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The latest Colmar Brunton and Reid Research polls are out tonight and clearly they will be trying to measure what effect the Budget has had on public opinion. Will they be the same? Will National's support start with a 3? Do people actually care about…
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It feels like we are enjoying a political lull right now. Of course, there always is noise and turbulence somewhere in the world, but Trump has not spilt his milkshake over a royal, Assange has not been extradited, and the British have not yet met…
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There was a by election yesterday in Peterborough. Labour won it, just, which is a little surprising although the by election was necessary because the previous Labour MP had been sent to jail for perverting the course of justice and had been the subject of…
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Australian Federal Police chief Neil Gaughan told media after raiding the ABC that "if police did not investigate the leaking of classified information, Australia would no longer be entrusted by FiveEyes partners with intelligence that saves lives." FiveEyes didn't save Muslim lives in Christchurch. This…
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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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A few years back Joe Bennett wrote a book Where Underpants Come From where he shared quirky observations and experiences of his travels to places involved in the manufacture of his underwear. I've lost the book, so can't give a precise run-down of the countries…
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This is a really big test for the Government. Jacinda is great, from yesterday's performance at Te Pai Stadium out west I would say extraordinary, but successful governments are built on accomplishments as well as inspiration. Teaching is approaching a crisis point. Sure it has…
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London feels surreal. Joined the demo against Trump. He's in town to see the Queen, see off the Prime Minister, and plunder the NHS in the name of "free trade." Saw the play "The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson," which might be prescient. Attention will…
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It seems to me there must be a training course where National puts all of its politicians. They then develop their sense of utter entitlement and complete indifference to behaviour which could open them up to criticisms of hypocrisy not to mention irrelevancy. Take as…
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(With thanks to Alternatehistory.com) Right now we could be dealing with a China with a similar mixed model to Vietnam, or a re-unified country like Germany. We are not. And this hinges on that fateful political year of 1989. In 1989, why did the Chinese…
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It seems that National’s aim was to control the narrative and cause maximal embarrassment to Treasury and the Government with Budgetgate. The Budget has been publically released and we now all know what is in it and what is not. Yet, a foul taste, a…
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New Zealand is currently avoiding the economic effects of a fullpolitically manufactured economic crisis originating in the DonaldTrump presidency of the United States of America, but not for long. This emerging economic crisis is likely to decrease the capacity ofthe New Zealand economy in the…
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Last week’s Budgetgate proved yet again that politicians are like any other normal person and know very little about most things and almost nothing about technology and IT. This is nothing new. Stuff’s ‘IT expert’ has written a scathing piece about (our) politicians having Luddite…
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