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From the start of the Labour leadership contest, Cunliffe has been the man to beat. In the one scientific poll, he was favoured to lead by 30% of the population, Jones by 11%, Robertson by 10%. He's been seen as having the strongest member and…
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There's been some recent speculation on the affiliate vote. Some of it's trolling some of it's just plain misinformed. That said, it's an interesting issue, and one that I've a few thoughts on myself. As far as I can tell the EPMU is probably likely…
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The concept of UBI has a long history in New Zealand. Of course, we already have a UBI for those over 65. Which has been extremely successful at eliminating poverty amongst the elderly, at a very moderate cost by international standards. "In fact super has…
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Yesterday morning at about 09:20, within minutes of each other, I saw two press releases from TVNZ corporate. One lauding the "transformation opportunity" from selling the land on Hobson street to Skycity for $10.6 million. The other was lauding their "only just" achievement of their…
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The candidates are half way through their whirlwind tour of the country. They have a meeting in Hamilton tonight and then tomorrow they will have what I am sure will be a welcome day off before they move to Wellington and the South. Last night…
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I’d like to thank Lynn and the authors of the Standard for this opportunity to contribute a post here, where Labour members and the broader left come together online. The Standard is certainly one of the most respected political blogs and I am a regular…
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Day five and the campaign heads off to Tauranga, Simon Bridges company. The Radio New Zealand report of last night's meeting in Napier says there were 250 in attendance. This is a good result in an area which used to be solidly Labour but which…
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The poor gallery journos. They've got to turnout copy each and every day on the Labour leadership race but, well, not that much actually happens. The contenders have laid out their pitches and, now, they're going around repeating it to members. So, there's a lot…
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National says that $9m is too expensive for you to have your democratic say on asset sales (that's less than the budget for Pike River re-entry, which everyone supports even though it's unlikely to recover bodies). What National doesn't want to you now is that…
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300 tonnes of highly contaminated water leaked from a tank at Fukishima Daiichi last week. There are now about 1000 such tanks on site and two or three new tanks are being constructed every week to store heavily contaminated water that has been used to…
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As part of the Labour Leadership Election there is to be a 'virtual hustings' - an online forum for Q&A organised by Labour. Scoop have agreed to facilitate, and are now harvesting the questions. Only those who are eligible to vote in the leadership election (Labour…
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Day four and the campaign is off to the Hawkes Bay. The campaign trail is starting to get its own momentum. I have seen three of the meetings and the candidates are honing and refining their skills and presentations. Last night they met in Shane…
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Key's big whine today is that the referendum on asset sales, which over 10% of Kiwis have requested as required by law, will be 'extremely costly' at $9m. This guy's joking, right? Mr '2-billion-of-tax-cuts-in-the-middle-of-a-recession' is whining about $9m on democracy? The Mighty River ads alone…
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So it's being reported that the US admin has conclusive evidence that the Syrian regime used sarin against the Syrian populace. How they reach that conclusion is somewhat mysterious. The UN inspection team has not released its results, and besides, they were mandated only to…
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Russel Norman's let the cat out of the bag with a series of tweets: We've done it!! Citizen initated referendum on asset sales is on! #fb and OOps, there was an embargo on the CIR result until 1pm which I didn't realise until after I…
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The campaign is off to the North today. There is a meeting at Whangarei this evening. Powhiri starts at 6 pm. The venue is Forum North which is in Rust Avenue Whangarei. So far the campaign has been a positive light hearted affair. There is…
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The howls of outrage from the Right elite were predictable. Robertson and Cunliffe promising a living wage for all government workers, are they crazy? Decent pay for cleaners? That's not what their granddaddies fought for (well, sold war munitions for). It was predictable but it…
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So Barack Obama is going to adhere to the US constitution this time around ( unlike as was the case with Libya) and await the potential green light of Congress before commencing with any military action in Syria. A victory for accountability and small ‘d’…
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My semi-regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week: a right…
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And now for something completely unrelated to the Labour Leadership Campaign. I recently stumbled upon the Department of Conservation's vision statement. It is an appalling, poorly written and myopic document which shows how far concern for the environment has declined under this regime. It is…
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Following on from a suggestion by Weka (update: and Te Reo Putake) this is a fresh post on today's Labour candidates meetings. There are two meetings scheduled. These will show off the diversity of Auckland. The first will be in Otahuhu and draw on membership from…
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The Greens have got hold of an official report that National has had for 2 years showing that the SkyCity deal will add just 18 jobs to the economy as a whole. Joyce in his 'defence' says the report looks at the wider economic impact…
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Someone must have slept in ... Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike…
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If you are looking for something exciting to do this weekend there will be three Labour Leaders candidates meetings to go to. The first will be at the Horowhenua Events Centre, A&P Show Grounds in Levin on Saturday August 31 from 1 pm to 3…