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According to The Guardian, which is promising (if ‘promising’ is the right word) to run a six month “investigative series” on populism, Jeremy Corbyn and UK Labour aren’t a part of the picture. Which is odd given that The Guardian is working from the definition…
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The government has just announced the creation of the most massive and powerful housing and land development agency that we have ever seen. The Housing and Urban Development Authority will have cut-through powers to build quality state and affordable homes and create thriving master-planned communities.…
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What does National do? Stick with Simon Bridges who is dying on his feet and appears to be incapable of bringing things around. Or switch leaders? Like to Amy Adams who is part of Canterbury's landed gentry and the recipient of central government largesse. And…
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What is it with National and grandiose claims of billion dollar deficits? During the past election Steven Joyce claimed infamously that there was a $11.5 billion deficit in Labour's budget numbers. No one, including all the country's leading economists, could find it. But this did…
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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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Actual press release from the Trump White House. The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq’s fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator…
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National is keenly looking for someone to stand in the next Super City elections as the Mayoral candidate for the right. Someone who is well known, a household name. Someone who occupies a senior position in the party. Someone can relate to Auckland's ethnic and…
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Harry Leslie Smith, the conscience of modern Britain, is seriously ill in a Canadian hospital. Harry was visiting his son Canadian resident son John, who has been by his father's side since the 95 year took ill. John has been regularly updating Harry's twitter feed…
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Auckland Council wishes to conduct a trial of online voting at next year’s local government elections and the local boards are being asked to comment. People that know me will be aware that I am a somewhat self confessed technophile. I have owned a computer…
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China certainly has interfered in New Zealand politics, most notably by the offer of a free trade deal which delivered huge benefits to our economy. Party and government officials all stressed to us that they were grateful for New Zealand's support for their accession to…
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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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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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The media must feel like this is becoming a daily event, where they beat up on Simon Bridges because of the crazy things he says ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GW0Vnr9Yc The latest episode includes his brazen claim that the increases in rentals are all Labour's fault because of…
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Two iwi who you would have hoped would know better are bullying bus drivers in the Waikato. Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff has called for donations to the welfare fund for FIRST Union members who have been locked out by Tainui and Ngai…
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There seems to be an odd thing about adopting new ways of thinking or doing things. It seems that there is usually a small group of people who practice or advocate for a particular thing, while the majority of people carry on thinking and acting…
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