China certainly has interfered in New Zealand politics, most notably by the offer of a free trade deal which delivered huge benefits to our economy. Party and government officials all stressed to us that they were grateful for New Zealand’s support for their accession to the World Trade Organisation, the rule-based trade body. The US and Australia in contrast want to build a military base on Manus Island north of Papua.
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Simon Bridges has in the last 24 hours blamed Labour law changes for increasing rentals but has forgotten which ones, and has disagreed that an apology is owed to the families of the Pike River miners on the 8th anniversary of the disaster.
Ngai Tahu and Tainui remind us that they like exploiting working people as much as the next capitalist. They’ve locked out their Waikato bus drivers for asking to be paid the Living Wage.
To jump or not to jump? Is “not jumping” about to mean “left behind”?
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While looking at a missing post on Briefing Papers, I ran across some material on deficiencies in our current education regime looking at our civil war in the 19th century. So I wrote this post about why I personally think that it matters.
London’s bridges were closing down.
Stacy Kirk has made the outlandish claim that Andrew Little is prepared to risk someone’s life in his desire to have the Pike River mine properly investigated.
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So what if Labour decides to go ahead with its capital gains tax? What happens to the equity of the remaining middle class? What happens to the equity of those who were brought in under KiwiBuild?
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In breaking news it appears that the reason for Donald Trump’s grumpiness may have been the impending release of news that Julian Assange has had charges laid against him.
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Yet another front opening up in the demand for action on global warming…
In Yemen right now, children are living in the worst humanitarian crisis we have seen in the last 100 years.
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The unsolvable problem that is Brexit is reaching it’s denouement with Theresa May’s leadership on the line, talk of a no confidence motion, a very leaky cabinet, and no possible achievable resolution in sight.
Avigdor Lieberman has resigned his position as Israeli Defense Minister because he can’t endorse the government’s “surrender to terrorism”.
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You will be shocked to learn that the National Party has been less than honest about where it is getting its information regarding Karel Sroubek.
Pike River mine is to be re-entered and finally the truth will be told. Victory for the 29 is victory for all of us.
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It has been discovered that the person behind the Energy Voices website is a National Party operative and former staffer.
That’s the big question ‘big’ people are asking these days.
There is still seven weeks of this year left but it appears likely that the tweet of the year has been tweeted.
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It is time for the Government to down the electricity corporates and regulate them in the interests of the citizen.
In the midterm US elections a number of candidates supported by the NRA have lost out to opponents with strong anti gun views. And the youth vote surged. Were these events related?
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