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What I found so weird about the latest saga in the the flood of White House leaks yesterday, after the news about what Trump told the Russian ambassador, was the sound of some people blindly completely missing the point. The point is that Trump probably…
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It must be election year, because National has admitted that the market has failed, and swallowed the dead rat of state building. A useful graphic summary in The Herald (piece by Issac Davison) lets you compare National and Labour's housing plans. See if you can…
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It's been a while since I've watched Jeremy Corbyn speak, and I'd forgotten how good he is (the Q and A is particularly good). Smart, socially intelligent, strong and comes across as real. Britain could do a lot worse than have this man as PM.…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas 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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Useful but - mostly re-announcing existing developments, far too little, far too late, and open to property speculators... https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/864283479407710208 https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/864282802841432064 https://twitter.com/michaelwoodnz/status/864284971476832256 https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/864284595461607424 https://twitter.com/ClintVSmith/status/864304845997490176 https://twitter.com/andykirton/status/864282324409516032
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Nat MP Alfred Ngaro is copping it in the media for threatening to withdraw funding from people critical of National. Steven Joyce tried to explain that "It's not the way the government operates...". Oh but it is. It always has been. National has a long…
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National's changing position on Israel has received little MSM analysis. But it has been shifting dramatically and suggests that all is not well within the ranks of the National Party. Richard Harman had this recent post about events at the party's infamous Auckland Regional Conference suggesting…
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Lloyd Burr at Newshub calls out Alfred Ngaro's apology for the bullshit that it is - Alfred Ngaro's threat to Willie Jackson was worse than just a brain fart Alfred Ngaro's threat that non-government organisations shouldn't bite the hand that feeds is extraordinary. Not just…
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You know that old saying about not picking a fight with someone who buys printer's ink by the barrel? If not, Bill, you really should look it up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhD1yTIautg
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas 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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Labour has set the cat among the property speculator pigeons, and they don't like it at all. Good coverage of the announcement here - Little gets personal with housing policy Andrew Little rallied his troops with an aggressive speech full of personal touches and a…
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Michael Savage helps move furniture into the first state house I can't predict the future so I can't tell if Andrew Little will win this September 2017 election. But on the moral ground of confronting rent-seeking property ownership, he should. Rent seeking means using market…
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Was Alfred Ngaro's statement to the Auckland Regional Conference of the National Party evidence of naivety or evidence that National wants to suppress all opposition? From the Herald: Associate Housing Minister Alfred Ngaro has been reprimanded and apologised to Prime Minister Bill English for "naïve" comments…
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The target has been set: Labour sets target of 40 per cent of the party vote Labour Party president Nigel Haworth has set campaigners the task of raising support to 40 per cent of the party vote between now and the September election. That's about…
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Text of Andrew Little's speech delivered today to the Labour Party Congress. Facebook live feed is here. Delegates, we have four and a half months ahead of us, and a great opportunity to give this country a fresh approach: to make sure everyone has a…
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Speeches and policies from Congress so far. Jacinda Ardern's full speech is here, some extracts: Jacinda Ardern: Labour Congress Speech Kia ora koutuo katoa. Nigel, Andrew, all of the Labour Family. It is my privilege to speak to you today. First and foremost as a…
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After nine long years of National rule you can tell that this government is running out of gas. The Crosby Textor polish is no longer there and hubris and attacks on critics is becoming the norm. And what is particularly worrying is that it is now…
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The NZDF's ever-changing story on Operation Burnham just changed again (David Fisher in The Herald): NZDF admits it was wrong to say there were no photos from NZSAS raid The New Zealand Defence Force has admitted it was wrong to claim there were no photographs…
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Greetings to all those attending Labour's Congress in Wellington! Have a great one... https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/863172895480070144 https://twitter.com/DavidClarkNZ/status/863179492625326080 https://twitter.com/felixmarwick/status/863174591635636224 https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/863175423923965953 https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/863176915963609088 https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/863190187077058560
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Earlier this week I wrote about a ham-fisted Ministry of Social Development (MSD) attempt to gag emergency housing providers - quickly dropped after Checkpoint got involved. I wrote "Given this government’s record, it’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that there will be further attempts…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas 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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National are proposing that the economy should be centrally planned, though they are disguising it as an education policy - Government not ruling out limiting the number of students who get tertiary courses subsidised Put simply, the government would decide, for example, how many lawyers,…
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Labour has outlined a mental health policy: Under Labour’s fresh approach to mental health services, we will establish a two-year pilot programme of primary mental health teams at eight sites across the country to work with GPs, PHOs, DHBs, and mental health NGOs. These sites…
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Watching the reign of Donald Trump as POTUS has been like watching a slow motion train wreck unfold before your eyes. If you want to have a concise day by day blow by blow account then I recommend the website What the Fuck just happened…
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This is as disappointing as it is unsurprising: Emergency housing providers instructed not to talk to media Some providers received a directive from the ministry last night, telling them not to talk to media without first talking to it. The email, with the subject 'Media…