Climate change – New Zealand not even a fast follower
Recent analysis of different Governments’ greenhouse gas reduction pledges for the Paris Conference suggests that New Zealand’s is behind that of Windmill hating Tony Abbott’s Australia.
TPPA Protests this week – Its our future
A large anti TPPA protest is scheduled for Saturday in Auckland and throughout the country during this week.
David Seymour is a Puppet
Bruce Robertson and Key have played Seymour like a Puppet. It’s like this was all ready to go. Just needed the right person […]
Open mike 13/08/2015
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Corbyn and the Overton Window
A recent YouGov poll in the Times predicts Jeremy Corbyn will win the UK Labour leadership on first preferences alone. If he does win, Corbyn will shift the “Overton Window” of acceptable ideas leftward in the face of formidable opposition.
Daily Review 12/08/2015
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Andrew Little on climate change
The Labour Leader gave a powerful speech to the Environmental Defence Society conference today.
Labour did it too
Tautoko Mangō Mata has discovered the words to a mystery song buried deep in a Crosby Textor staff manual.
Free beer for all
Diversion alert. The Government considers that urgency should be given to changing the law to allow more beer to be drunk when the All Blacks are playing during the Rugby World Cup.
#Sheepgate and the war of metaphor
The war of metaphor requires the continuous repetition of a simple statement in the hope it becomes the accepted truth. Most of the time it works. But with #sheepgate it is starting to unravel.
Open mike 12/08/2015
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Daily Review 11/08/2015
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Sunshine Coast holiday a life changing experience for our Children
…is swimming all day in a pool at the luxurious Denarau suite of high class hotels a learning experience? Spending days in water parks in Queensland life expanding? Is this sufficient to justify thumbing your nose at our education system, its principles (and principals) and making teachers re-teach these children to catch them up? What happened to the notion of “one law for all”?
Open mike 11/08/2015
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Daily Review 10/08/2015
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“A new union to fight for the future of work”
The two largest Labour Party affiliated unions are going to merge.
Colin Craig’s electoral return
John Stringer has accused Colin Craig of filing a false electoral return. But even now it looks like the complaint may be doomed to failure.
#Talleyban. Standard Exclusive: MWU Blacklisted by Boss
Talleys has de-recognised the Meat Workers Union and refused to bargain with them. They have told the workers to set up a new, yellow union. Or else. Brighter Future? Not under National. This is what the recent changes in employment law were intended to achieve. It’s union busting in a brutal, thuggish form.
Jon Stewart – Bullsh$t is everywhere
From John Stewart’s last show a brief explanation of the Crosby Textor approach to politics.
Open mike 10/08/2015
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Zero by 50
In Copenhagen, our government committed itself, and by extension, us “To hold the increase in global temperature below two degrees Celsius and to take actions to meet this objective, consistent with the science and on the basis of equity”
And yet…
National’s terrible deal making
A brief analysis of a number of deals that National has negotiated suggests that its reputation as a supposedly tough dealmaker is misplaced.
Open mike 09/08/2015
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Amy Adams is confused about Judicial appointments
Amy Adams has congratulated Chris Finlayson’s commitment to equality in Judicial appointments for the first all female Court of Appeal sitting. However each of the Judges had been appointed to the Judiciary by the last Labour Government. And Finlayson’s history of judicial appointments still favours male appointments.
250 to 300 Job Losses at Unitec in Auckland
Under Unitec’s new vision students will be known as Customers. Student services will be outsourced (overseas)
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Open mike 08/08/2015
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Daily Review 07/08/2015
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John Key’s brighter future
As milk prices plunge and Fonterra’s expected payout is cut to a level that will cause most farms to run at a loss John Key’s promised brighter future is disappearing fast.
Win or Lose: This is Labour
Some people have suggested that the more progressive parliamentary elements of the left are done and dusted. I’m not so sure…
Weekend social 07/08/2015
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#Sheepgate – Key’s cheerleaders are sent in
John Armstrong thinks that National has bested Labour over #sheepgate because Key keeps saying it is all Labour’s fault. And Hosking thinks the payment has a good business case despite the payment having not achieved the result that was being sought,
How bloody marvellous
Good news. Radio New Zealand is going to become way more impressive …
Open mike 07/08/2015
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Daily Review 06/08/2015
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August the 6th, 1945
Seventy years on…
The Flag will make us rich
John Key thinks the new flag will make us all rich and be worth billions.