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Daily review 31/07/2025
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Can we trust Shane Jones?
You might be able to tell from my writing that I have never liked Shane Jones. When he was a Labour MP he always struck me as being glib, lazy and his values were difficult to ascertain. He charmed and talked his way onto the…
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Open Mike 31/07/25
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Corbyn still draws a crowd – what’s new?
Zarah Sultana for one - she's a star. Gaza for another - anti-zionism/semitism won't work this time. 500,000 signed up in a week for a new political party is impressive. Ten years ago when Jeremy Corbyn was unexpectedly added to the list of candidates for…
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Daily review 30/07/2025
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Queenstown as an exemplar of the limits to growth
Stuff had a short video up last week about Queenstown's multiple infrastructure problems and whether locals are going to end up hating tourism. It's also a snapshot into Queenstown's failure to work within the realities of the Limits to Growth. https://youtu.be/g7wBQNw1WfI?si=oFpUHHPvyV4jrteB As an easy visual…
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Open Mike 30/07/25
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Daily review 29/07/2025
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Fisher and Paykel
Chris Hipkins came up with a zinger yesterday calling Christopher Luxon and Nicolas Willis "Fisher and Paykel" because of the incredible amount of spin they produce. The context was their post cabinet press conference where they spoke for 10 minutes listing all of the things…
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Open Mike 29/07/25
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Daily review 28/07/2025
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Judith Collins believes proposed changes to enrollment laws breaches Bill of Rights
This was not on my bingo list although on review the concession is perfectly appropriate and justified. Newsroom is reporting that Judith Collins' Bill of Rights advice on the Government's proposed changes to the Electoral Act removing election day enrollments is that it breaches the…
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Imported culture wars
The trouble with having two small fringe right wing parties as part of the ruling coalition is that they are each cultivating the racist stupid vote. This is quite a small part of the electorate but given the dynamics of MMP it attracts a great…
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Open Mike 28/07/25
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