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At a Union/NDP conference in March 2002 in Ottawa I saw wall-to-wall US TV attacking Iraq in my room. My caucus report that America was going to war was instinctive. Helen Clark stood up immediately and said that we wouldn't be following. The US war…
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Since reading the news that the Nats are thinking about ditching Bill English, I’ve been trying to decide what my (completely honest and in no way disingenuous) advice to them would be on the topic. It’s a tough one! There are clearly pros and cons…
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It appears the drums are beating and National is preparing to dump Bill English and Paula Bennett and select new leaders. From the Herald: The numbers are being counted in the National Party, with Bill English expected by some of his colleagues to call it…
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National has this weird approach to drug reform. They hate the idea of any sort of drugs liberalisation. Their position is difficult to rationalise. Alcohol is accepted, presumably because there is a good profit to be made if it is done right. But the mention…
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From action.greens.org.nz Sick New Zealanders deserve access to medicinal cannabis which is legal and affordable.I have taken on Julie Anne Genter's bill on cannabis to ensure those sick, in chronic pain and terminally ill New Zealanders can get access to medicinal cannabis.Supporting my bill would make…
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All good catholics are aware of the contents of the Ten Commandments, particularly the ninth which prohibits the telling of porkies, even for political gain. But Bill English might have missed the lesson. From Radio New Zealand: National Party leader Bill English told Morning Report…
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This shit keeps getting real. A few weeks ago Dave Kennedy reported on his 25 year old Southland 1/4 acre garden where the trees are dry stressed and on the verge of dying (Local Bodies: Climate Change Just Got Personal), Invercargill usually expects around 1,150…
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Well, Roger Federer has been my favourite athlete for a while, let alone tennis player. Others can cover the Williams sisters; this one is all about Roger. He won a thrilling game against Cilic in the Australian Open on the weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCN3TuOh9-c Why do we…
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Damien Grant is an unusual person. He is on the far right of the political spectrum, the Principal of an Insolvency Firm, and someone who many years ago spent time in jail. He is open about the experience and refreshingly has opposed knee jerk style…
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So a few days ago I got caught in the rain. Not a usual shower, it bloody bucketed down. My raincoat which normally does okay in the rain was soaked through. I was sodden to the skin, and required a complete change of clothes. I,…
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Remember how the Green Party campaigned on greening the government? Thought it was going to be a few tag on bits here and there? Think again. Last weeks State of the Planet speech was another very good speech from James Shaw. It covered important ground,…
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What will happen to the Standard in these post Jacinda days? What I believe is different this year is we really have a fresh government. Different in content and in tone. I don’t believe we’ve had that context for nearly a decade at The Standard. It’s less…
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People trying to smuggle themselves across borders or seas in shipping containers often die. We know this. And I'm not trying to compare what follows to the deliberate killing of hundreds or thousands of prisoners in Afghanistan by way of "transporting" them in container trucks.…
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin discuss women's friendship, sisterhood, equality, and the power of women to change the world. https://twitter.com/weldagirl/status/956970396833611776
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There will be debate amongst the different groupings of the left about how far we can trust this Labour-Green-NZ First Government and will they be a bunch of sellout careerists or will they deliver the sort of society that Micky Savage dreamed of. Policy decisions…
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from the Green Party website James Shaw MP on Friday, January 26, 2018 - 10:39 The Green Party will have a new Female Co-leader by April 9, following the announcement today of an early special election for the position and a truncated campaign period of…
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I've noticed a fair few articles in "The Guardian" over recent months on plastic pollution. It tends to be a numbers and weights game - "x" pieces of plastic in the world's oceans, or more tonnes of plastic than fish in the oceans by some…
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Australia Day (January 26th), like Waitangi Day (February 6th) often divides our countries as much in its silence as anything else. I’m heading to my family reunion in the Far North on the family farm. One of those things where it’s a huge bonfire that…
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Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ The government today announced some employment relations reforms, including the restoration of meal breaks and the right to collective bargaining. But they also plan to retain 90 day trial periods for small businesses: The Government will ban 90…
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The long and the short of this linked article (The Independent) is that people have been actively leaving containers of water in the southern Arizona desert that they hope might alleviate the suffering of anyone caught out there in temperatures approaching 50 degrees Celsius. For…
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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 …