Spy watchdog to investigate GCSB’s help for Groser’s campaign
Spy watchdog Cheryl Gwyn has announced an investigation into circumstances surrounding possible spying on our allies by the GCSB in support of Tim Groser’s tilt for the top WTO job.
McCready case thrown out
Given that Amanda Bailey asked McCready to withdraw his case, this is good news.
The surplus lie
One of the biggest political deceptions in our lifetime? Or just an honest mistake by our noble Finance Minister?
Calling people names
Pulling ponytails and calling people names – I guess it’s true, the PM is 11 years old.
English welcomes Reserve Bank doing his job for him
Why is it left to the Reserve Bank to try and tackle the property bubble? It’s true – this government is recklessly complacent.
Open mike 14/05/2015
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Daily review 13/05/2015
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Angry Andy, Creepy Key
Today’s social media lolz. There’s a difference between obvious attempts to astroturf a nickname and ones that have gone viral naturally.
TPPA circling the drain
As widely reported today, the TPPA has taken a probably fatal hit in the US Senate. Good riddance.
Live chat with Andrew Little
Stuff are running a live chat with Andrew Little at noon.
Farming prosecutions need to be part of health and safety programme
Half the workplace deaths in NZ last year were in agriculture. Already this year the toll has been massive.
Andrew Little’s pre budget speech
“National’s talk now is about how achieving surplus was an “artificial target” and that getting a surplus is “like landing a 747 on the head of a pin.” A lot of effort has gone into glossing over the broken promise. But I see it for what it is – one of the biggest political deceptions in a lifetime.”
ACTing all surprised about it
ACT’s David Seymour is acting all surprised about the damaging consequences of right-wing policies. It’s like he’s seeing the world for the first time.
Open mike 13/05/2015
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Donate to Nepal
Nepal has been hammered again. Here’s how to donate.
Daily Review 12/05/2015
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Stop TPPA – clever placement
Full marks to these folk for clever protest placement.
Dear NZ Labour. Listen up.
For the sake of reference – Nye Bevan was a Labour mp and the architect of the British NHS. Michael Sheen’s speech was a defense of that institution, but the underpinning message is, well…
The unusual case of the disappearing blog
Giovanni Tiso has discovered that Cactus Kate’s blog is slowly disappearing from the Internet.
Uncomfortable reading for Key
Two opinion pieces yesterday make uncomfortable reading for Key.
Open mike 12/05/2015
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Elections in the Anglosphere
An excellent summary reposted with permission from Dim-Post. “Seems to me that one of Labour’s biggest problems – both here and in the UK – is that they’re faced with an opponent that is (a) better resourced than them and (b) uses those resources to make themselves far, far better at politics than their left-wing opponents.”
Daily Review 11/05/2015
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Rachinger on dirty politics 4 – Ben asks for help
Ben Rachinger was a dirty politics insider, he is telling his story. Ben has asked for help.
PM’s social media advisor lashes out on Twitter
PM’s staff threatening people on Twitter. Such a good look.
National’s innumeracy and Auckland’s Housing crisis
Radio New Zealand’s Todd Niall has investigated figures recently advanced by Simon Bridges and Nick Smith used to attack Auckland Council and has discovered that the figures are somewhat rubbery.
400ppm
A significant milestone has been passed.
Standfornz – when social media goes bad
The site www.standfor.co.nz is supposed to get us all excited about the flag distraction. It’s not turning out the way the Nats intended.
Open mike 11/05/2015
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Fear, Loathing and Denial.
There’s a major and rather obvious contributory factor to UK Labour’s failure in the UK general election that doesn’t seem to have drawn any comment. Until now…
Same sh*t different election
The English Election campaign and the results felt like a rerun of the New Zealand 2014 election campaign. Slick Crosby Textor designed attacks on Labour’s stability and on the leader and an imbalance of resources contributed to the result in both cases. How does the left counter this?
Hot Air
The award winning documentary Hot Air, on the politics of climate change in New Zealand, by Alister Barry & Abi King-Jones, is now free to view on Youtube.
Open mike 10/05/2015
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‘Forgot’ NSA spying
Well who among us hasn’t forgotten a massive illegal domestic spying programme?
The difference an electoral system makes
A generation betrayed
Everything that has been presented to the public about our elected governments’ concern for the environment, particularly in regard to climate change, has been a charade for 25 years.