Two faced English warned of the housing crisis in 2010
PM Bill English denies there is a housing crisis.
In 2010 he knew about and warned of the housing crisis.
Corbyn has already won so this is a good election for UK Labour to lose
If the campaign was a month longer I have no doubt that Labour would win outright. As it is they will I think they will probably lose, and this will be a good thing for UK Labour long term.
Slum rentals in the brighter future
The Sunday Star Times had some gut wrenching coverage of the conditions in some of Auckland’s slum boarding houses. How can anyone vote for three more years of this?
Pre-UK election discussion
“It’s election week, I f*cking love it…” – Jonathan Pie.
Open Mike 08/06/2017
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Daily Review 07/06/2017
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Kiwis send a message to Tillerson
As Patrick Gower puts it, “English tries to hide from the reality of Trump’s America”. Fortunately ordinary Kiwis were not so supine.
Is Donald Trump helping Jeremy Corbyn get elected?
Donald Trump’s closeness to Theresa May and his boorish behaviour over London’s recent attack may be helping Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to win this week’s general election.
Trying to wedge the Greens
The political right try it on every election year, in an attempt to sow a bit of discord. I expect this sort of obvious and clumsy wedge politics from Hooton and the like, but I was a bit surprised to see Duncan Garner having a go.
Open Mike 07/06/2017
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Daily Review 06/06/2017
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The Intercept has published leaked NSA report on Russian hacking of US election
From The Intercept: “Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November’s presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by The Intercept.”
Best tweet on “honours”
Helen Clark is as succinct as ever.
Offline this morning for a short time
Updated: The server will be shifted when its network link gets shunted to a new location. That will happen sometime Wednesday. So the site will be offline when it does as I have to physically pick up the server and reconnect at the new location.
Completed
The 50th anniversary of the Six Day War
This week marks the anniversary of the Middle East six day war. How have things developed and what can be done to achieve lasting peace?
Catherine Delahunty: My Mataura River visit
Green Party Spokesperson for Water, Catherine Delahunty, has been down South as part of the Greens’ Swimmable Rivers Tour. She reports on restoration of the Mataura River, farmers doing the right thing, and the community being further ahead than the government on water.
Breaking news consumer’s handbook
When the news comes hard, let’s stop and think about what we are doing.
Open Mike 06/06/2017
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Hager Hit & Run and NZ’s Asian wars
Nicky Hager will talk about his book Hit and Run, and the issues it raises about New Zealand’s values and role in the world at 5:30pm on Wednesday 7th June at Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, Wellington. The book is about important events and the incoherence of New Zealand fighting it’s longest ever war in Central Asia. This talk is particularly timely in view of this week’s visit of the American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.
UK election goes down to the wire
In the United Kingdom the polls continue to narrow and Jeremy Corbyn continues to perform outstandingly well. Is the upset of all upsets possible?
Arise Sir John
John Key has been awarded a knighthood. Want to know why?
Nature issues statement saying climate change cannot be negotiated with
Thus endeth the divine right of kings. It’s time to remember where our power is.
Open Mike 05/06/2017
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Herald’s little oops…
What a surprise! Not sure how long it was up, but Google cache still has a copy.
Tegg Talk – Mistaken Reveal of Government’s Latest (Already Outdated) Sea-Level Rise Projections
Denis Tegg has discovered details of Ministry for the Environment’s currently unpublished Guidelines for Local Authorities on Climate Change. The data relied on would appear to already be outdated but suggests that towns such as Thames are going to face inundation in coming decades.
Once upon a time
Once upon a time this country stood up to American and said no to nuclear weapons. Now we dare not say yes to saving the planet.
Open Mike 04/06/2017
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UK Labour campaign ad
Andrew Little – Last Labour PM of NZ?
A wee bit of speculation for a long week-end.
When Earth’s future is under attack …
US Secretary of State and Oil Baron Rex Tillerson is visiting New Zealand next Tuesday. And 350 Aotearoa is planning to provide him with a warm reception.
It is not “clever politics” to burn the planet (you pair of fools)
Guess which two NZ broadcasters have disgraced themselves by lining up behind Trump’s lunatic fringe denier posturing.
Open Mike 03/06/2017
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Daily Review 02/06/2017
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Medical marijuana on prescription
The Government starts to make cannabidiol more available.
Madman Trump withdraws America from Paris Accord
Donald Trump has announced that the USA will be withdrawing from the Paris Climate Change Accord.