Russ Jones, who is always a pleasure to read, came up with a really succinct description of the five tribes of the UK Conservative Party. His description of the problem is a joy to read. The problem - and I use the word entirely incorrectly…
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We need more mines if we are to transition to low carbon. There’s a field of industry that National and Labour could readily agree to if they put their minds to it, and it’s one of the highest paid industries in the world: mining. Electric…
Over in the UK Liz Truss has bowed to the inevitable and has announced her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party. A new leadership contest has been triggered. Unlike the last contest this one will only last a week and contestants will need at…
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It occurred to me this morning that the word groundswell was a good fit for those New Zealand's farmers flexing their political muscles at parliament today. Groundswell works against nature, on the farm and in its politics. Groundswell for the most part represents the farmers…
Wayne Brown (or is that Matthew Hooton) has over the past few days released a series of letters that are astonishing in their audacity. Any complaint that he is not putting in the hard yards getting up to speed with the job of running the…
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Joanna Macy, elder of the transition movements based in life-affirming models of our future, has a threefold model of this great moment of change we are in: Holding Patterns (think conventional protest movements) Alternative Structures (eg Doughnut economics, community gardens, regenerative agriculture) Shifting Consciousness (eg…
So Gaurav Sharma has announced his immediate resignation from Parliament and that he will contest the by election as leader of a new centrist party that will no doubt sweep the next election and make sure that he is placed at his rightful position of…
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Yesterday newly elected Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown issued a Mayoral decree that Watercare, a Council controlled organisation, should no longer work on anything to do with the Government's Three Waters reforms. The lawyer in me wondered how he could do this. Afterall Watercare is a…
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The political and economic disasters now unfolding in Britain are the responsibility of the Conservative Party from their 2016 Brexit vote through to now. Let’s start by going deep into how the Conservative Party tilted the entire 2016 voting field. In mid 2013 Prime Minister…
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