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There has been quite a bit of recent twitter angst about the left and tactics. It was started off by the Turnardern campaign. This site pretty well ignored it. The only post I can find where it was mentioned was mine pointing out that National's…
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In quite a clever move National has put out on Facebook a video featuring Simon Bridges and talking about one of the trials that he did. The campaign is at least in part a social media harvesting campaign. Tough on crime supporters will love it. …
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Generally it is safer not to pick elections. Increasingly polling seems to be unreliable, and growing numbers of undecided voters make their minds up on polling day. I would certainly not put a prediction in writing prior to an election. That said, on the eve…
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We may as well prepare ourselves for Trump overperforming his popularity again and winning. Trump is historically more popular than when he won in 2016 (Gallup 61% unfavorable on election eve). We've had to deal with left's retreat in most of the world in 2019.…
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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…
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A half-finished draft of this post had been lingering in my folder for over a month now so it was do or die now. I know remarkably little about Jacinda Ardern. I have never met her in person and what little I do know about…
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Yesterday while browsing Twitter I saw this tweet from Jeremy Greenbrook-Held, whose claims to fame include not only running very good local campaigns but also being randomly savaged in some late night tweeting by National List MP Joanne Hayes. He tweeted this. https://twitter.com/JGreenbrookHeld/status/1209582600118890496 And I felt…
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While the digestive system is working overtime, I can write another short light post inspired by recent comments on The Standard. I am no fan of MMP. Sure, it is heaps better than some of the other systems such as in the US and UK.…
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It seems that some people hold the opinion that Social Media and the Internet have heralded in new era of democracy and have provided more democracy. This is so misguided, it is almost funny. Sure, we can access and share so much more information and…
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2019 has been a remarkable year for those wanting social, economic, and environmental renewal. The level of protest remains high, the idealism as strong as ever, but the ferment is not generating progressive wins, is weakening democratic reflexiveness to challenge, and is weakening pan-national institutions.…
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https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/1208610125977546752 The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled Friday that the government must take urgent action on climate change to protect the fundamental rights of its people. This decision came in a landmark case begun by the Dutch environmental group Urgenda in 2013, the first…
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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…
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What a week it has been for the three conservative male leaders of the English speaking the Western World. In America the House of Representatives predictably passed the Impeachment motion against POTUS. I don't see how they could not. The evidence was startlingly clear. Trump…
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Originally posted Nick Kelly's blog The 2019 British election was held a week ago today. By now there has been considerable analysis of what happened and debates about what will happen next. Having blogged throughout the election, I made a conscious decision not to make any…
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Three months ago I posted this post and wondered if the media had rushed to judgment in relation to the allegation of sexual assault made against a Wellington based Labour Party staffer. I expressed confidence in the statement by Council member Simon Mitchell that he…
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No Right Turn writes The US House of representatives has just voted to impeach Donald Trump, making him only the third US president to earn that dubiou distinction. But before anyone gets their hopes up, this isn't any return to constitutional normalcy. Once the House…
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