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A post mortem of the 2017-2020 parliament shows that far from being the “opposition from hell” as they had threatened, National’s caucus was as ineffective as Donald Trump dealing to Covid 19. It is a salutary lesson for the new Labour caucus which has won…
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Final results are still pending and I will stick to my prediction that Labour will pick up Whangarei on specials and a further list seat entitlement. But the form of the next Government is clear. Which opens up the question, what should Labour do in…
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There has been some beltway chatter about who should be the Deputy Prime Minister. Last time it was Winston Peters. Fair enough, the MMP dynamics were such that it had to happen. So who should be the DPM this time? Given that the people have…
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Some have recently been making histrionic arm waving about the decline of the Baby Boomer’s influence. Let me introduce: the National Party. This wasn’t the worst shot they’ve had. Like Donald Trump, the base has held under their very, very bad year. We can use…
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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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvRIboFJOiY Discussion post for this afternoon's live US Presidential debate.
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We don't have a government like the Labour government that formed in 1935. And back in the day the Ministry of Works were peripherally involved at best. So while plenty of lefties prefer to soak their marching feet in a warm steaming vat of nostalgia,…
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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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Jostling around in the post-election, waiting to see what happens period was this interview by John Campbell with Grant Robertson on Monday. Cute that Labour are stealing the Greens' priorities of inequality and climate. But is it anything other than government formation politicking? Talking about…
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Chloe Swarbrick’s win is noteworthy. It’s notable that Helen White’s vote share pretty much didn’t change upwards despite the largest swing to Labour across the country we’ve seen in multiple decades. The result will stand Helen White as the Hilary Clinton of New Zealand politics:…
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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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I have no idea if she is right or not. But Tova O'Brien has suggested that a Labour Green joined at the hip coalition is not going to happen. There has been a fair bit of commentary suggesting that the election result was bad for…
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Jacinda Ardern aims to bet both ways on our future – transforming Aotearoa to rid us of inequality and poverty, and building consensus. She has won a mandate with her historic, landslide victory but can she do both? “I have been a consensus builder, but…
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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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Originally published on Nick Kelly's blog When I posted back in August about the New Zealand Labour Government, I was fairly confident that they would win this year's election. I did not however think they would win by as much as they did. On Saturday,…
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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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The repercussions from the election result will percolate throughout this week. Two predictions that I will make are that Gerry Brownlee and Nick Smith will announce their retirements. National has this uncanny ability to make MPs stand down without a fuss. For legal reasons I…
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