Written By:
nickkelly -
Date published: 11:31 pm, May 17th, 2021 -
35 comments
Categories: Brexit, electoral systems, First Past the Post, Jeremy Corbyn, leadership, local government, uk politics
Tags: Andy Burnham, covid-19, jeremy corbyn, Kier Starmer, nick kelly, Sadiq Khan, scottish nationalist party
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s Blog In a nation that has suffered over 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, one may be somewhat taken aback to see the latest YouGov Poll where The Conservative Party enjoy a 15% lead over the Labour Opposition. 17 months after the Conservatives won the 2019 General Election, it would be easy to […]
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:34 am, May 17th, 2021 -
36 comments
Categories: China, covid-19, Deep stuff, International, United Nations, us politics
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There’s a question Covid19 allows us to ask that we haven’t been able to ask since the end of World War 2: can we all just co-operate to get along – as a species?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:50 am, May 15th, 2021 -
68 comments
Categories: covid-19, health, International, jacinda ardern, Social issues, uk politics, us politics
Tags: covid-19, vaccination
The world may never get back to a pre covid state. Until herd immunity is achieved throughout large swathes of the world as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand our borders need to continue to be closely monitored. The anti vaccination movement and the failure to ensure equitable vaccine distribution may mean that our current messy dread filled reality will continue.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:43 am, May 13th, 2021 -
113 comments
Categories: jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, Maori Issues, maori party, Maori seats, Parliament, racism
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There were dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday. Judith Collins chose to again attack Jacinda Ardern about the He Puapua report. And Māori Party Co leader Rawiri Waititi expressed his disgust at her race baiting in a uniquely New Zealand way.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:02 am, May 12th, 2021 -
34 comments
Categories: chris hipkins, grant robertson, Unions, wages, workers' rights
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Some good news from yesterday. The Government has decided to walk back earlier comments suggesting a wage freeze for teachers and nurses.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:22 am, May 10th, 2021 -
52 comments
Categories: International, Judith Collins, national, racism, same old national, treaty settlements, United Nations
Tags: te tiriti o waitangi
Judith Collins has applied the dog whistle to the He Puapua report and suggested that it is evidence of the Government wanting to radically change New Zealand society. But a check through history shows that the report is based on an International Treaty that National signed up to.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 11:15 am, May 9th, 2021 -
30 comments
Categories: democracy under attack, facebook, human rights, Media, Politics, Social issues
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The decision by the Oversight Board of Facebook to continue banning Donald Trump is one of the biggest moves against free speech and the modern definition of its limits that the world has seen.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 6:04 am, May 8th, 2021 -
24 comments
Categories: economy, labour, wages, workers' rights
Tags: Branko Marcetic, the democracy project
Consistent with how they’ve governed so far, Ardern and Robertson are happy to demand workers sacrifice for the greater good — but asking the rich to do the same is a red line they simply won’t cross.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 3:54 pm, May 6th, 2021 -
108 comments
Categories: human rights, uncategorized
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If we want to be a part of retaining our human rights in the world supported by democracy – and stand with those countries who already see the damage of racist ethnic assimilation – we should continue to resist what China is doing in its north-west.
Written By:
weka -
Date published: 6:05 am, May 6th, 2021 -
94 comments
Categories: climate change, economy, farming, food, sustainability
Tags: regenag, regenerative agriculture, regenerative economics
Research is now showing the advantages of regenerative agriculture. Are we wise enough to make best use of them?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 8:20 pm, May 5th, 2021 -
67 comments
Categories: chris bishop, Parliament, parliamentary spending, sexism, trevor mallard, workers' rights
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Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 2:57 pm, May 3rd, 2021 -
16 comments
Categories: China, Propaganda, us politics, war
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This from SCMP columnist Alex Lo “If they look, swim and quack like US influence operations, they probably are US influence operations, especially when they come with an annual price tag of US$300 million to be authorised by law by the US Congress, of which US10 million has been earmarked especially for Hong Kong.” Lo […]
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:44 am, May 3rd, 2021 -
58 comments
Categories: benefits, Carmel Sepuloni, child welfare, labour, poverty
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Some good news from over the weekend. Labour is planning to significantly increase the level of Jobseeker benefit.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 10:13 am, May 1st, 2021 -
38 comments
Categories: australian politics, climate change, Economy, energy, global warming, uncategorized
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New Zealand is about to enter a transition phase in energy that’s going to affect absolutely everyone.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:04 am, May 1st, 2021 -
48 comments
Categories: act, david seymour, Parliament, parliamentary spending, the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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David Seymour has got himself into a little bit of trouble. He filed a Parliamentary Pecuniary interests return that was not, ahem, correct.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:33 am, April 29th, 2021 -
20 comments
Categories: election 2020, Judith Collins, national, politicans, same old national
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It was only a matter of time. Tova O’Brien at Newshub has been leaked a copy of the abridged version of the National Party election review.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:54 am, April 27th, 2021 -
17 comments
Categories: boris johnson, uk politics
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Over in the UK Boris Johnson and his former chief advisor Dominic Cummings have had a very public fallout. And ever since it happened there have been very public leaks of damaging information which incredibly have not as yet damaged the Conservative Party’s standing.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 1:50 pm, April 24th, 2021 -
