Trump’s not so bad
an occasional series.
Open mike 20/01/2020
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Federated Farmers launches petition against its business model
Federated Farmers has started a petition against an educational resource that teaches about climate change and activism because it does not present their industry in a sufficiently positive way.
How To Get There 19/01/20
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Open mike 19/01/2020
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National created more working groups than Labour
The Herald has reported that National in its first two years of Government created *more* working groups than Labour.
Open mike 18/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 9: What the party needs to do now.
Originally post on Nick Kelly’s blog
The broader context of this defeat is that over the last century, UK Labour has won 8 out of the last 28 general elections. Overall the Labour Party is not a successful electoral force in the UK. What makes the 2019 loss harder, is that the party lost sections of its historical base in the North of England and the Midlands.
McClay accused of supporting China’s mass detention of muslims
Freedom House has criticised National MP Todd McClay for reinforcing Chinese descriptions of the mass imprisonment of Muslim minorities as vocational training centres.
Open mike 17/01/2020
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Daily review 16/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 8: What it takes to win
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
The UK Labour Party in the 2019 election assumed that like in 2017, the release of their policy manifesto would see their support increase significantly. Assuming that 2019 would be a re-run of 2017 was a foolish mistake.
Open mike 16/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 7: Momentum and the Corbynistas
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Momentum and its supporters need to find a way of selling genuine social democratic politics to a conservative English public.
Daily review 15/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 6: New Labour & Blairism
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Fact is that the world has moved on from the 1980s and 90s. Politics certainly has. The types of 3rd way or centre/centre right positions that Blair and Campbell think will win just won’t anymore.
News Corp climate change denial attacked by (checks notes) James Murdoch …
News Corp has had a bad week in the media with many questioning its continued climate change denial and its support for politicians refusing to accept the reality of climate change. But the most surprising opposition has been expressed by Rupert Murdoch’s son and News Corp director James Murdoch.
Housing consents at highest level since 1974
Statistics New Zealand has confirmed that in the last year the number of new housing consents was the highest since 1974.
Open mike 15/01/2020
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Daily review 14/01/2020
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National politicises police by claiming Government is politicising police
Simon Bridges has alleged the police of being politicised after a person who holds rather right wing views and libertarian views on gun ownership had a search warrant for illegal firearms executed on his property.
Open mike 14/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 5: Antisemitism
Originally posted onNick Kelly’s blog
Why UK Labour lost? Part 4: Ooooh Jeremy Corbyn
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Daily review 13/01/2020
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Open mike 13/01/2020
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Why UK Labour lost? Part 3: Its Brexit innit
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Why UK Labour lost? Part 2: UK Labour’s Strange loyalty to First Past the Post.
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s Blog
Why UK Labour lost? Part 1: historical context
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
How fast can we transition off fossil fuels?
We’re at the tension point between the fear a fast transition will deprive us vs the fear that not acting fast enough will lead to climate change depriving us. Climate activists fear the latter, incrementalists fear the former.
How To Get There 12/01/20
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Open mike 12/01/2020
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Open mike 11/01/2020
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Guest Post – What is wrong with the left?
Guest post from old maaaaate cans about recent Stuff guest columns attacking the left for not civilised enough and wondering if it is because of right wing insecurity.
Royal Move
It’s great to hear Prince Harry and Meghan quitting as senior royals and going off on their own. Maybe others in the Royal Family should think of doing the same.
Open mike 10/01/2020
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