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Open mike 19/11/2023
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Open mike 18/11/2023
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Daily review 17/11/2023
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Open mike 17/11/2023
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Daily review 16/11/2023
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“Cease-fire Now:” Revolt in UK Labour
56 UK Labour MPs including 8 front-benchers defied the Leader and the Whip and voted for a SNP amendment to the King's speech calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Karma for Starmer, who previously had to row back from saying Israel had a right…
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Being a political satirist is difficult these days
Originally posted on Nick Kelly's Blog One has to really feel for those trying to write political satire these days. How can a satirist be more ridiculous than many of our political leaders they wish to lampoon? Case in point, yesterday's "resignation letter" from sacked…
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What Is peace Anyway?
We are further away from peace in parts of the world than a decade ago. But pessimism about peace isn’t a foregone conclusion. Since there appear so many apparently intractable international conflicts occurring now, it is worth reminding ourselves of what successful peace processes have…
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Open mike 16/11/2023
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Daily review 15/11/2023
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Caption contest
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Negotiation of chaos
So the coalition negotiations are going as well as I thought they would. Yesterday the parties each gathered in Wellington so that negotiations continue. But there was a notable exception. For some reason Winston Peters did not travel to Wellington to be with his NZ…
act Christopher Luxon david seymour national national/act government nz first uncategorized winston peters you couldn't make this shit up
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Open mike 15/11/2023
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Daily review 14/11/2023
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Open mike 14/11/2023
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Daily review 13/11/2023
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Open mike 13/11/2023
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War crimes in Palestine
I attended the Palestine protest in Auckland last weekend. It achieved a certain amount of notoriety. My mate Phil Twyford attended and was booed off stage. It was not all his fault. The first speaker railed against Labour and National. She referred to Chris Hipkins’…
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Open mike 12/11/2023
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The Holocaust should be a lesson not a template
Cross posted from Pearls and Irritations for Armistice Day. “Jewish people exterminating men, women and children in a concentration camp is _______.” How do you finish a sentence like that? The words should fall like acid into your ear drums. It should be an impossible…
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Australia just made a high impact treaty with a Pacific Island state that puts a question on New Zealand about climate change
Two days ago the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano announced a major treaty. The two big significant elements are that Australia is offering permanent residency to people affected by climate change, and is also making a security guarantee…
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What will National do about special voting rights?
One of the most democratic changes that Labour made to the electoral system was to allow people to enroll and vote on election day. The right hate it. All those young and/or people who are slightly disorganised because of life's issues get to have their…
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Open mike 11/11/2023
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Daily review 10/11/2023
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Open mike 10/11/2023
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Daily review 09/11/2023
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Open mike 09/11/2023
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Daily review 08/11/2023
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Nigel Haworth on Labour at the crossroads
Professor Emeritus Management and International Business at University of Auckland, and former Labour Party President, Nigel Haworth made this comment yesterday morning ahead of the Labour Party Caucus leadership vote. No decision on leadership of the Labour Party should be made today. Any decisions about…
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Open mike 08/11/2023
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