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Daily Review 10/11/2015
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Serial fondler accuses Labour of “backing rapists”
Serial fondler of young persons' hair and celebrity PM impersonator John Key lost it in Parliament today. Unable to defend his unwillingness to speak up for Kiwis caught up in Australia's Christmas Island fiasco, Key instead accused Labour of "backing rapists". The useless speaker David…
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The Christmas Island riots
On a remote island a number of Kiwis are being held in detention by a foreign state. They are being held because they have been convicted of crimes. But they have already served their sentences. As an additional punishment they are to be deported back…
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There is Hope.
“Smash the State” was a well know maxim of anarchism for a long time. The state is the point where-by the forces of capitalism and reaction can bring overbearing force onto the population - generally violently and always with a level of malice reminiscent of…
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Maori Television’s receptionists
Mihingarangi Forbes is one of the most dedicated and talented reporters this country has. Her show on Maori Television Native Affairs was a must watch. Her recent resignation was further evidence to me that the media's ability to actually talk about what was happening in Aotearoa is being…
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Inequality is a choice
The Atlantic reports Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on inequality in this excellent piece: Stiglitz: Here's How to Fix Inequality If there’s one thing Joseph Stiglitz wants to say about inequality, it’s that it has been a choice, not an unexpected, unfortunate economic outcome. The last…
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Open mike 10/11/2015
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While we are at it – let’s try to save the planet
Can’t be many more important campaigns than saving the planet right? Only people power will change the current economic levers which are designed to burn burn burn. We have the chance to join with others around the world ahead of the climate talks in Paris…
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Daily Review 09/11/2015
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Minister declined to comment…
Isn't it amazing how many Ministers can't wait to front up to the media when they are selling. But when it comes to after sales service they just don't want to front? The latest is the Minister for Corrections following revelations Serco was deliberately just…
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Labour, identity, class and winning
Originally posted at Boots Theory. Andrew Little's speech to conference has had great feedback, topping off a pretty good weekend for the party. I was there when he delivered it, and the response in the hall was thunderous. A few people who covered the conference…
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Kelvin Davis on Christmas Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zvajZNyTw With news of the death of a Kurdish detainee and rioting breaking out on Serco run Christmas Island this short video featuring Kelvin Davis shown to the weekend's Labour Party Conference has become especially relevant.
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The cost of cancer
Most of us know someone affected or killed by cancer. Which is what makes the issue of treatment personal to all of us: Cancer - the cost of a life: 'I don't believe people should have to beg for their lives' The number of New…
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Little’s speech – reaction
I'm sorry I missed Labour's conference this weekend, it sounds like it was great. Reaction to major speeches by Annette King, Grant Robertson and Andrew Little has all been good. In particular, Andrew Little seems to have given a stellar performance. Here's Audrey Young: Little…
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Open mike 09/11/2015
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Andrew Little’s speech to the Labour 2015 conference
Andrew's speech can be viewed on his Facebook page. The speech is due to start at 1:30 pm. The text will be added as soon as possible. From the Labour website: On Sunday November 8, Labour Leader Andrew Little will address the 99th Labour Party…
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Poverty’s Beneficiaries.
This post was prompted after reading an article titled “Being Poor is too Expensive”. The article highlights the compounding cost of living in poverty, a poverty that the blissfully ignorant assume can be walked away from unscathed without a backward glance, if only one would…
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The free market’s inability to handle climate change
Two recent examples suggest that the free market can be a hindrance to the development of policies that address climate change. The first one is news that the US complained about India's solar power to the World Trade Organisation. The WTO then ruled against India’s incentive policies…
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Len Brown stands down
n In breaking news Len Brown has announced he will not seek the Auckland Mayoralty next year. Len Brown will not run for mayor of Auckland at next year's local elections. He made the announcement this morning on TVNZ's Q&A. Mr Brown said it…
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Open mike 08/11/2015
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Grant Robertson’s speech to the 2015 Labour Conference
It is a pleasure to be back in Palmerston North, the city of my birth. It is true to say that my family left Palmy reasonably soon thereafter, but there is no truth to the rumour that as a 16 month old I went to…
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National – rubbish at everything except politics
Just in the last week we had plenty of evidence that National are rubbish. They are rubbish at jobs, with unemployment climbing again. They're rubbish at the economy, the "rockstar" is on the rocks. The so called "surplus" (it was only ever an accounting trick)…
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Which Labour Party Conference is Brook Sabin at?
Day one of the Labour Party has passed. Numbers are damned good for a provincial centre, over 520 registered delegates not counting observers. The mood is upbeat with some very good speeches last night, a well deserved gold badge for Maryan Street, and much emphasis…
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Labour – clearing the decks
Labour has positioned itself astutely in the run up to and early stages of its conference. It has tackled the difficult topic of the TPP: Andrew Little moves to clarify Labour's position on TPPA Labour leader Andrew Little has moved to clarify Labour's position on…
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Open mike 07/11/2015
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Daily Review 06/11/2015
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Labour’s conference
Labour's conference will be in full swing this weekend, RNZ has a good writeup: Labour conference 'a good test of party members' ... From the outside, Labour's parliamentary wing appears to be stable and united, but whether that extends to its party membership will become…
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Why there should be an equal number of men and women in Cabinet
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Useless on unemployment
National's economic "geniuses" are hard at work again: Government talks up NZ economy amid warning of 7pc unemployment Hard at work spinning that is, since they can't seem to do anything. Unemployment could be heading back up to 7 per cent, with new figures showing…
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Open mike 06/11/2015
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