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Daily review 31/07/2023
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Labours’ party list
Arrived in the email. Here is the full list of your 2023 Labour Candidates: 1 Chris Hipkins 2 Kelvin Davis 3 Carmel Sepuloni 4 Grant Robertson 5 Megan Woods 6 Jan Tinetti 7 Ayesha Verrall 8 Willie Jackson 9 Willow-Jean Prime 10 Damien O'Connor 11…
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National’s latest policy: MOAR ROADS
As Canada burns, Spain boils, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation stalls and threatens an ice age in northern Europe, and ice disappears in the Arctic responsible political leadership should be pressing the emergency button on climate change. There are a few tried and trusted methods,…
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Open mike 31/07/2023
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A letter to Chris Hipkins
Dear Chris I can't say that you were my preferred choice as Labour leader but that is the position that you hold. A great deal hangs on how you perform in the next few months and can I wish you the best and all strength.…
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Should We Worry About Green and Maori Party Taxes?
We need to recognise our risk to the capital flight risk of the 1%, but also recognise the benefit to the 99% of us. The Green Party summarised moves in tax are: • 2.5% Wealth Tax on assets worth more than $4million (minus debt) for…
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Open mike 30/07/2023
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Open mike 29/07/2023
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Daily review 28/07/2023
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Should Labour take GST off fresh food?
National's Nicola Willis has claimed that Labour will soon announce policy to take GST off fresh fruit and vegetables. While this should be taken with a considerable grain of salt, as it is coming from National, Chris Hipkins has not refuted it. Time will tell.…
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Open mike 28/07/2023
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Daily review 27/07/2023
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Moderation notes in election year
Some guidelines about current moderation. I'm writing this from my perspective as a moderator on The Standard. Other moderators may take a different approach, but I think what I am about to say is a reasonable guide for how we manage to keep the commentariat…
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Open mike 27/07/2023
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Greens: Labour must deliver on No New Mines
Green Party press release from Eugenie Sage. __________________________________________________________________ The Green Party is disappointed tonight that the Government has voted down Eugenie Sage’s members’ bill to stop new mining on conservation land. The time is now for a government that takes conservation seriously. “Aotearoa is home…
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Daily review 26/07/2023
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Open mike 26/07/2023
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Daily review 25/07/2023
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Politics is indeed a blood sport
Parliament can be something of a hell hole for its inhabitants. The extent of how much it is a hellhole was laid bare by the Debbie Francis Report into bullying and harassment in Parliament. Her conclusion was that bad that she recommended that a confidential…
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Future Green Wins Will Be Hard
It does not mean they are not worth trying; it means they will be fights against entrenched power. If you take a small plane from Queenstown to Stewart Island on a clear day you have about as vivid an illustration of the difficulty of Green…
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Open mike 25/07/2023
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Daily review 24/07/2023
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Allan fired
This does not help. Kiritapu Allan has been fired as a Minister after being charged with reckless driving, resisting arrest and driving in breach of alcohol limits last night. On the face of it she clearly failed the attitude test. This suggests that her decision…
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The Greens’ election campaign launch: game on
New Zealand Green Party co-leader James Shaw knocked it out of the park with his speech to members at the party's election campaign launch yesterday. Video below starts around 19m. Speech transcript is here. It's always worth listening to the Greens in their own words…
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Open mike 24/07/2023
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Open mike 23/07/2023
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Year of the Long Grind 2
There will be no respite for any of us this year and National has no cure for it. Anyone who thinks a National government will decrease inflation by cutting public spending is fooling themselves. No matter who is in government, the world is going to…
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Laura norda rides again
This week Labour announced a proposal to change the law. There would be a new offence of what is colloquially known as ram raiding and the law would be tweaked so that 12 and 13 year olds charged with this new offence would have to…
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Open mike 22/07/2023
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Daily review 21/07/2023
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