33 comments
Categories: australian politics, China, International, making shit up, Nanaia Mahuta, spin, uk politics, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: nanaia mahuta
There has been a conservative sourced beat up of Aotearoa New Zealand for not using an intelligence gathering treaty grouping to publicly attack China.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:44 am, April 22nd, 2021 -
86 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, health, health and safety, Judith Collins, minimum wage, national, Parliament, religion, same old national, Simon Bridges, wages, workers' rights
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Yesterday was a day where National focussed on dog whistle racism, supported religious extremists and moaned about workers receiving a modest increase in the minimum wage.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 10:25 pm, April 20th, 2021 -
19 comments
Categories: australian politics, China, Deep stuff, Iran, iraq, israel, Nanaia Mahuta, Propaganda, Russia, uk politics, us politics, war
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Following her speech to the NZ China Council, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta wanted to be very clear that in speaking out about issues with other countries, New Zealand would not be doing it in concert with Five Eyes partners. She expressed a view that New Zealand did not agree with Five Eyes remit encroaching beyond intelligence, and that this had been communicated to Five Eyes partners. Good.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 11:10 am, April 20th, 2021 -
19 comments
Categories: Gerry Brownlee, national, privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, same old national, transport
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A damning report into National’s PPP contract for construction of Transmission Gully has concluded that the maximum price the government would pay was set too low, project bidders soon worked this out and that proposals were “value managed down” or made cheaper on designs and timelines that created risks that would eventually manifest themselves after procurement once construction commenced.
Written By:
Incognito -
Date published: 7:00 am, April 18th, 2021 -
10 comments
Categories: accountability, activism, articles, broadcasting, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, Donald Trump, education, journalism, Media, news, newspapers, politicans, Politics
Tags: albert einstein, chloe swarbrick
Einstein tried to explain complex things and understand reality; Trump tried to explain it away and distort reality.
Written By:
lprent -
Date published: 4:09 pm, April 16th, 2021 -
22 comments
Categories: business, Economy, internet, Media, news, newspapers, Politics, Social issues
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I was just reading a post by Bryan Gould on his current perspective on news media in “The Government v. the people”. It resonated because some news and opinion media are getting tedious. It made me reflect on my current habits because much of what he is discussing is that I remember as something in my rear view mirror. Not what I do today.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:28 am, April 14th, 2021 -
10 comments
Categories: Judith Collins, leadership, national, same old national, Simon Bridges
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Simon Bridges had added to rumours of a leadership challenge by pledging support for Judith Collins as leader “at this time”.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:13 am, April 9th, 2021 -
29 comments
Categories: chris bishop, covid-19, health, jacinda ardern, labour, national
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This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. And faced with the prospect of quarantine beds being overrun if current trends continue the Government has taken the step of banning people entering the country if they have been in India during the two weeks prior to travel.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 12:21 pm, April 5th, 2021 -
17 comments
Categories: crime, Donald Trump, election funding, uncategorized
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The New York Times is reporting that the Trump Campaign sucked in a whole lot of republican voters by asking for urgent donations but then treating them as regular rather than one off donations unless donors discovered and clicked on a well hidden check box.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 9:28 pm, March 31st, 2021 -
26 comments
Categories: uncategorized
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The SIS can’t help itself – it keeps getting involved in our politics, but stays resolutely one-eyed. As Sam Sachdeva of Newsroom reports, it has just released advice for politicians on how to avoid political interference. Maintaining ‘transparent’ secrecy, it uses its favourite journalists and academics to drop the necessary hints – look over here. […]
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 3:24 pm, March 31st, 2021 -
50 comments
Categories: blogs, uncategorized, Unions, workers' rights
Tags: chris trotter
Chris Trotter recently asked the question about why there isn’t more resistance to the degree of inequality that we face in New Zealand. He’s partially right, we do spend an awfully amount of time arguing with each other about matters of smaller and smaller moment while inequality slides downhill from glacier to avalanche. But intersectionalism isn’t the primary cause of activist cooling.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 7:48 am, March 30th, 2021 -
42 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Judith Collins, national, Parliament, same old national, uncategorized
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Chris Luxon’s maiden speech last week and another example of multiple leaks of details of a caucus meeting highlight how precarious Judith Collins’ tenure as National Party leader is. But does someone have the numbers to replace her?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:39 am, March 28th, 2021 -
217 comments
Categories: economy, election 2020, grant robertson, housing, tax, uncategorized
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Media has been abuzz with comment about how last election Grant Robertson has backtracked on a promise on not extending the bright line test. Should politicians stick to their pronouncements no matter what? Or should they change their minds if circumstances demand a change in course?
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 9:28 am, March 25th, 2021 -
163 comments
Categories: capital gains, housing, jacinda ardern, labour, tax, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized
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The Government’s housing policy announcements have been attacked by the right and landlords as being an attack on rights and business, and by elements of the left for being too timid. Which suggests that the announcements are quite well pitched.
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