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Hannah Spencer's stunning win for the Greens in the the UK's Gorton and Denton by-election has some lessons for political strategists here as well. The by-election was called because the Labour MP resigned his safe seat after making unwise posts on social media. The Labour…
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Excerpt from Mountain Tui Substack In 2024, under questioning about why police were culling the gang membership list on National’s watch, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon snapped. “It’s not about the friggin’ targets” he lashed out angrily. Not his first time and it wouldn’t be his…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ee2DKR3wlY The video above shows that as an Auckland City Councillor, Paul Goldsmith had pushed hard to criminalise rough sleeping and beggars 18 years ago. There were approximately 100 homeless people in Auckland back then. He succeeded this year with Auckland business lobby group leader…
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That NZCPR article claiming that there was a 2021 Wellington City Council vote led by then-councillor Tamatha Paul that prioritised increased cycle lane funding over pipes not only took on its own life in social media, it was used by Nicola Willis to attack the…
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As a die heard leftie I am somewhat surprised that I am writing this. But I believe that Chris Bishop is right about plan change 120 and the Government’s recent backtrack on what plan change 120 wanted to achieve is retrograde, bad for Auckland and…
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I remember being a Duty Solicitor in the Auckland District Court a few decades ago. The Police had decided to round up all the prostitutes on Karangahape Road and charge them with soliciting. The offence was punishable by a fine only. It was as low…
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