Open mike 21/10/2014
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New Blog: On The Left
“OTL was born when a couple of lefty comms people got together for coffee and decided that the NZ blogosphere was lacking an accessible, well-written, interesting and above all fun group blog which provided a space for discussing and propagating left-wing ideas.”
EPMU endorses Andrew Little for Labour leader
The EPMU have just announced they’re endorsing Andrew Little for Labour leader.
Labour’s Leadership campaign heats up
The Labour leadership campaign is now under way and the first meet the candidates meetings are scheduled for this week.
Strategic voting
It’s all very well taking the moral high ground on strategic voting, but the nice guys are finishing last. Enough already, time for the Left to use the same tactics as the Nats.
Open mike 20/10/2014
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David Parker live Q&A
David Parker joins us here live on Sunday at around 3pm. Post your questions for David here. As usual all comments / questions will be strictly moderated.
The 4th estate & its pretenders
Some journalists continue to try to fulfill the fourth estate ideal of pursuing truth & speaking truth to power. Others, with powerful links to corporate media & governments, work to suppress debate and democracy, often using threats, abusive nastiness & fear mongering.
Len Brown’s future
The Herald has stated that Penny Hulse will not rule out an attempt at the Super City Mayoralty although she will not do so if Len Brown is standing. Now is a good time for Len to say what he intends to do.
Open mike 19/10/2014
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Let them go to war
Back when I was a teenager, a mate of mine decided that he was going to give up on school and would get in some combat. So he worked his way into the Rhodesian Light Infantry. A few years later I heard that he’d been killed in action. Other young men going overseas with similar excitement issues have came back a lot less interested in excitement. Sounds safer to me than letting them have a car.
To arms!
We are about go to war partnered with multiple armies, none of whom is a champion of any of our democratic values of fairness, equality, human rights, or impartial justice. Meanwhile one in ten of us is about to be evicted from our state house home and put into the streets. Labour’s leadership candidates are silent in the media..
David Parker live here Sunday
David Parker will be joining us here live on Sunday at 3pm. A post will go up Sunday around 2 for questions, as usual this will be strictly moderated.
NRT: TPPA would criminalise journalism
I/S at No Right Turn on how “the TPPA would criminalise investigative journalism”.
No point in state houses
There’s no point in state houses. Not according to the Nats anyway. Unbelievable.
Open mike 18/10/2014
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Sherman Cunliffe
Surely this should put Paddy Gower and co to bed once and for all. With great grace despite Shearer’s baiting, and with great […]
Which West Wing politicians do the Labour Leadership candidates most closely resemble?
So which West Wing politician do the current Labour Leadership candidates most closely resemble? Dedicated to one of the best political activists I know.
Weekend social 17/10/2014
Weekend social is for non political chat. What’s on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no […]
Hiding the government’s failure on poverty
Thanks to Radio New Zealand, we now know that National got no real plan to address poverty, but also that they really, really don’t want to be honest about it.
Responding to our greatest threat
Right and Righter
Hosking, Henry, National and SkyCity – it’s all so cozy…
Security council seat
The news this morning is all about NZ winning a seat on the UN Security Council.
Open mike 17/10/2014
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OIA: Rotten
As story after story comes out, it shows how much contempt for transparency and the law this government has, and how little it intends to be held to account.
Kim Jong Key Is Missing
The Latest News Bulletin from CNN “Concern is mounting in New Zealand over the whereabouts of the country’s leader, Kim Jong Key. […]
Off to war
Broken promise. Lies. War. The Herald willing to believe anything to defend Brand Key. Just another day in NZ politics.
Nats illegally gaming the OIA process
It is clear to anyone who has read Dirty Politics that the National government illegally games the OIA process for political gain. Now we have Key’s confirmation of the fact.
Open mike 16/10/2014
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Why I’m voting for Andrew Little
Andrew has a lower public profile than some of the other candidates seeking the Labour leadership so here’s some info on him and why I’ll be voting for him.
Grant Robertson campaign launch
Official advice on poverty
An excellent piece by Brent Edwards on Morning Report today, looking at official advice to the government on poverty. Underneath the politicised process the answer is as obvious as ever.
The final field
Well, the list of Labour leadership contenders has defied the predictions of the pundits (myself included). Here’s my 2c on the final field.
David Parker – my choice for Leader
Heavyweight Cabinet experience, strong egalitarian values, a cool debater, with a passion for manufacturing and a high-value economy, a good deal of steel and with an open mind and a twinkle in his eye – these are the reasons why I support David Parker for Labour Party Leader.
Open mike 15/10/2014
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How Slater manufactures smears
Unusually the IPCA chair Judge Sir David Carruthers has written a letter to Matthew Blomfield clarifying that “perjury” is a illusion of the rogue “journalist” and fantasy blogger Cameron Slater. Plus news on the theft of Blomfield’s hard disk. Another judge destroys Slater’s carefully inflated memes with facts.