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“I expect high standards from my Ministers … if they don’t meet the standards I set then obviously I will take action if necessary”—John Key, November 2008 You have to wonder how Murry McCully is surviving the mess known as Sheepgate. With every further detail…
Globalisation International john key national national/act government newspapers same old national the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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National standards are all about producing league tables. Never mind that league tables are a terrible idea, the data that the tables are based on are (still) nonsense. From RNZ this morning: National standards results 'lack dependability' The latest in a series commissioned by the…
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The National Party and the pervy PM have taken a bit of a hiding in the latest Reid Research poll. Down 3.4% in the party ratings and a whopping 4.6% in the preferred PM poll, National have some thinking to do. And Judith Collins has…
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I know - let's switch over to TV3 to catch Road Cops! - Said no one. Ever.
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don't forget to be kind to each other.
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How did we come to this? When did New Zealanders become convinced that the care of the most vulnerable in our society, and particularly of those suffering mental illness and disability, should be treated as an opportunity to make a profit rather than as a…
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From The Herald summary: National's support fell one point to 48 per cent, while Labour remained on 31 per cent and Greens rose one point to 10 per cent. I'll cautiously call the previous Roy Morgan, which caused so much angst, an outlier. The poll…
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Good interview with new Greens co-leader James Shaw on RNZ this morning. I don't have time to transcribe, but here's a summary: == Shaw's main focus will be climate change. He has issued a challenge John Key to find common cause on climate change, the…
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In Tony Abbott's Australia there was a recent attempt to attack a fundamental human right, that of citizenship by granting the Minister of Immigration the right to withdraw an individual's Australian citizenship, even if it was the only citizenship the individual had. It was a…
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This is the sort of thing that only a Merchant Banker would think was a good idea. The Government is planning to issue "Social Bonds" to corporations and individuals investing in social services with the expectation that market forces will produce a superior result. One News has reported:…
Abuse of power accountability capitalism class war health john key national Politics Public Private Partnerships same old national
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https://twitter.com/BeeFaerie/status/605095511066963970 At the top of the list of Queens Birthday Honours recipients are Peter Gluckman, Jim McLay, Pita Sharples and Peter Tally. Can anyone see a pattern? And was Talley's philanthropy to the National Party which John Key thinks is a charity?
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Get your written submission in before Wednesday! See fixourfuture for an easy to use web form, or here for general advice. The government has held a series of consultation meetings with we the public on "setting New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target". I attended the…
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