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Open mike 25/10/2019
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Daily review 24/10/2019
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Parliament votes to give disabled people the right to a good life
Only that didn't happen. Instead, the New Zealand Parliament is going to let the voting public decide next year if we should have the right to kill ourselves if we are terminally ill. I'm theoretically in favour of right to die legislation and state support…
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Farmers given a chance. I think National will screw it up for them.
One of the less endearing traits of National is their ability to screw almost anything up for short-term advantage regardless how it impacts those that they are purportedly trying to protect. Usually this comes from the results of in-fighting within the party. Luke Malpass and…
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Open mike 24/10/2019
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Daily review 23/10/2019
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Sneaky Simon somersaults on support for Terrorism Bill
So National has decided to really play politics on law and order and in as cynical an example of politics as you can imagine has backed down from a previous promise to support the introduction of the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill. Jane Patterson at…
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Open mike 23/10/2019
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Daily review 22/10/2019
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Zero Carbon Bill reported back
The Government's Zero Carbon Bill has been reported back and the contrast in responses between Labour/Green and National is fascinating. And National's response is utterly predictable. The report is interesting. The majority has proposed technical changes which go some way to addressing concerns raised about…
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The fast death of broadcast free to air TV
That the media in the country and others, especially now free-to-air TV, are getting creamed doesn't surprise me. That TV3 is essentially being given away (or closed) having apparently been separated from the still lucrative radio doesn't surprise me. Blame the broadcast model, the pain…
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Open mike 22/10/2019
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Daily review 18/10/2019
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NZ First Youth drags party screaming and kicking into 20th century
There were revolutionary scenes at the New Zealand First conference on the weekend as the party's youth wing forced the party to back away from a really retrograde position on drug testing at music festivals. The need and virtue of this testing to me is…
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It is a matter of trust. Few trust Boris.
"Boris Johnson Sends Letter to E.U. Asking for Brexit Delay" is the understatement by some of the journalists in the US. Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a stinging defeat on Saturday as Parliament rebuffed his campaign to take Britain out of the European Union by…
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Open mike 21/10/2019
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Open mike 20/10/2019
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How To Get There 20/10/19
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Open mike 19/10/2019
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Daily review 18/10/2019
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Reality kicks in for US trolls.
It has been an interesting few days looking at political reality kicking in on politics and the net in the UK and the US. The first story I read yesterday was in the US, about one of the lying dimwitted conspiracy nutcases who claimed that…
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Why unions won’t give up on Fair Pay Agreements
Fair Pay Agreements are in the news this week as the CTU calls for progress on this, and some media suggest that there is a developing rift between Labour and Unions. Fair Pay Agreements as Labour Party policy have been fought for by Affiliated Labour…
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Open mike 18/10/2019
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Brexit built on lies – still suffering.
In the UK, Boris Johnson has just had a rather nasty setback in trying to get support for his Brexit package. It looks remarkably like the last one - which failed three times in parliament. It looks like the clone with tweaks will fail again.…
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Daily review 17/10/2019
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Australia gets tough on climate change activists
Much of Australia is like that brash in your face cousin that you cannot stand. Loud, opinionated, as soon as you start to raise an idea or a proposition they shut you down and say you are wrong. Not all of them, like America there…
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Open mike 17/10/2019
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Daily review 16/10/2019
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“Extinction Rebellion blanket ban chilling and unlawful”
On Monday, midway through their fortnight of direct action to force the UK government to act on climate change, Extinction Rebellion focused their day on London's financial district. XR blocked major roads into the area and access to institutions including the Bank of England and…
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Open mike 16/10/2019
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