Daily review 23/02/2022
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 …
Free public transport for Auckland is a very good idea
Efeso Collins has announced his first Mayoral campaign policy and it is a biggie, free public transport for Auckland.
Convoy protest 23/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 23/02/2022
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Daily review 22/02/2022
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 …
Everyone is over Covid
Jacinda Ardern said yesterday that everyone is over Covid. She is right. We all want this to end.
Convoy protest 22/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 22/02/2022
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Daily review 21/02/2022
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Why negotiating with the Wellington protesters is a waste of time
There is something of a manufactured chorus of calls for the Government to sit down and negotiate with the protesters. Here are four reasons why negotiations would be a complete waste of time.
Convoy protest 21/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 21/02/2022
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How is Boris Johnson still in Number 10?
Boris Johnson, should not on balance still be Prime Minister and in the long term, the Conservatives risk being severely punished for not removing him. But despite everything, he remains in post and still, we cannot write him off.
Why the Wellington protestors are wrong
The Wellington protest has exceeded any moral mandate to protest.
They Are Us
The people camping outside Parliament are also us.
We are better than this
Trying to remember the numbers of protestors in Wellington are small in number compared to the rest of us
Convoy protest 20/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 20/02/2022
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Convoy protest 19/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 19/02/2022
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Daily review 18/02/2022
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Meanwhile, omicron and delta in New Zealand
Delta is still a problem in New Zealand, and we’re still not talking about long covid.
Why haven’t the police acted?
It is day 10 of the Anti vax protest on Parliament’s grounds. More cars are being parked illegally and despite considerable disruption to Wellington’s roading network so far not one car has been towed by the police.
Convoy protest 18/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 18/02/2022
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Daily review 17/02/2022
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Convoy protest 17/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 17/02/2022
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Global Britain fell with Singapore
Today February 15th is the 80th anniversary of the fall of Singapore in 1942, described by many as Britain’s worst military disaster. It was a massive strategic fail, and its effect is still powerful today, most notably with Australia’s lockstep with the US. Current British strategists don’t seem to have learnt a thing.
Daily review 16/02/2022
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What does the right to protest actually mean?
A primer on the “right to protest”. Contrary to the views of some there is no right to protest. Instead there are rights of assembly, movement and a right to freedom of speech. And there is no absolute right to do these things at Parliament.
100 Things We’ve Lost
Over the past two years we have lost so many things that are not coming back.
Convoy protest 16/2/22
A general discussion post.
Open mike 16/02/2022
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Daily review 15/02/2022
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to Retire
Some thoughts on the contribution of Phil Goff to Auckland during his term as Mayor.