Is it better to deliver in Government or better to shine?
Let’s frame this in leftie terms: can you get in, do grunty policy moves, and stay popular?
Open mike 14/12/2019
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Lefties on The Standard: UK election edition
A dedicated post on The Standard providing a discussion space for left-wing people only.
Open mike 13/12/2019
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Daily review 12/12/2019
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Free Broadband
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Brexit – sorry its not getting done anytime soon.
Can the Conservatives get brexit done by January 31st as they are promising in the election? The short answer is no. The slogan is catchy, and taps into public sentiment. But it is also pure unadulterated bullshit. If the Conservatives do form the next government these words will haunt them, especially Boris Johnson.
The Missing Millions
Millions of people and an entire region of the UK left out of polling calculations….
Bouganville and Brexit
The island of Bouganville has just had a vote towards independence from Papua New Guinea. The result has interesting similarities with the Brexit vote.
Thawing after the BRR
“The purpose of fiscal policy should be to ensure ongoing wellbeing for all and the health of our environment.”
Open mike 12/12/2019
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Daily review 11/12/2019
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Green Budget win backs public sector leadership on climate change
“We want to make sure hospitals, schools and other public institutions can use energy in a more climate-friendly way, cut emissions, and lower their energy bills.”
Pop Media Bullshit – another example.
It’s said that in times of war, the first casualty is truth. Well, since truth is taking such a pummeling these days, it follows that we are at war, no?
Then they came for public art
The conservative leadership in the United States and in Australia are both taking steps to attack the sustainability of public art. Shame on them.
Open mike 11/12/2019
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The freedom to lie during an election campaign
Two recent National advertisements involving drastically inaccurate graphics have attracted attention. And at the same time National is opposing changes to the Electoral Law that would extend the time that it is an offence to publish a false and misleading advertisement during an election period.
Daily review 10/12/2019
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The NHS and privatisation
The NHS is well loved by the British public. It is seen as something which makes British society decent and civilised. That the NHS is now stretched and badly underfunded is seen as a national outrage. Fears of even further privatisation of the NHS due to a US trade deal has unsurprisingly made the NHS the number one election issue.
Rent increased over 40% under National (Key years)
Now Simon Bridges as a bridge to sell you.
Crash ‘n Burn
A chuttering PM and…well, I guess being left speechless.
Open mike 10/12/2019
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Daily review 09/12/2019
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Northern Ireland’s precarious peace
On Friday, UK leader of the opposition revealed a leaked Treasury Paper which undermines the Prime Ministers claims that there will be no checks on goods moving between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. My earlier post on each of the party’s Brexit positions pointed out how critical Northern Ireland has been in the Brexit debate.
ACC are bankrolling the climate crisis
Why is ACC dragging the chain on fossil fuel divestment, and why is Labour letting them?
Can UK Labour do it?
Very unlikely. From the polls taken in the UK few hours ago, the Conservatives are in for an historic fourth consecutive term in Parliament.
The plastics problem
It’s easy to mock the government’s latest single-use plastics ban, but the comprehensive plan it arises from is impressive work from Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage, including the shift to systems thinking and the far reaching implications of the government adopting this approach.
Open mike 09/12/2019
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How To Get There 8/12/19
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Open mike 08/12/2019
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Disarming New Zealand
what are the connections between armed police patrols, gendered violence, and a gun lobby protest outside a school?
Open mike 07/12/2019
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The climate emergency and the UK election
The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats to life on our planet, and as Prime Minister Boris Johnson should have fronted this debate. By failing to do so, he has shown himself to be a weak and feeble leader. By not engaging on the critical issue of climate change, Boris Johnson has shown not only UK electors, but the world that he is a fool.
Daily review 06/12/2019
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The risk of climate tipping points is upon us
Seven senior climate scientists have written a piece in Nature updating the science on climate catastrophe and urging action.
Scotland – does independence loom?
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog Scotland matters in the 2019 UK general election. Yet much of the electorate have little understanding of the […]