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Open mike 05/12/2019
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Daily review 04/12/2019
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Little’s Electoral Bill a curate’s egg – good in parts
I've always liked Punch magazine's famous cartoon "True humility" where the curate assures his bishop who notices his egg is bad that "parts of it are excellent." Most discussion on Little's Bill has focused on the bad bits regarding donations.…
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Protecting democracy
My heart went out to the Brits last week on the day of their latest terrorist attack. Terrorism is a particular horror compounded when a relatively functional democracy is having to adjust to the normalisation of fundamentalists doing high profile killings during an election campaign.…
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Open mike 04/12/2019
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Terror attack at London Bridge
Originally posted Nick Kelly's blog On Friday 29 November 2 people were killed and others injured in a terror attack on London Bridge. I live near to this area, and like most in South East London was shaken and upset to learn of this attack.…
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Daily review 03/12/2019
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Government to ban foreign donations to political parties
I wonder if this is related to news about the New Zealand First Foundation and the possibility that it and the National Foundation could receive donations from overseas and through the very simple technique of investing the money and paying the income to a political…
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Why some MPs should not tweet
There was a bit of a blow up on twitter over the weekend. At 11 pm one night National backbencher Joanne Hayes at 11 pm at night got her cellphone out and for some inexplicable reason tweeted this: Maybe she was having a relapse into…
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Open mike 03/12/2019
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Daily review 02/12/2019
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Immigration: we can’t keep succumbing to fear tactics
Originally posted Nick Kelly's blog Prior to the release of UK Labour’s manifesto, Unite Union General Secretary Len McCluskey come out in the media saying it would be unwise for the party to support extending free movement of migration with Europe. My first question for any trade…
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Whither Warren?
Is it too early to call negative odds on Elizabeth Warren's candidacy? A few months ago she was riding above Biden in the 'preferred Democractic nominee stakes'. Might a true policy brain make it to the big chair? Warren's polling raise has been remarkable this…
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Open mike 02/12/2019
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Labour’s infrastructure spend announcement
Is the commitment to the budget responsibility rules weakening? Because at the Labour Party Conference Grant Robertson has indicated that the Government will shortly announce a big capital spend on infrastructure. From his speech: [W]e believe now is the right time to build on Labour’s…
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Open mike 01/12/2019
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How To Get There 1/12/19
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Labour Conference
It’s a weird moment for the Labour Party at Conference this weekend. We’re successful and the leadership is outstanding. Haven’t been able to say that for a decade. Economy is doing fine, unemployment is low, crime is low. The government is popular, and the Coalition…
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Open mike 30/11/2019
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The folly of electoral pacts
Originally posted Nick Kelly's blog One feature of the UK election has been various electoral alliances or deals done. This has mostly occurred around the issue of Brexit. Early on in the campaign I wrote about Trump’s intervention in the UK election, specifically him calling on…
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Daily review 29/11/2019
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Bridges calls for investigation into National’s handling of electoral donations
The problem with shooting your mouth off and barking at every passing car is that sometimes there will be unintended consequences. Like when Simon Bridges asked for an investigation into New Zealand First's handling of donations. Fair call. It looked like NZ First might be…
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Lefties on The Standard redux
In 2017, during the election campaign, we ran a small handful of posts as dedicated discussion space for lefties. I introduced the first post with this, I had a gratifying experience last month, a late night conversation on twitter about the left and the NZ…
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Open mike 29/11/2019
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Daily review 28/11/2019
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Strike Force Raptor for the win
One of the most talked about matters in National's Law and Order Discussion Document is the proposal to set up a New Zealand equivalent of Australia's Strike Force Raptor Police Unit, designed to make life as difficult as possible for gang members. What was the…
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Submissions to upgrade Ihumātao Ōtuataua Stonefields heritage listing
https://twitter.com/protectihumatao/status/1199412918216904704 From Action Station: Te Kaahu Pokere o Tamaki Makaurau e kore i ngaro i te hinapouri. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (our nation’s lead agency for heritage) is seeking submissions by Friday 29 November to upgrade Ōtuataua Stonefields from a Category 2 to a…
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Next round of NZ and international climate actions
School Strike for Climate, Extinction Rebellion, and GreenpeaceNZ all have climate actions happening over the next few weeks. School Strike 4 Climate, Australia, Friday 29th November: https://twitter.com/StrikeClimate/status/1195548321596628992 https://twitter.com/StrikeClimate/status/1199447741652439040 _____________________________________________________________________________ Extinction Rebellion, United Kingdom, in the lead up to the general election: 30th Nov-11th Dec –…
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Open mike 28/11/2019
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Daily review 27/11/2019
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