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Sustainable Party launches

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Date published: 8:01 am, November 11th, 2019 - 99 comments

The Sustainable Party, National’s sock puppet party designed to weaken the Greens has launched. And its policies for some strange reason have not put climate change front and centre.

Open mike 11/11/2019

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Date published: 7:30 am, November 11th, 2019 - 41 comments

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The Liberal Democrats

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Date published: 11:58 am, November 10th, 2019 - 13 comments

Nick Kelly on the Liberal Democrats’ prospects in the upcoming UK elections.

Maybe Nancy was right

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Date published: 8:43 am, November 10th, 2019 - 81 comments

There is a very good chance that the upcoming impeachment trial of
President Donald Trump will turn into one massive campaign launch –
one which significantly increases his chances of winning a second
term.

Open mike 10/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 10th, 2019 - 99 comments

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How To Get There 10/11/19

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 10th, 2019 - 29 comments

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.  

UK Elections: Parties positions on Brexit

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Date published: 11:15 am, November 9th, 2019 - 6 comments

Nick Kelly gives a summary of each major United Kingdom political party.

National’s solution to poverty – make people even poorer

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Date published: 8:12 am, November 9th, 2019 - 24 comments

National MP Jo Hayes has advocated for the reduction of poverty levels by making poor people even poorer.

Open mike 09/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 9th, 2019 - 80 comments

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Daily review 08/11/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 8th, 2019 - 15 comments

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Zero Carbon acts – this is how change happens

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Date published: 10:31 am, November 8th, 2019 - 51 comments

The Zero Carbon Act is not perfect, but it’s a critical step in the social and political change that is needed to prevent catastrophe.

Open mike 08/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 8th, 2019 - 113 comments

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Daily review 07/11/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 7th, 2019 - 35 comments

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Slapdown

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Date published: 7:45 am, November 7th, 2019 - 66 comments

Jacinda Ardern has publicly slapped Shane Jones down for blatantly racist comments by requiring Immigration Officials to reverse a policy change that was adversely affecting Kiwis who have recently entered into arranged marriages.

Police London-wide ban on Extinction Rebellion actions ruled unlawful

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Date published: 7:10 am, November 7th, 2019 - 5 comments

“The landmark judgment upholds the peoples’ fundamental right to peaceful protest and prohibits the Police from any such future ban”

Open mike 07/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 7th, 2019 - 70 comments

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Daily review 06/11/2019

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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 6th, 2019 - 29 comments

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UK Conservative’s social media is remarkably similar to National’s social media

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Date published: 9:37 am, November 6th, 2019 - 31 comments

The British Conservative Party and the New Zealand National Party appear to be using very similar twitter strategies involving the setting of highly edited video to naff music and the making of patently ridiculous claims.

National’s fundamentals

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Date published: 7:15 am, November 6th, 2019 - 87 comments

Are National parachuting in a fundamentalist Christian as a Prime Minister hopeful?

Open mike 06/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 6th, 2019 - 103 comments

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Daily review 05/11/2019

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Date published: 5:27 pm, November 5th, 2019 - 19 comments

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Remembering the 5th of November and Parihaka

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Date published: 2:44 pm, November 5th, 2019 - 9 comments

“For Taranaki Māori, 5 November 1881 is known as ‘Te Rā o te Pāhua’ or ‘The Day of Plunder’.”

Young Māori voices on climate action

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Date published: 1:48 pm, November 5th, 2019 - Comments Off on Young Māori voices on climate action

An indigenous youth delegation from Aotearoa is heading to the 25th UN Climate Talks.

Farage – thorn in the side of the UK Conservatives

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Date published: 1:01 pm, November 5th, 2019 - 4 comments

Nick Kelly is a former NZ trade union leader and NZ Labour activist. He is a co director of Piko Consulting, and currently lives in London expanding Piko into the UK. The below was originally published on Nick Kelly’s blog 

Open mike 05/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 5th, 2019 - 79 comments

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Daily review 04/11/2019

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Date published: 5:32 pm, November 4th, 2019 - 8 comments

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Dunedin’s Hillside Rail Workshop

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Date published: 9:00 am, November 4th, 2019 - 15 comments

Good news for Dunedin and the Country as the Government has announced a $20 million upgrade of the Hillside Rail Workshop.

The UK General Election

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Date published: 8:07 am, November 4th, 2019 - 10 comments

 

Nick Kelly is a form NZ trade unionist and NZ Labour activist. He is a co director of Piko Consulting, and currently lives in London expanding Piko into the UK. The below was originally published on Nick Kelly’s blog

 

 

Open mike 04/11/2019

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Date published: 7:00 am, November 4th, 2019 - 87 comments

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TWP – sorted?

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Date published: 12:10 am, November 4th, 2019 - 15 comments

A guest post from Chrissy Thomas on Te Whare Pounamu, Dunedin Women’s Refuge.

Trickle down fails yet again

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Date published: 11:13 am, November 3rd, 2019 - 50 comments

Despite its continuous failure to work over the past 40 years trickle down remains a favourite justification by right wing administrations for allowing unfettered greed.