Daily review 09/07/2026
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Simpleton Brown: an idiot about power
I was struck by just how out of touch Simeon Brown is with the frustration of residential consumers of electricity. The ever rising prices, the frequent outages, and the stupidity of our electricity market. National’s fast-track doesn’t address any of that, nor their minuscule solar plan. Labour’s plan is a more useful fast-track to transform our real productive economy. Far more so than just exporting profits offshore from mining and data centres
Labour: Solar without the Upfront Cost
This is a very impressive policy from Labour
Open Mike 09/07/2026
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Daily review 08/07/2026
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Open Mike 08/07/2026
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Daily review 07/07/2026
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Open Mike 07/07/2026
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Official talk of Independent Foreign Policy is farcical
If we are a “force multiplier” we are not independent. We are meant to multiply force for the US. Against China. Madness.
Daily review 06/07/2026
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Hate speech laws threaten free speech – Keith Locke memorial debate 2026
The second Keith Locke memorial debate was held in Auckland on the 2nd. There is a live stream of the debate on youtube, linked here.
Open Mike 06/07/2026
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Where the Fight Against the DSS Bill Now Stands
On Thursday, Victoria Coleman handed over a petition at Parliament calling for the Disability Support Services Bill to be scrapped — 16,458 signatures got in five weeks while she cares full-time for her seven-year-old son Levi. Campaigning on top of that responsibility tells you whats at stake for thousands.
Open Mike 05/07/2026
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Open Mike 04/07/2026
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Daily review 03/07/2026
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This Government’s war on the homeless and the young
In a land of milk and honey you would think that every kiwi would have plenty to eat and somewhere to live. But this week has shown the Government wants to refuse emergency to some poor people and feed young children inadequate school lunches.
Opportunity knocks.
Denmark produces excellent beer, world class design, unmanageable open sandwiches and an object lesson in the operation of proportional representation. A particular interest […]
Open Mike 03/07/2026
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Daily review 02/07/2026
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Open Mike 02/07/2026
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Daily review 01/07/2026
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Open Mike 01/07/2026
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Daily review 30/06/2026
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Open Mike 30/06/2026
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The cut to Total Mobility doesn’t add up
7 days after petitioning parliament seeking proper funding for Total Mobility, the government instead cut the funds.
Daily review 29/06/2026
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Chris Hipkins: Vote for hope and optimism over fear and division
Chris Hipkins’ speech at the Labour Party conference yesterday
Open Mike 29/06/2026
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Open Mike 28/06/2026
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With friends like NZ First …
This week Tama Potaka announced the Government will backtrack on a proposal that would have allowed for the sale of up to 60% of the country’s conservation land. But Shane Jones then completely undermined the announcement by talking about using Conservation land for mining.
The simple case for Universalism.
Yeah. Why don’t we means test education, health, sickness benefit, the military, disaster help, police…..?
Open Mike 27/06/2026
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Daily review 26/06/2026
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Talking to the “enemy”: an interview with Russian Ambassador Stanislav Krans
The reason I chose to interview the ambassador is because I accept as self-evident the truism that all wars end with diplomacy and the sooner we return to diplomacy the better.
Open Mike 26/06/2026
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