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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
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…