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I'm surprised that the Maori Party have rolled over so easily on the issue of Maori seats on the Auckland council. I will be even more surprised if the Maori people follow suit. Because they have every right to be angry. Remember what Key said…
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I don't know if you've been following the healthcare debate in the States. Obama's trying to bring in a plan that gets their ludicrously backward and complicated system part way towards the universal system every other developed country has. The Right's going nuts. These next…
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Red Alert continues to get better and better. Beaumont's latest is one of those powerful stories that deserves to be told, and Red Alert provides the platform. I'm going to be cheeky and reproduce it in full: Today at a fleamarket in Panmure I spoke to…
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Drinking Liberally is taking place again in Wellington this Thursday with guest David Shearer. He'll be talking about his experiences overseas and on the campaign trail in Mt Albert, and how he intends to apply the lessons he has learned to his time in Parliament.…
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For what seems like the fiftieth time, we're being told to expect an announcement from Steven Joyce on the shape of the Government's ultra-fast broadband investment programme. It's been nine months now and he hasn't managed to produce anything solid, let alone get the legislative…
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Remember when John Key and Rodney Hide were saying that nothing was decided on the super-city, that the select committee would listen to the people and report back the changes they wanted? Well, not only did the people let the Government know time and…
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John Key thinks there's no need to change the law in the wake of the smacking referendum, but he does think there's a need for 'increased safeguards' to prevent parents who mete out 'inconsequential' smacks from being prosecuted. He's also stated that he agrees with…
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I don't know what it is about the word "Labour" that the right finds so hard to understand. David Farrar has a piece up today attacking the Labour Party for backing the Telecom lines engineers, who are members of the EPMU. The crux of his…
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The Herald has an exclusive claiming that National will go with ACT and reject the Maori Party over the issue of Maori seats on the Auckland supercity council. The Herald doesn't present any rock solid evidence to back up this claim but it's pretty obvious…
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One of the most powerful conservative Christian fundamentalist groups in America is Focus on the Family. This group has an impressive organisation, income, media presence and influence (summary). They also have an agenda which has been colourfully described as follows: Focus on the Family A…
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Recently, Bill English has been trying to make excuses for not doing anything about the spiralling numbers of unemployed. He says that the practically full employment* of recent years was a mirage and people who are becoming unemployed should know "their jobs were unsustainable". It's…