National/Act – good at breaking public services

Today is my 65th birthday. So I’m trying to check out a PDF letter on MyMSD which probably has some details about superannuation. But I get ERR_CONNECTION_RESET consistently. Looks like the idiots in this government have managed to screw up the efficient systems already. The MyMSD site is currently partially dead.

Open mike 04/06/2024

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Open mike 03/06/2024

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Open mike 02/06/2024

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Anti-Muslim, anti-black, pro-Zionist: UK Labour goes for purge

I attended Faiza Shaheen’s impressive candidate launch in Chingford four years ago. She aimed to take on IDS and she dented his majority. Reselected two years ago by the local Labour Party, four days ago she was deselected by a 3-person kangaroo court from the party’s National Executive Committee.
Update: Faiza Shaheen to stand as an independent in Chingford.

Open mike 01/06/2024

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Daily review 31/05/2024

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Open mike 31/05/2024

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Daily review 30/05/2024

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Budget Smudgeit

Early comments on the budget. Basically tax cuts are being paid by more borrowing. There is no way this can be described as being fiscally neutral.

The Budget Day Protests

Protests by Māori and Tangata Tiriti against government policy are underway on the day of the National government’s first budget. Carkoi and Hikoi are taking place in many locations across the country.

Open mike 30/05/2024

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Daily review 29/05/2024

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Open mike 29/05/2024

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Daily review 28/05/2024

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Open mike 28/05/2024

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Daily review 27/05/2024

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Open mike 27/05/2024

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Open mike 26/05/2024

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The Luxon Government’s War on Nature

“But the truth is that real gains only ever come out of a mobilised civil society and achieving a mobilised civil society is exactly what we have to do.”

– Russel Norman

Open mike 25/05/2024

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Daily review 24/05/2024

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Open mike 24/05/2024

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Daily review 23/05/2024

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Open mike 23/05/2024

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Daily review 22/05/2024

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Making up for lost time

Guest post by Nigel Haworth where he discusses Labour membership’s desire for taxation reform and why it is important that Labour decides on its position as soon as possible.