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From Dimpost on Trotter on Shearer (I feel like we're in the beginning stages of some terrible blogging chain letter here): My concern about a Shearer-led government is less dramatic than Trotters’. It’s that many of the senior Labour Ministers will be the usual gang…
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In December, a cop had his taser taken off him and fired at him. The Police Association said the solution is for cops to be armed. Judith Collins got it right, "if that was a gun [not a Taser] we'd probably be going to a…
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In an article this morning on Stuff, Michael Field responds to a question he attributes to "Labour Party blog, The Standard" about our Minister of Tourism spending most of his holidays in Hawaii and fails to answer the question he cites. Instead, Field uses the article…
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Today, Fran O'Sullivan calls Key out on his complete failure on jobs: "If I have one New Year's wish it is that John Key returns from his Hawaiian summer holiday brimming with enough determination to challenge the nation's employers - and himself - to tackle youth…
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A few days ago I went along to a house party featuring a “Revolutionary Hip Hop Artist” called “Test Their Logik", whilst the music was great (similar to Dead Prez) it was talking to the artist Darius which was the highlight of the evening. Darius…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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So Labour's Kiwibuild programme is very popular, according to a small scale digipoll, as quoted by Mike Smith in his post 'Labour's popular housing policy'. Also in that post, Mike Smith claims that Labour's 2011 pre-election housing policy is still live, quoting from that policy…
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I'm delighted to see that over 70% of respondents to a recent Herald poll, published today, think Labour's 100,000 houses plan is “a winner for Labour”. The plan was announced by David Shearer at Labour's November conference. I'd also like to thank Olwyn for asking…
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On Monday, Steven Joyce promised lots of new jobs in the wood manufacturing industry thanks to the wonders of foreign investment and a do nothing government, and called the Left anti-jobs. On Wednesday, wood manufacturer Norske Skog sacked 110 workers. What's Joyce's next trick, attend…
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It's 9 months until polls close in the 2013 local body elections. Len Brown has just been rated the 7th best mayor in the world. He failed the wharfies, but its not looking like there'll be a big challenge to his Left. So, who's going…
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It turns out National's sold off a net 251 houses since it was re-elected. The spin is that isn't a sell-down but moving resources to where they're needed... uh, huh.... fewer resources. Meanwhile, looks like KiwiBuild's hugely popular. The State building affordable housing always has…
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Thought I'd share this portrait of my holidays.... This is why we're a bit slack about posts of the Xmas-New year period. At various times over the last five end of years we've tried having lot of posts, few posts, and at the end of…
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(Author note: I originally wrote and scheduled this post just at my own blog, but given Imperator Fish's post has been syndicated to The Standard, I figured I'd reply in kind.) I'm absolutely certain that Scott Yorke was not thinking of me when he wrote…
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I spent hours and hours writing a blogpost attacking Labour's various failings, and explaining why the February caucus vote would be a defeat for David Shearer, no matter how it went. I concluded in my post that the party was doomed under its current leader,…
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Like here, Queensland's tourism industry is hurting. Like ours, Queensland's Tourism Minister thought it would be a good idea to holiday in a foreign tropical resort instead of supporting her local industry. But, there, the main newspaper responded with a devastating "where the bloody hell…
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The current heat wave and wildfires in Australia are an immediate cause for concern, threatening large scale damage to homes and life. They have also caused some to focus on the possibility of an increase in such catastrophes as average global temperatures rise. Meanwhile, Joseph Stigliz warns of an…
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I went to the supermarket and said "I want your best meat for $9 a kg". They said I could have pre-cooked sausages or the cheapest mince for that. But I wanted good meat! So I went to other supermarkets and butchers. Some wouldn't sell…
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You may have missed it, but David Shearer recently picked up National's policy of not contributing to the Cullen Fund until 2017/18 because the Government's in deficit. Of course, there is nothing fundamental about being in deficit that alters the case for investing the Cullen…
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[Warning: post may contain "political pessimism" from "the outside left".] In February, if my understanding is correct, and gods know I hate this kind of complex constitutional fluff, there will be a vote in the Labour caucus on Shearer's leadership of the parliamentary Labour Party.…
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Like many, I’ve been somewhat bemused and not a little angered that austerity is touted as a pathway to economic recovery. Like many, I’ve come to view both austerity and bail outs simply as means to put public monies and the control of public institutions…
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Steven Joyce pops up today in the Herald to promise more jobs. Apparently, the Chinese are going to invest in wood manufacturing here because the power's cheap. Funny, the power's been the same price for a while and... um... wood manufacturing has collapsed 15% under…
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