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As last ditch efforts to pass the TPP continue, Key is softening us up to sign a bad deal, apparently just for the sake of signing something - anything: John Key: TPP will be 'best we can do' Prime Minister John Key has given a…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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John Key must be desperate to divert attention away from flags and other things. He is talking about Pandas again. The Herald reports: Taxpayer money will be put up to help bring giant pandas to Wellington if a deal can be worked out, Prime Minister…
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It is inevitable that as the ice caps melt and sea levels rise the Pacific Islands will face the prospect of their homelands disappearing and their fertile land suffering from salination. Ioane Teitiota is possibly the first climate change refugee who will seek refuge in…
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Yesterday Key listed, among the "achievements" of his government for this term: "investing in ... research and development". Was this an example of what he had in mind? AgResearch confirms job cut talks AgResearch has confirmed it is talking to staff this week about possibly…
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It appears clear that the Government has been gradually divesting itself of social housing at a time when need has increased dramatically. From One news: Social agencies say a shortage of state houses in areas of most need is a crisis for low income families which the…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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From the Mail Online: Revenge! Drugs, debauchery and the book that lays Dave bare: How PM's snub to billionaire who funded the Tories for years sparked the most explosive political book of the decade • Read our exclusive serialisation of Lord Ashcroft's book Call Me Dave…
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OK I confess I'm only writing this post because the chance to use that title tickled my fancy. But anyway: Most Kiwis don't want flag change - poll ... The 3 News Reid Research poll shows just 25 per cent of people want to change…
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In the run-up to the last election Bill English was asked what new ideas National had to boost the economy. He couldn't think of a single one. Now, a year after the election, John Key has so much time on his hands that his main…
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As our media becomes increasingly shallow, you might be looking for some solid content reading on a quiet Sunday. Check out Briefing Papers from AUT: This website will host a series of Briefing Papers from early in 2014. The papers will focus on assessing the…
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Twelve months ago today New Zealand experienced the 2014 election. It was a bitterly disappointing day. It provided an insight into the sophistication of National's campaign apparatus. Despite dirty politics and National wanting to sell off much of the remaining state assets they were returned…
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The Nation has been putting highlights up on Youtube. They emailed us with them. The one that caught my attention was Paddy Gower not listening, and redefining his question partway through from 'Labour's big idea' to 'Andrew Littles's big idea'. You will see what I mean…
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I have watched a few clips of the latest republican "debate" with a backdrop of the Airforce 1 plane! ( I think that is the image to which it alludes?) Donald Trump is now being targeted by all-comers for the Republican race. He provides plenty…
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Cameron Slater has to be his own worst enemy in court. David Fisher at the Herald reported on the current latest saga. The breaches have cost Slater $1500 in a judgment in which he was told "there is a strong expectation that those who ignore…
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National's mismanagement of the economy has left us in the economic doldrums. Here's Brian Rudman: Unemployment is heading back above 6 per cent, having never fallen below the 5.5 per cent recorded in September last year. Growth also peaked last year. It has been boosted…
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The "Roy Morgan roundabout" poll has swung round to the left again, with National at 44.5% (down 6), Labour 31% (up 4) and Greens 15% (up 4). Looking at the last 6 Roy Morgans they have alternated apparently large swings to the left and to…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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Twitter rumours seem to be true. The NBR reports: Experienced journos excluded from NZME integration ... On Wednesday, media company NZME trumpeted plans to bring its “print, digital and radio news teams ... together in one integrated, multi-platform, 24/7 operation” that will be lead by managing…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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I try to stay away from the flag debate because I think it is a distraction from important issues but ... This morning's Herald editorial contains that many mistakes that I felt the urge to respond. Here is a brief non comprehensive list of some…
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The left is running a fundraiser for the Auckland Refugee Council this weekend with guests poet Whaitiri M Mikaere, musicians The Neo-Kalashnikovs, Jack and Jenny Lange, and MANIC SEEDS, Green Party MP Marama Davidson, Labour Party MP Louisa Wall, Arabian refugee Mustafa Steve, Bosnian social justice…
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Grant McLachlan (a former Parliamentary researcher and a Nat campaign director) recently spoke out about National's well resourced and well organised spin machine. Last night he appeared again in The Herald, with some home-truths for National on the bungled flag process: The flag process is…
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