Labour’s big reset

New Zealand politics is at an interesting stage.  With announcements about Ministerial futures pending and with a review of all current projects to occur over Christmas Jadinda Ardern is planning to repurpose Labour to have its best chance in the election next year.

Open mike 13/12/2022

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Daily review 12/12/2022

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Open mike 12/12/2022

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Open mike 11/12/2022

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Stop the gentailers bribing investors with borrowed capital.

Brian Easton at Pundit provides a clear overview on what is happening in out large generator / retailer market at present. Their implicit collusion on excessive pricing is profiteering and even using future capital to pay off investors rather than improve the cost of and efficiency usage of power.

Open mike 10/12/2022

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Daily review 09/12/2022

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Open mike 09/12/2022

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Daily review 08/12/2022

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Open mike 08/12/2022

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Daily review 07/12/2022

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Open mike 07/12/2022

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Daily review 06/12/2022

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Open mike 06/12/2022

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Daily review 05/12/2022

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Open mike 05/12/2022

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Sustainability Sunday

So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.

We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.

Luxon’s first year

Chris Luxon marked the anniversary of his becoming National leader this week by showing that he is that out of touch he had no idea what the single rate of superannuation is.

Open mike 04/12/2022

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Open mike 03/12/2022

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Daily review 02/12/2022

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Open mike 02/12/2022

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Daily review 01/12/2022

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Open mike 01/12/2022

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Daily review 30/11/2022

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Open mike 30/11/2022

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Daily review 29/11/2022

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Three strikes law is not the answer

National is proposing a return of the Three Strikes legislation, despite the Supreme Court ruling that the law went well beyond excessive punishment and would shock the conscience of properly informed New Zealanders, and was so disproportionately severe as to breach the Bill of Rights.  And despite there being no evidence that it would actually work.

Open mike 29/11/2022

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Daily review 28/11/2022

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Newscorp and Victorian Liberals were just so out of touch. Just like National and Act here

The Liberal/Nat victory that Newscorp had been promoting in the Victorian state elections simply didn’t materialise. For some reason pandering to the loud and noisy just isn’t what it used to be. Fortunately those who still rely on traditional media and who haven’t been immunised against the idiots on the net are a diminishing voting resource.

What Is Labour’s Purpose This Term?

It is time to set out succinctly and without recourse to abstract nouns exactly what this Labour government has intended, is doing, and how it seeks to alter the country.