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Daily Review 04/12/2018
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National; Leaking Like a Sieve
Someone claiming to be a National Party MP has sent media outlets more embarrassing internal information from the Tory caucus. A few days ago, it was last week's Curia polling (Labour 44, Nats 41) and a now, a handy set of talking points on how…
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Jesse Mulligan deserves a medal
Maggie Barry has been the subject of fresh allegations of bullying, this time from an anonymous source previously employed within her Ministerial office. From Anna Bracewell-Worrall at Newshub: Speaking to Newshub anonymously, the source said Ms Barry would lash out at staff and that she…
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Open Mike 04/12/2018
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Yanking our chain
Tracy Watkins is in Korea paid for by the US to head off any support fro President Moon's visit here. US security chiefs are here in Wellington today with the 40-grit sandpaper on Huawei. A high-ranking Russia "expert" from the UK was here last week…
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Daily Review 03/12/2018
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“For the good of all, the poor come first.”
When Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican Presidential race, I commented that he was probably no more than a Jacinda Ardern in terms of being "left" but that seeing as how we were talking about Mexico, that was quite a big thing. I…
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We’re dreaming of a White Christmas
On the first day of Christmas someone's editor said to them: Bring me a story that is guaranteed click bait and that will cause huge dissent between the conservative block that hates change and the progressive block that embraces change, diversity and doing things to…
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Open Mike 03/12/2018
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Latest Colmar Brunton poll
The latest Colmar Brunton poll result has been released and to be honest the results are rather difficult to understand. National is up 3 to 46%. This does not accord with recent internal polling of the parties. ACT is up to 1%. The Greens are…
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Schools Out?
In Australia, two 14 year old's took a cue for protesting against government inaction on global warming from a 15 year old Swedish school child who takes every Friday off school to sit in protest on the steps of the Swedish parliament building. Last Friday…
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Open Mike 02/12/2018
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Another National MP accused of bullying
I am sure this is just a case of awful bad luck and there is nothing to the allegations. But Maggie Barry is the latest MP to be accused of bullying. The Herald has the details: National MP Maggie Barry has been twice investigated over…
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New Privacy Law for 2019
At some point early in 2019 the new Privacy Bill is going to come out of Select Committee and back to Parliament and I thought I'd get in early. The main purpose of the Bill is to promote people’s confidence that their personal information is…
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Open Mike 01/12/2018
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Daily Review 30/11/2018
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National wants there to be no unions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmq6X7zNXls&feature=youtu.be Dan Bidois this week in Parliament confirmed what we have always known, that National want there to be no unions around. From Hansard: We need a flexible employment framework for New Zealand's future. We need unions that really—quite frankly, the New Zealand public have…
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Open Mike 30/11/2018
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TERFed Out: UPDATED
On Wednesday, Herald columnist Rachel Stewart wrote a disingenuous and deliberately provocative piece about her distaste for trans people. It was dressed up, in part, as supposedly sensible outrage at the thought that trans women (or 'men' as Rachel prefers to call them) might use…
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Daily Review 29/11/2018
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Spooked!
The GCSB ban on Spark's use of Huawei technology means this government has gone from "honest broker" to poodle in a very short time. Pressure has been applied by the US and others, apparently fearing we are the "soft underbelly" of the Five Eyes spy…
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No sense, nonsense and a dearth of common sense.
The Guardian is reporting on a study by the InterAcademy Partnership that has found the global food system is "broken". According to The Guradian's reporting, the study is recommending a complete transformation in the way we produce food and in the food we consume. So…
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Stuff is banning climate change deniers from articles and comments
Congratulations to Stuff. Instead of the endless on the one hand but on the other hand reporting, where on the other hand is nothing more than incomprehensible babble from the anti science right, they have adopted this policy: Stuff accepts the overwhelming scientific consensus that…
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Open Mike 29/11/2018
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The bigotry of lemmings – the China scare
I can't think of the number of countless times that I have seen scare stories about someone wanting to take over this society and/or the world. Sometimes they are even correct about intent, but usually they are not. Usually the difference between what is insinuated…
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Daily Review 28/11/2018
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Employment Law Changes; A Win for the Workers
The Employment Relations Bill passed its second reading last night. This means it is almost certain to be in law early next year. The amended ERA will now limit the 90 day 'Fire at Will' provisions to businesses with fewer than 20 employees and, importantly,…
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The dinosaurs are clinging on
Two examples yesterday gave me hope that the world was finally coming to terms with climate change and there is a chance, even a faint chance, that the urgent action required will be taken. First off in the US of A the Trump Administration has…
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Open Mike 28/11/2018
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Daily Review 27/11/2018
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