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National have just backed down on their opposition to interest free student loans. Back in 2005 Key called this 'a policy that tells young New Zealanders to go and borrow to the hilt What a cost to the country! What an unaffordable and irresponsible cost…
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Madness is a key ingredient in politics. Always has been. J'accuse. Far queues. I think, therefore I am. Martin Luther King went to the mountain top. I have been to Geneva. Good things ought not be rushed. Freshly cooked meat ought not be rushed. Masticate…
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Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, has just been elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth - a group encompassing socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organisations from more than 100 countries. IUSY is a massive organisiation and holds…
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I don't know if this is breaking some cyber protocol (oh, but I don't much care if I am) but I want to put Jordan Carter's post on Helen Clark's speech up here on The Standard. The reason is that while I agree with a…
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The Army has said it doesn't want to run National's boot camps - they prefer to train people who actually want to be there. So the question now is who do they plan to get to do it? They're not saying much at the moment,…
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I haven't had time to do a thorough analysis of Clark's speech but from a quick once-over I can say with certainty that it is underwhelming. Let's face it, this was her chance to take the front foot and show the government had a policy…
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Mike Moreu from The Press is shaping up to be quite a fine cartoonist. Here's his take on the Religious Right's petition to restore the riding crop lady's right to beat her children. Meanwhile the folks over at Newzblog have done a great send-up of…
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So this is John Key's ambition: throwing troubled teens in boot camp, beating up on beneficiaries and criminalising our children. I've only had a quick read through the speech in my lunch break so it's possible I've got this wrong, but I get the distinct…
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I've always wondered what happens after I hit 'publish' here on the blog. Wired's goneAll information about free download free verizon ringtones samsung. and put together an infographic, so now I know - click to zoom and drag to pan. (Via BoingBoing)
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Hidden away today at the bottom of the Herald's story on further data from the latest DigiPoll is the news that only 3.8% of those surveyed rate the Electoral Finance Act as a vote influencing issue. You can just about feel the Herald's despair that…
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A must hear for anyone interested in political marketing and influencing voters. This item played on Chris Laidlaw's Sunday show on Radio NZ National yesterday. "When we decide who to vote for, are we making a rational choice? Or does emotion dictate our voting choice?"…