Open mike 05/08/2019
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Can the Greens rise like the liberal democrats?
Only 6 months ago the UK Liberal Democrat party was at a real low, with their leader resigning and the polls about 7%: same as the last five years. Fast forward five months from that and they are ready to become a major opposition party of opposition. Can the Greens do the same?
How To Get There 4/8/19
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Open mike 04/08/2019
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Truth-telling and The New Climate Denial
James Shaw lays it out in his AGM speech: the new climate denial sounds reasonable and is the gravest danger we currently face.
Institutional poverty
Christchurch City Council have provided hundreds of social housing tenants with bubble wrap and a mop instead of insulating their houses.
Boris Johnson’s majority is disappearing
in England the Conservatives have lost a safe seat in a by election to the SDP. And from Ireland comes a cunning plan that would obliterate Johnson’s majority.
Open mike 03/08/2019
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Memo from Crosby Textor – fake news
The Standard has obtained an internal memo from CTF Partners (formerly Crosby Textor) where it responds to allegations that it is a kindergarden for the rich children of Conservative Party donors, has engaged in misogynist behavior and ran anti and pro cycle astroturf campaigns to get a cycleway moved from near a client’s business premises to near an opponent’s premises.
Open mike 02/08/2019
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Daily review 01/08/2019
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Later Whaleoil
The Whaleoil blog has announced that there will be no new blog posts on the site.
Dutton engages in weaponised brutality
Australia is responding to New Zealand’s concern at the forced repatriation of New Zealand citizens from Australia who fall foul of the law by dramatically increasing the potential for this to occur.
Open mike 01/08/2019
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Daily review 31/07/2019
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The unbelievable lightness of Simon Bridges
Simon Bridges has insulted women and Tokelauans at the same time with a thinly veiled attack on Jacinda Ardern.
Simon – only good at the bottom of a cliff
The interview between Jack Tame and Simon Bridges was revealing. Circumlocutions and the wheedling of a conniving prosecutor around the National party hypocrisy over cancer drugs. Making a token amount towards funding super-expensive cancer drugs – but don’t want to deal with root causes or prevention of cancer? It beggars belief that this fool is a politician.
Ihumātao
The background to the Ihumatao dispute is complex and problematic and resolving it may require the Government to review issues relating to privately held land and treaty claims.
Open mike 31/07/2019
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Daily review 30/07/2019
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National’s cynical cancer policy announcement
National has announced a new Cancer Agency to replace the agency it closed four years ago to be funded from within already overstretched Health budgets.
Open mike 30/07/2019
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Daily review 29/07/2019
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Embark 2019
Last week the Embark 2019 conference involved corporations discussing what they can do to address climate change.
Open mike 29/07/2019
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Jacindamania
Despite the babies and the engagements, maybe it’s time to ditch the default Jacindamania.
How To Get There 28/7/19
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Open mike 28/07/2019
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Open mike 27/07/2019
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Fool me twice?
Boris Johnson’s ruthless purge of Cabinet and hard right shift looks like preparation for an early election. Reminds me of 1984 at home, as a right wing coup is on the way. He lied his way to Brexit – will it work again?
Daily review 26/07/2019
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The weasel accurately dissects National.
Matthew Hooton has a piece on National’s chances in the next election this morning entitled as “National stumbling to defeat”. Personally I think he is a PR weasel who is on the border to dirty politics. But he did cover the salient points that will be on the mind of the National party conference.
Bye bye Banks
John Banks has announced that he will not be standing for Auckland’s mayoralty.
Dunne reckons next election will be close
Peter Dunne has come up with some 2020 election reckons that ignores current polling as well as National’s leadership problems.
Open mike 26/07/2019
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Daily review 25/07/2019
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