Back with family in London after Covid's four years, much has changed. Most notably, the air in Walthamstow is breathable. Thanks to Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan's emission zone tax, the change is remarkable. Boris Johnson initiated the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) tax in 2019 and…
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What would a set of ACT ministers in Cabinet look like? ACT at 15% of the vote, with about 15 MPs, and wild policies, makes for a set of strong reasons to get out and vote against ACT and National this election. Making an assumption…
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With the nomination period closing within a week or so I wonder why NZ First has not published its list yet? Political tragics like me are wondering where they will place their cooker candidates and how many of them will be in electable positions, presuming…
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So National wants to improve the country's electric car recharging network. This is a good idea and worthy of discussion. All strength to them. But this announcement shows what a poor state our political system is in. Because politics ought to involve a civilised discussion…
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Guest post by Mick Hall cross-posted from ConsortiumNews August 28, 2023 New security-state documents show Wellington aligning its military with the “rules-based international order” while preparing Kiwis for war with key trading partner China, writes Mick Hall. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with New…
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Recently National, which perfected the art of dirty politics, which has spent the past couple of years being relentlessly negative and which has had its sock puppets attack individual Labour MPs mercilessly is deeply, deeply, deeply upset that the fire has been returned recently. Yesterday…
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Yes we could do the next five weeks on teeth and taxes, but actually China is pulling us down and our political parties need to make it an election issue. Let’s put aside anything to do with territory and military matters for now, and go straight…
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Originally published on Nick Kelly's Blog It is said that there is a thin line between bravery and stupidity. Posting a link to my blog post which said that Jeremy Corbyn was not fit to be Prime Minister, to the 'Labour London Left' WhatsApp group.…
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https://www.facebook.com/NZLabourParty/videos/308951385149459 Text of Chris Hipkins' speech Labour commits to extend free dental care Labour Plan 2023 Labour is running a positive, forward-looking campaign that's focused on fixing the cost of living, keeping people and communities safe and investing in education, health and housing.
When the history of the 2023 New Zealand Aotearoa general election is written and if Labour gets up to win it historians will point to the events of this week as the turning point in what has already been a dramatic year in politics. Because…
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Images of a new international airport in Central Otago have been released. We should state the benefits of the existing Queenstown airport squarely: over three decades it has generated a radial wealth effect from Kingston in the south to Wanaka and Hawea to the west…
The day of reckoning has passed. For a long time National has been promising income tax cuts funded by cuts to wasteful spending. But they have now released the policy on which they have clearly pinned their election chances. Have they succeeded in appealing to…
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A bit of fluttering on twitter recently as an apparently leaked Labour internal poll shows good news for the left. The figures here from twitter account 120Aotearoa. That's a National/Act/NZ First government, assuming that Winston Peters isn't lying when he says NZ First have categorically…
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