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Convoy protest 27/2/22

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Date published: 6:10 am, February 27th, 2022 - 198 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 27/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 27th, 2022 - 53 comments

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Why do we* write Posts on The Standard?

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Date published: 1:23 pm, February 26th, 2022 - 28 comments

Why come here to comment?

The difference between the Wellington protests and the pro Ukraine protests in Russia

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Date published: 7:59 am, February 26th, 2022 - 76 comments

Currently in this world there are two significant protests occurring, both similar but at the same time completely different.

Convoy protest 26/2/22

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Date published: 6:05 am, February 26th, 2022 - 232 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 26/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 26th, 2022 - 60 comments

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Daily review 25/02/2022

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Date published: 5:34 pm, February 25th, 2022 - 28 comments

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How Russia wins

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Date published: 10:30 am, February 25th, 2022 - 47 comments

Russia hasn’t lost an intervention in quite some time.

No appeasement with Russia over invasion.

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Date published: 7:56 am, February 25th, 2022 - 266 comments

Russia has invaded a neighbouring state with no more justification than an vague appeals to the same arguments that underpinned 19th century gunboat diplomacy. It was unacceptable in 1938, and is just even more unacceptable now. We should hep deal with this now without trying to appease an aggressor before we wind up with a  future conflict that kills, maims, and displaces people in job lots of millions.

Convoy protest 25/2/22

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Date published: 6:10 am, February 25th, 2022 - 200 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 25/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 25th, 2022 - 54 comments

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Watch China’s next move

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Date published: 8:03 pm, February 24th, 2022 - 61 comments

Why should we in New Zealand give a damn about Ukraine? My answer is: China.

Daily review 24/02/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 24th, 2022 - 33 comments

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Omicron is not mild

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Date published: 6:10 am, February 24th, 2022 - 76 comments

More people in the US have died from Omicron than Delta. In New Zealand we, collectively, still have a choice about just how bad this is going to get. Not everyone is going to contract covid in this wave, and there is great value to individuals and society in slowing spread and avoiding getting covid where possible.

Convoy protest 24/2/22

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Date published: 6:07 am, February 24th, 2022 - 81 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 24/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 24th, 2022 - 141 comments

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Daily review 23/02/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 23rd, 2022 - 82 comments

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Free public transport for Auckland is a very good idea

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Date published: 1:35 pm, February 23rd, 2022 - 66 comments

Efeso Collins has announced his first Mayoral campaign policy and it is a biggie, free public transport for Auckland.

Convoy protest 23/2/22

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Date published: 6:05 am, February 23rd, 2022 - 135 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 23/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 23rd, 2022 - 181 comments

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Daily review 22/02/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 22nd, 2022 - 32 comments

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Everyone is over Covid

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Date published: 8:46 am, February 22nd, 2022 - 134 comments

Jacinda Ardern said yesterday that everyone is over Covid.  She is right.  We all want this to end.

Convoy protest 22/2/22

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Date published: 6:05 am, February 22nd, 2022 - 163 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 22/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 22nd, 2022 - 120 comments

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Daily review 21/02/2022

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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 21st, 2022 - 28 comments

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Why negotiating with the Wellington protesters is a waste of time

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Date published: 8:17 am, February 21st, 2022 - 277 comments

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

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Date published: 6:05 am, February 21st, 2022 - 134 comments

A general discussion post.

Open mike 21/02/2022

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Date published: 6:00 am, February 21st, 2022 - 125 comments

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How is Boris Johnson still in Number 10?

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Date published: 2:18 am, February 21st, 2022 - 10 comments

Johnson and Cummings

 

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

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Date published: 10:52 am, February 20th, 2022 - 72 comments

The Wellington protest has exceeded any moral mandate to protest.

They Are Us

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Date published: 10:21 am, February 20th, 2022 - 129 comments

The people camping outside Parliament are also us.