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“I am a socialist”
https://twitter.com/patrickdhansen/status/1395249752934031360?s=21 I am a socialist, and I’m proud of it. Thank you very much. There you go, bring it on. Kieran McAnulty, Labour MP
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The end of Ruthenasia
National presented a particularly glum picture in Parliament yesterday. And it was not only the realisation that Judith Collins is out of her depth. As I noted the real leader of the opposition right now appears to be David Seymour. I wonder how long National…
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What local food can look like (and why)
The South Coast Environment Society in Riverton is fundraising for a van as part of their ongoing community project connecting food growers/producers and customers in the rohe. Starting with the Longwood Loop, the project aims to eventually cover three other Southland areas. Below is an…
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Open mike 21/05/2021
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Will the real leader of the Opposition please stand up
I will try to provide some more detailed comment on the budget tomorrow but my initial impression is that today Judith Collins was missing in action and David Seymour revelled in his chance to oppose the Government's budget. He has one important feature that favours…
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Daily review 20/05/2021
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Budget 2021
Budget 2021 is now live: https://budget.govt.nz. Highlights: Lifting weekly main benefit rates by between $32 and $55 per adult to tackle inequality and child poverty, as well as reinstating the Training Incentive Allowance $300 million to recapitalise New Zealand Green Investment Finance to continue to…
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Reality has a left wing bias
Fresh from a claim that the Ministry of Education is trying to persuade kids not to eat home made lunches, David Seymour has taken aim at a new target, a radical education policy that intends to teach our kids about racism and inequality and what…
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Open mike 20/05/2021
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Daily review 19/05/2021
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Open mike 19/05/2021
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Daily review 18/05/2021
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What to do about Palestine
The atrocities in the Gaza Strip continue. In the last few days in its attempts to take out Hamas the Israeli Defence Force has managed to: Kill 197 people including 58 children. Destroy Al Jazeera's and AP's media offices in Gaza. Bomb the Red Crescent…
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Housing, an update of sorts
Feminist, alternative academic, writer and anarchist, Anarkaytie writes about the history of the housing crisis in New Zealand and how tiny housing provides some of the solutions. Cross posted from anarkaytie.wordpress.com Since I looked at housing policy in 2015, during my post-grad policy paper, I’ve…
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Open mike 18/05/2021
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What the recent elections tell us about British society
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's Blog In a nation that has suffered over 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, one may be somewhat taken aback to see the latest YouGov Poll where The Conservative Party enjoy a 15% lead over the Labour Opposition. 17 months after the Conservatives…
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Daily review 17/05/2021
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C’mon National!
Forlorn for now though you may be, I’m going to give you National MPs all the advice you need right here. Granted making inroads into a government that is gaining momentum by the day and has a charismatic leader with staggering popularity ain’t easy. Opposition…
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Will we rebuild better?
There's a question Covid19 allows us to ask that we haven't been able to ask since the end of World War 2: can we all just co-operate to get along - as a species? It takes a mighty interruption to allow us to think as…
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Open mike 17/05/2021
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Latest poll – Collins dog whistling is not working
There is a new Reid Research poll out tonight. Labour is up 2.7% to 52.7%. National is also up 1.4% to 27%. The Greens are down 0.8% and ACT down 0.7%. The minor parties have also decreased. NZ First is down to 1.9%. Advance NZ…
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Israel commits war crime in Gaza
The past couple of weeks in Israel has seen a descent into chaos in the Middle East. What started as shooting of Palestinians on the west bank and an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site has blown out into a full…
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Open mike 16/05/2021
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How Covid may work out from here
The past 15 months have been dread filled yet fascinating. First there was news of a mysterious virus that was spreading in China and causing all sorts of chaos. Then it started to spread to other parts of the world. Italy was hammered. America started…
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Open mike 15/05/2021
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Daily review 14/05/2021
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Open mike 14/05/2021
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Daily review 13/05/2021
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Guest post – let the outrage continue!
By Sandra Grey, National Secretary of Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union Outrage at suggestions that nurses, teachers, social workers, and doctors were not worthy of a pay rise this year has been swift. Harnessed, this outrage led to an agreement between unions and…
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The Māori Party and the National Party
There were dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday. Judith Collins chose to again attack Jacinda Ardern about the He Puapua report. I watched the video and my initial reaction was concern that Jacinda was showing human weakness and frailty in trying to address a very complex…
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