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Daily Review 09/12/2016
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I agree with Josie Pagani, mostly
I never thought that I would type these words but in this post John Key world things are getting pretty strange. [Snip] Josie Pagani has posted something a lot of which I agree with. In the past I have been rather critical of Josie, another description…
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Charter schools fiddling their results
Education for profit is all about profit, with education hardly getting a look in. There have been many warnings lately on the appalling state of the private education sector - The $25 million student funding scandal NZ dream turns to nightmare for international students Student…
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Bill English to be elected as National Leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaB_24b-FI
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Open Mike 09/12/2016
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Daily Review 08/12/2016
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Collins withdraws and pledges to support English
Judith Collins has withdrawn from the leadership race and pledged support for Bill English, essentially confirming that he has the numbers and will be the next National leader and Prime Minister. Our thoughts are with Cameron Slater at this most difficult of times.
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Caretaker Bill, Cigar Coleman, and Countess Homogenised
Grant Robertson had a highly-entertaining look at the 3 'contenders' for PM in the snap debate on the National Party Leadership they had in parliament, it's really worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYNxbmCXhAw Caretaker Bill: Cigar Coleman (also known from NZ Doctor as "To the Bedside Manor…
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What would happen if the EU fell apart?
Lots of bad news continues for the EU this year. Let's polish the ball of the future. Some might agree that the EU was only necessary in order to cement a post-World War 2 reconciliation of Germany and France. So perhaps the post-WW2 thing has…
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David Shearer resigning?
The Herald has reported that David Shearer is expected to resign, forcing a by election in the new year. Labour MP David Shearer is poised to resign from Parliament to take up the tough job of leading the United Nations' mission in war-torn South Sudan.…
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Open Mike 08/12/2016
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Daily Review 07/12/2016
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The Standard is offering to the National Party leadership contenders guest post slots
Here at the Standard during previous Labour leadership campaigns the contenders have been offered guest post slots. These have been warmly received and well read and arguably have had a significant effect on the outcome of the two contests conducted under Labour's democratic leadership contest rules.…
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Meanwhile, the Housing Crisis
While National's caucus focuses on itself, as backbenchers enjoy their one shot at relevance, the country's big problems continue. Auckland's housing supply continues to lag behind demand. National's answer - Special Housing Areas - aren't going to deliver the 39,000 houses promised - or even…
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Three’s a crowd
The policy wonk, the ambitious change-maker, or the no-bullshit bullshitter - the contenders for National Party Prime Minister set out their stalls yesterday with John Campbell. Just like the Kaikoura quake, their pitches exposed some complex fault-lines. It'll be a long week in politics. Bill…
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Barbecue season
Just in case the misery of 2016 was presumed to be the preserve of the bourgeoisie left like myself, or music-lovers, its misery has hit the conservative side as well with John Key's resignation. Good news. The world will be redeemed one barbecue at a…
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Open Mike 07/12/2016
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Daily Review 06/12/2016
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Mr Key’s Achievements
I was tempted to just have an empty post, but John has of course had his achievements. There are the 3 election wins, and enduring popularity, that was only now starting to decline (only 36%!). But what he's done with that popularity, that mandate, for…
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Caption contest
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Nat MPs one week window of relevance
Life must be tough as a Nat MP. Key has been so dominant for so long that they have become invisible. The only ones we ever hear about are the ones who screw up. But now, for a one glorious week, Nat MPs are somewhat…
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John Key’s legacy
One day on and the repercussions of John Key's resignation are already being felt. You get the feeling that the reverberations are deep and I suspect that National's caucus is a seething backstabbing mess of ambition as various MPs jockey for position and backbench MPs…
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Key’s 4th term – something doesn’t add up
Key is has long craved a "historic" 4th term. From 2014 - John Key keen for fourth term as PM Prime Minister John Key says he would be "quite keen" for a fourth term as Prime Minister, but he's afraid that saying so will "jinx"…
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Open Mike 06/12/2016
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Daily Review 05/12/2016
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Who will be the next National leader?
With John Key's resignation only hours old the question will be who will take over as National leader? The timing is interesting. Nominations for Helensville's candidate slot are no doubt open and Key had a limited time to indicate what he will do. I thought…
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Key’s gone …
John Key has announced that he will be standing down as Prime Minister from December 12, 2016. May the National Caucus civil war begin ...
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The many and varied thoughts of John Key on the Mt Roskill By election
John Key has this really infuriating habit of talking all around an issue, offering a number of contradictory predictions and then claiming he was right when one of those predictions actually occurs. A quick trip down memory lane about his comments concerning the Mt Roskill by-election…
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Open Mike 05/12/2016
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A little humour
Just a little bit of humour. (For those unfamiliar with the image here's the full effect.) https://twitter.com/AndrewLittleMP/status/804805244286746624