Open mike 13/06/2022
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Gang Control Policy Is Back Big Time
We are about to have a proper gang control policy contest. It’s about time.
National’s anti gang policies and the Bill of Rights
This weekend National threw out a few hunks of red meat to some of its more rabid supporters by going to its old favourite of gang bashing.
An appeal to Putin’s Apologists
Guest with a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in their rear-view mirror, alarmingly finds at fifty that they are staring at the green shoots of fascism in their headlights.This is not where any progressive expected to be. But for the left, there is also no discounting fascist action by offering up the reasoning of the aggressor.
Ukraine as a Multi-Year war
The Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine is now three months old. Prepare for a very long grind.
Open mike 12/06/2022
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Open mike 11/06/2022
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Daily review 10/06/2022
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The prospects of a snap election
Various media and the National Party are speculating that there may be an early election. What are the chances of one being called?
Truthiness or Ignorance*
The world is too complex and hostile, so why bother trying to learn and understand.
He Waka Eke Noa?
The He Waka Eke Noa report recommends the introduction of farm-level split-gas levy on agricultural emissions. The anticipated savings are very small and reliant on Government proposals for the sector to reaching the Government target of 10% methane reduction. Are we really all in this together?
Open mike 10/06/2022
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Daily review 09/06/2022
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Open mike 09/06/2022
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Daily review 08/06/2022
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National needs better lawyers
Christopher Luxon this morning called for the police getting warrantless search powers for arms. But the law already allows for warrantless searches where Arms Act violations are suspected.
Open mike 08/06/2022
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Daily review 07/06/2022
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parts per million
Prince Louis and the perfect tweet.
Is Boris gone?
Reports from the UK suggest that Boris Johnson’s reign as Prime Minister may be over because it appears sufficient conservative MPs have a sufficient sense of morality to be outraged about Boris’s Covid lockdown busting ways.
Update: he survived but over 40% of Conservative MPs voted to remove him.
Open mike 07/06/2022
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Open mike 06/06/2022
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China and the Pacific
National and it allies have this week attacked Nanaia Mahuta for not responding to China’s forays in the Pacific. But they do not appreciate the quiet diplomatic work that Labour MPs have been doing in the background or the reasons why the Pacific rejected having a joint security arrangement with China.
Open mike 05/06/2022
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Open mike 04/06/2022
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Daily review 03/06/2022
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Open mike 03/06/2022
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Daily review 02/06/2022
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Climate politics
Quick quiz on which New Zealand politicians led well on climate action in the past 15 years. Which New Zealand town is in a climate emergency today? And how our focus and voting matters if we want to avert climate disaster.
Ardern is apparently to blame for National having racist supporters
Yesterday on Morning Report Chris Luxon pivoted from a question about National supporters expressing distaste for Te Ao Maori to blaming Jacinda Ardern for not burning up political capital on co governance.
Open mike 02/06/2022
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Daily review 01/06/2022
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Open mike 01/06/2022
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Daily review 31/05/2022
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National’s policies don’t add up
In 21 tweets Clint Smith has set out why National’s tax cut policies and its rhetoric are absurd and how the media is doing us a disservice by not asking the hard questions like what will be cut and how the promised tax cuts will be paid for.
Open mike 31/05/2022
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