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Embattled Tory MP Hamish Walker has announced that he will not contest the September election for National. Ironically, the Covid 19 privacy breacher only became an MP when the incumbent, Todd Barclay, was caught breaching privacy and was forced to stand down. This will not…
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Yesterday was a pretty spectacular day. It was the day that the country learned conclusively that for National winning political advantage was more important than keeping the population safe from Covid. I don't know what other interpretation to put on it. Two weeks ago I…
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The golden rule is never call an inquiry if you don't know what the result will be. Which suggests that Chris Hipkins may have had more than an inkling that National was involved in the leaking of sensitive material to the media concerning returning kiwis…
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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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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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Audrey Young's take in Granny Herald to Jacinda Arden's weekend speech was interesting. "No ordinary Labour speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern". Centring an election campaign on recent tragedies may seem like a potential problem for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.How far does one go in…
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National has recently been upping the campaign rhetoric but there is a disturbing lack of policy detail. During her Congress Speech Jacinda Ardern reviewed the Government's response so far and set out a five point plan including the following: Investing in trades and apprenticeships.A $1.1…
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The Wellington Tramways and Public Passenger Transport Employees Union for 20 years gallantly held the line in protecting employment conditions for bus drivers in the region. Where other unions drivers' unions were taken out in the late 1980's after Richard Prebble and the 4th Labour…
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Go see this film. A documentary about the formation of the Rock Against Racism movement in the late seventies, White Riot is a reminder that much of your favourite rock music was stolen from black slaves by white men. You'll never look at Eric Clapton…
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Tena koutou katoaNga tangata whenua o tenei rohe o Pōneke, tena koutou Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui a tau mo te roopu reipa Ko tatou! Ko to tatou mana! Ko to tatou kaupapa kei te kokiri whakamua Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou…
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Yesterday was a rather brutal day. Kurt Taogaga, who I know and respect, was caught out with some seven year old tweets. He was much younger when he made them. They display a critical view of a particular religion, consistent with a critical view of…
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Keep it seemly.
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It is great to see former Prime Minister Helen Clark join the debate about re-opening New Zealand’s borders. We need it. There is no better time for New Zealand to re-launch itself to the world. The disease has been eliminated within the country, our process…
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Holy dog whistling racism. I can't believe this happened. In the past month we have had Todd Muller dying in a ditch about a MAGA hat, a white National Party front bench selected and then this. Clutha Southland MP Hamish Walker has blown really hard…
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Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn, Steamrolling democracy again After a sham select committee process which waste submitters' time, the government is planning to use urgency today to steamroll its Muldoonist RMA fast track bill through Parliament. I've talked before about what's wrong with the Bill.…
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On my blog, I've been doing a series about my time in the Trade Union movement. Links to these earlier posts can be viewed below. I thought I would share this reflection on the 2008 dispute as The Standard reported on it at the time:…
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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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Minister Clark has resigned. It is not remotely surprising that there is some political fallout after the Covid-19 Crisis. Almost more surprising that there hasn't been more before now. It can be left to you gentle reader to list his sins, of which there are…
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Embattled Health Minister David Clark has abruptly resigned his portfolio. Clark made the surprise announcement at a hastily called media conference at the Beehive this morning. His resignation came after his demotion down the cabinet rankings following repeated Covid lockdown breaches and ongoing accusations that…
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Richard Northey and Nicky Hager will discuss their experiences with the SIS over the past thirty-five years, what they reveal about the agency's values and culture, and what we might want to see in the forthcoming review of the intelligence and security agencies post the…
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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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