some 30 years ago. I have represented hundreds perhaps thousands of young people in the Court during that time and consider I know the system pretty well. Which is why I cannot believe how National's…
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The cost of capitalism
https://twitter.com/reveal/status/1199032503392227329 Dixon’s scan rate—more than300 items an hour, thousands of individual products a day—was being tracked constantly, the data flowing to managers in real time, then crunched by a proprietary software system called ADAPT. She knew, like the thousands of other workers there, that if…
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Economists support Labour forming the next UK government
One hundred and sixty three British economists have signed a letter to the Financial Times to say they believe that Labour should form the next government. The UK economy needs reform. For too long it has prioritised consumption over investment, short-term financial returns over long-term…
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Open mike 27/11/2019
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Daily review 26/11/2019
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Little announces changes to Prisoner voting rights
I have the greatest of respect for Andrew Little. He says things the way he sees it. And he sticks to his principles. As far as he can he does what is right rather than what is popular. Which is why I am pleased that…
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Open mike 26/11/2019
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Daily review 25/11/2019
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November Stuff Poll; Nats Knackered
Stuff have released their latest YouGov political poll. It's grim reading for the Tories and current leader Simon Bridges. Labour are on 41%, 3 points ahead of National, who languish on 38%. But that's not the only bad news for the embattled Bridges; at…
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Open mike 25/11/2019
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People vs Oil: activists are occupying the OMV support vessel
https://twitter.com/SianaFitzjohn/status/1198358354927599616 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/1198324073899577344 https://twitter.com/ecomanda/status/1198354791379828736 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/1198361163454566400 Greenpeace NZ press release: The Bahamas-flagged Skandi Atlantic was preparing to leave the Port of Timaru and travel north to meet the 34,000 tonne oil rig commissioned by OMV, now stationed off the coast of Taranaki. OMV is about to begin…
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Open mike 24/11/2019
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How To Get There 24/11/19
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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Sacha Baron Cohen – greatest propaganda machine in history
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Never Trump
In the world of United States Democrat Presidential candidate polling, Joe Biden is the standout and has been through 2019. So far we can trust the people on who they think most confidently gets rid of Trump. While the impeachment Congress hearings and then probable…
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Open mike 23/11/2019
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Daily review 22/11/2019
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Social Media – A force for good?
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog There is plenty of criticism about the role that Social Media plays in democracy. There have been plenty of high profile cases such as the Cambridge Analytica where people’s personal data from Facebook had been used without people’s consent. This data…
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Are the UK media biased?
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Accusations of media bias are nothing new. It is impossible to be totally objective, and to claim otherwise is simply misleading. In a democracy, the role of the forth estate is critical. Media are one of the main ways people…
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Hypocrites
So to recap. There is a major party accused of running a Foundation that means it can hide the identity of donors and present a misleading picture to the public. And during the last election it funnelled most of its payments for electorate campaigns through…
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Climate action: everything we do matters
https://twitter.com/mrbenjaminlaw/status/1197344181103935488 https://twitter.com/isobelroe/status/1197235272645169152 https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman/status/1197400240489299968 Shit keeps getting more real. Despite the immensity of what we face, I am less concerned about us having the technical skills to transition than I am about the number of people still thinking that green BAU will save us. I wonder…
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Open mike 22/11/2019
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Daily review 21/11/2019
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Open mike 21/11/2019
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Daily review 20/11/2019
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Hypocrite
LPrent has posted this morning on the latest involving the New Zealand First electoral donations problem. I set out my initial view yesterday that the arrangement appeared to be cute but legal. There was a further disclosure this morning, that the foundation paid for the…
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Why is Jacinda Ardern so popular? (part 2)
Politics is bloody hard and often brutal, and Labour cop a fair amount of shit, some of it deserved, some not. So it's great to see something like this being done so well. Fuck the tourism angle, the value I see here is New Zealanders…
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UK Labour and antisemitism
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