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Open Mike 08/11/2017
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Daily Review 07/11/2017
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Build a bridge and get over it
It's now Simon Bridges' turn to be the one whining in the media about the new government, complaining that Labour is planning to go through with plans he himself praised in Parliament to decrease the presence of larger parties in Select Committees, a move that…
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The days of National dick waving
The spin that National are running is that they are unhappy with the move to reduce the numbers and size of the select committees and that their dick size opposition party is the largest. Unfortunately for their story it is exactly the same proposal that…
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Paradise lost
Another mass leak of a law firm's private information has occurred. And just like the Panama Papers the details are eye watering and show there are two classes of people on this planet, the uber rich and the rest of us. From the Guardian: The…
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Guns don’t shoot people, men do
With regard to the latest US shooting, I suspect we've already passed a marker in the road that suggests there is no turning back, and that whatever liberal solutions we have floating round in our heads about gun control are largely irrelevant, no matter how…
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NRT: About time too
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: ___________________________________________________________ Labour isn't wasting any time: they've just announced that they'll be introducing legislation on Wednesday to extend paid parental leave: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced paid parental leave will be increased to 26 weeks by 2020. Ardern…
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Open Mike 07/11/2017
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Daily Review 06/11/2017
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Australia, you’re being a dick
Jacinda Ardern had her first international outing as Prime Minister on the weekend and flew over the Tasman to meet Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The most important subject related to 600 people originally from third world nations who are on Manus Island in Papua…
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Labour and rural voters
What would it take for Labour to win back rural support? Even at this Jacindamania peak, Labour got pasted in the regions. Again. The Democrats are having to face the same question, particularly with the Virgina election coming up in a couple of days: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/44/yes-red-state-wins-are-possible/…
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Open Mike 06/11/2017
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800th Anniversary of Charter of the Forest
Issued alongside the Magna Carta on November 6, 1217, the Charter of the Forest is among the first ecological charters in history and among the first to assert the rights of the common man and woman. It is an assertion of the rights of ordinary…
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Jian Yang and his residence application
A story that has been bubbling away recently is that of National MP Jian Yang. News broke just before the election that he had links to the Chinese Government, had taught Chinese spies and had been investigated by the SIS. From the Newsroom story published…
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Trust, Labour and the TPPA
Action Station co-director Laura O'Connell Rapira wrote at The Spinoff the other day about the spin being used to push the TPPA: And yet here I am, adding my own 700 words worth of political analysis to describe what has been a masterclass in ‘priming’ and ‘agenda-setting’…
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Open Mike 05/11/2017
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Home Sweet Home
My New Zealand used to be one of innocent pride, where we helped each other out and we gave a damn about others. Now I am disillusioned and angry. I feel disgust and anger that we have allowed poverty and homelessness to occur in our…
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So there was a housing crisis after all
Question time in Parliament used to be really frustrating as National asserted with utter conviction that night was indeed day and black was nothing other than a pale shade of white. Housing was a particular example where Nick Smith and other ministers laughed at the…
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The Green Party goals in government
From the Green Party blog: ____________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Goals for a Green Government November 3, 2017 James Shaw Our agreement with Labour outlines 20 goals, which we agreed to work on together, in return for supporting the Government on Confidence and Supply. We will work with…
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@realDonaldTrump does not exist
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Open Mike 04/11/2017
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Daily Review 03/11/2017
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Let’s do this
We have a mildly reforming government, with just a very few structural governance shifts in its tank. Since that’s the case, the government needs the right people in the right institutions to affect policy. This is about the only moment in the life of this…
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No renewal for National
The Nats have released their opposition lineup and its the same tired old faces. Newsroom - National’s underwhelming reshuffle Yet what was a chance for rejuvenation has resulted in most former ministers holding onto their main areas of expertise, with all other MPs except the…
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National reverts to type
Elected representatives ought to work in the common interest. In areas where there is agreement they should work constructively, in areas where there is disagreement they should passionately put their side and oppose. But healthy political systems have a mix of both approaches. A couple…
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NRT: Good Riddance
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: _____________________________________________________________________ When aged care workers won a court case and a huge legal settlement for equal pay, the then-National government responded by introducing legislation to stop anyone from doing that ever again. Now, the new government has scrapped that…
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Congratulations John Campbell
https://twitter.com/radionz/status/925843179743485952 RadioNZ coverage: Campbell credited his executive producer Pip Keane and the Checkpoint team for his win, and also gave credit to RNZ heads Carol Hirschfeld and Paul Thompson, who are masterminding the multi-media development of RNZ. He said he was delighted to be reaching…
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Open Mike 03/11/2017
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Daily Review 02/11/2017
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She’s back …
National has announced its new parliamentary lineup and distribution of responsibilities. The big mover is Judith Collins, up 7 places to number 9 and on the front bench. She gets Transport off Simon Bridges who had made a real mess of it. Bill better watch…
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