Daily Review 29/09/2016
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Out of the mouths of babes
Watch five-year old Brook Blair give it to Theresa May about homeless people. Got the right answers too. Brilliant!
New GG
Congrats to Dame Patsy and how strange it’s always such a small story…
When’s the Republic coming?
Cronyism
So Paula Bennett has been giving a lolly scramble to her National mates with the Rules Reduction Taskforce.
Which is fine, because the Taskforce did great work in finding out that the ‘loopy’ rule of lolly scrambles being illegal wasn’t in fact true.
Arrest Blair’s Mate
The downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 was a Russian sponsored war crime. When will Vladimir Putin be arrested?
UPDATE: Animation and actual photos and video of the BUK launcher added.
Open Mike 29/09/2016
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Twyford to chair Labour’s election campaign
Twyford has been made Labour’s campaign chairman, which puts him charge of strategy for the election.
Daily Review 28/09/2016
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Polls
While politicos were watching Hillary defeat Donald in the first debate, Roy Morgan released their latest poll, showing Labour massively up and National down a chunk. Is the media narrative broken?
Open Mike 28/09/2016
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Latest Roy Morgan Poll – Labour surges
The latest Roy Morgan poll result has support for National plunging and support for Labour surging.
Daily Review 27/09/2016
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Clinton vs Trump; Debate 1
The first Presidential kicks off this arvo. Who will win? Do we care? Should we care? Stay tuned Standarnistas, it’ll be a doozy!
Ombudsman to investigate John Key’s dirty politics communications
The Ombudsman is to investigate John Key’s failure to disclose communications with David Farrar and Cameron Slater
Do elections matter?
Despite politics the world keeps turning. So why is it important and why should everyone vote?
Open Mike 27/09/2016
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“Itching Scratches” on Nine to Noon
Matthew Hooton got carried away on Nine to Noon dissing Andrew Little’s views on political strategy and the centre ground that appeared to differ from Helen Clark’s. Stephen Mills piled in too on Jeremy Corbyn and the “missing millions.” All Little said was that he wants to connect with different groups of voters on issues important to them. Can’t argue with that.
Even more local body elections advice
Since first posting Who should you vote for? a week ago I’ve been directed to even more endorsement lists and voting guides for local body candidates up and down the country. So if you still don’t know who to vote for, check them out.
Daily Review – 26/09/2016
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A Constitution
Absolute h/t to Ovid who linked to proposals for a written Consitution for Sir Geoffrey Palmer this morning in Open Mike. The SpinOff […]
A tale of Two Universities
A guest post by John P Egan regarding recent industrial action taken by Tertiary Education Union members
HoliPay fiasco – 1 in 3 workers robbed
Do you work irregular shifts (even only occasionally)? Overtime? Sometimes on Public Holidays?
Then you’re probably part of the 1 in 3 workers owed more than $2 billion lost thru incorrect calculations of holiday pay.
Thanks Steven Joyce.
Open Mike 26/09/2016
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Corbyn wins! Now what?
Jeremy Corbyn has won a resounding victory in the UK Labour Leadership campaign. But what happens now?
Open Mike 25/09/2016
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A settlement proposal for Jordan Williams and Colin Craig
A suggested settlement proposal to resolve the Williams v Craig case which may achieve some good.
Open Mike 24/09/2016
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Stand Up for Housing: Protest today in Aotea Square
Young people, union members, and other Aucklanders will meet in Aotea Square today to make some noise about the devastating Auckland housing crisis. Stand Up Youth Union Movement and Unions Auckland are hosting the Monopoly-themed event, which will highlight the damaging effects of the crisis and call on local and central government to do a lot more to fix the housing market.
Daily Review 23/09/2016
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Post truth politics – White man behind a desk
Robbie from WBMAD analyses the current trend to make politics a truth free phenomenon, offers funny yet incisive comments on the effect of social media on politics and finishes with videos of cats.
“We’re no longer citizens, we’re customers”
Ann Pettifor, in New Zealand for lectures on the state of the financial world, talks to Nine-to-Noon about the most pressing problems. Worth a listen.
Open Mike 23/09/2016
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Before you vote
Before you vote make sure you check out the Jobs that Count endorsement list. These are candidates who have signed the pledge to bring democracy back to their communities.
If that’s not worth voting for, we don’t know what is.
Brendon Bonner supports Living Wage
Red/Green/Independent Brendon Bonner is a candidate for the Southern Ward in the Wellington City elections. PSA staffer and declared socialist, he would like Wellingtonians to know that he too supports the Living Wage. His campaign video is here and a list of the policies he supports is here. More information on Facebook.
Daily Review 22/09/2016
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