Daily review 11/02/2020
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Will the last remaining National MP please turn off the lights
Three more National MPs have joined the ranks of those leaving Parliament this year.
Will DPF condemn National for hiding the identity of its donors?
David Farrar has called for the suspension of Winston Peters from Cabinet for reasons which would also justify the suspension of Simon Bridges from the National Party.
Open mike 11/02/2020
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Daily review 10/02/2020
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This result could lead to the break up of the United Kingdom
Originally posted onNick Kelly’s blog
Nick is a Director of Piko Consulting and works as a Political Adviser in The House of Lords.
Listening to the results being reported while driving on that California freeway, I recall thinking ‘this result could lead to the break up of the United Kingdom’. On hearing that both Northern Ireland and Scotland had voted to stay part of the EU, in contrast to the rest of the country, it was hard to imagine that this would not become a significant issue.
Open mike 10/02/2020
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The end of petrol driven cars
Boris Johnson’s UK Government has announced that by 2035 there will be no more petrol or diesel cars entering the UK fleet. Is it time for the New Zealand government to announce the same thing?
How To Get There 09/02/20
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Open mike 09/02/2020
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Oh Look! (What. a. surprise.)
Mainstream media yet again aiding and abetting the character assassination of whistle blowers.
Will Bernie Sanders unseat Donald Trump?
It will take a full renewal of democracy in the United States. So how does Bernie beat Trump?
The big State Media Merger?
Looks like there’s a ways to go before New Zealand gets an integrated state-backed broadcaster. But the Government’s recent proposal is a big step in the right direction.
Open mike 08/02/2020
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Daily review 07/02/2020
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Bernie by 6K.
Iowa and beyond.
No mates Simon
The repercussions from Simon Bridges’ disastrous Waitangi performance continue to reverberate. His suggestions that Māori seats and the Waitangi Tribunal should be done away with have resulted in the Māori Party indicating it is more likely to support Labour after the election.
Trump survives
Donald Trump has predictably been acquitted by the US Senate on the impeachment charges laid against him by the House of Representatives.
What if plant-based wasn’t the answer?
Instead of burning the world a bit more slowly, how about we don’t burn it at all?
Open mike 07/02/2020
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Southland floods and toxic waste
As Southland starts post-flood recovery, the question arises of why 10,000 tonnes of waste known to become toxic on exposure to water was allowed to be stored on the banks of a river with known flood risk in a building with known flood risk?
Open mike 06/02/2020
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Daily review 05/02/2020
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A Handy Clusterfuck?
A party that detests one of its Presidential nominees. A media establishment that’s largely a propaganda arm of that party. And games…stupid games.
The MPs go to Waitangi
Yesterday the political parties were welcomed onto the upper Marae at Waitangi. Jacinda Ardern took the occasion to give a stock take of what the Government was doing to address Iwi concerns, Andrew Little gave his speech totally in te reo, and Simon Bridges chose to use the opportunity to politic.
Open mike 05/02/2020
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Daily review 04/02/2020
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The Big One’s Coming In.
These past few years anyone might be forgiven for believing liberals have never heard of King Canute. How else to explain their stupid resistance to inevitable change? And now…
Open mike 04/02/2020
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Daily review 03/02/2020
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The BBC – a failed public broadcaster
At the 2019 election the BBC had an opportunity to show the world what quality political journalism looks like in the 21st century. It failed. The consequences for this could be dire for the Beeb.
Mike Moore
It’s not often you find New Zealanders who give every single breath they have to the left and do it with resounding and even global success. Such a person was Mike Moore.
Open mike 03/02/2020
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Bridges’ biggest gamble
Simon Bridges has mimicked John Key and ruled out National working with NZ First after the election. The difference is however that back then Key ruled out working with NZ First because NZ First was involved in a SFO investigation about the hiding of a $100,000 donation. This time it is National.
How To Get There 02/02/20
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Open mike 02/02/2020
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