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Simon Bridges has announced the result of National's reshuffle. From the Herald: National leader Simon Bridges' reshuffle will feature five new faces on the party's front bench of its top 10 MPs. The big winners in the reshuffle include Judith Collins, who moves up to…
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If you want to enjoy a deep discussion of events leading up to Andrew Little standing down as leader and Labour's election win then this Stuff video is a must watch. Andrew in his typically forthright manner goes through the disappointment of polling results which…
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There was this fascinating recent panel discussion on Guardian Weekly where the panelists discussed where the political divide in the United Kingdom currently is. The panelists claimed that notions of class politics they though were breaking down. Brexit showed many working class areas, apart from Scotland,…
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No. For your next set of arguments with people still pining for John Key, who look back at near-history and feel it was a time where everyone was relaxed and people had a generally good time, and attribute that feeling to those time-honoured National skills…
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Doofus (or should that be doofii) of the week is the young Nats for an offensive racist tweet aimed at Pacific Islanders. They should know better. There is nothing really funny to say about it. The tweet was crass and blatantly racist. Perhaps someone should…
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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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I’m beginning to change my mind about the current foreign ownership bill now before Select Committee. Sir Eion Edgar, who is one of New Zealand’s greatest philanthropists, told the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that the foreign buyer ban would “be detrimental to New Zealand’s…
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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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We're hearing a lot recently about fake news, and with the debates from different sides of the political spectrum so polarised, it can be difficult to even know what's real. So let's take a break for a moment and talk about the theory of something…
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This is a subject which needs way more space and words than I can offer. But I thought I should make a few comments about a campaign for justice that has been going on for too long and which needs to be resolved. I hope…
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Today is the signing of the little zombie deal that could, (CPA)TPP1. Those of you already following Weka's earlier post have already seen my short thoughts on this deal, but I thought I'd give you both the long take and some political analysis on this…
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In her campaign launch speech in Auckland on Sunday, Ms Ardern called climate change "my generation's nuclear free moment". August 2017 Last year Branko Marcetic talked to environmental groups and experts about the potential impact of the TPPA on the environment. The environmental groups and…
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Press Release from It's Our Future: ______________________________________________________________________________ Rally at Parliament against signing of TPPA “Protestors will gather outside Parliament at midday on Thursday 8 March to hear from a range of speakers in opposition to the TPPA signing ceremony in Chile,” says Oliver Hailes, spokesperson…
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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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Chair of the Tax Working Group (TWG), former Labour Party finance minster, Sir Michael Cullen, today gave numerous hints that any proposed recommendations from the group are unlikely to be a radical shake-up of the tax system because of the need for political expediency. In…
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Steven Joyce would have been pretty useful in a Labour-led government right now. Steven Joyce took over the rapidly collapsing Novopay system from the Minister of Education after a completely stuffed procurement process. It took months to fix, but he and his team fixed it.…
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The exodus of National MPs from Parliament appears to be picking up pace. First of all Bill English went quickly, despite public comments from within the National Party that he could remain as leader for as long as he wanted. His sudden resignation suggested that…
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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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In breaking news Steven Joyce is resigning from Parliament and going back to commercial life. Makes you wonder why he had to threaten the NBR with defamation proceedings and why he contested the National Party leadership.
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With the emergence of the #metoonz movement the Press decided to run this cartoon from Al Nesbit, https://twitter.com/kebabette/status/970353869770207232 https://twitter.com/XTOTL/status/970387184325836800 Let's unpack this. Witches were women in Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries who were persecuted by the church and state authorities because of perceptions of…
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Further meetings about the TPPA were held around the country on the weekend. More actions are being held this week in Christchurch and Wellington (see below). First, some commentary from the meetings on the weekend, https://twitter.com/Carolyn_nth/status/970167523495747584 More from Carolyn, ... there are more similar agreements…
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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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There have been some interesting developments at the NBR over the past few days. First Matthew Hooton posted last Friday a very critical piece on Steven Joyce. The post is subject to copyright but the essential claim by Hooton is that Steven Joyce only received…
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Journalist Alison Mau wrote on the weekend about stepping up to lead an investigation into workplace sexual harassment in New Zealand in the wake of the international #metoo movement, https://twitter.com/NZStuff/status/969972627912585216 There is so much in there. I suggest people wanting to understand what is going…