Mergers and acquisitions
Christopher Luxon has always talked the big talk about his corporate experience with mergers and acquisitions. But the media are starting to ask questions and his positive rhetoric may not be well placed.
Open mike 19/11/2023
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Open mike 18/11/2023
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Daily review 17/11/2023
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Open mike 17/11/2023
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Daily review 16/11/2023
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“Cease-fire Now:” Revolt in UK Labour
56 UK Labour MPs including 8 front-benchers defied the Leader and the Whip and voted for a SNP amendment to the King’s speech calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
Being a political satirist is difficult these days
One has to really feel for those trying to write political satire these days. How can a satirist be more ridiculous than many of our political leaders they wish to lampoon? Case in point, yesterday’s “resignation letter” from sacked former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
What Is peace Anyway?
We are further away from peace in parts of the world than a decade ago. But pessimism about peace isn’t a foregone conclusion.
Open mike 16/11/2023
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Daily review 15/11/2023
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly.
Negotiation of chaos
So the coalition negotiations are going as well as I thought they would.
Open mike 15/11/2023
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Daily review 14/11/2023
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Open mike 14/11/2023
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Daily review 13/11/2023
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Open mike 13/11/2023
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War crimes in Palestine
There is a growing recognition that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip constitute war crimes.
Open mike 12/11/2023
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The Holocaust should be a lesson not a template
“Jewish people exterminating men, women and children in a concentration camp is _______.”
How do you finish a sentence like that?
Australia just made a high impact treaty with a Pacific Island state that puts a question on New Zealand about climate change
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano have announced a deal whereby Australia is offering permanent residency to Tuvaluans affected by climate change, and a security guarantee that will bind both countries close together.
What will National do about special voting rights?
One of the most democratic changes that Labour made to the electoral system was to allow people to enroll and vote on election day. The right hate it. And may be planning to change it.
Open mike 11/11/2023
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Daily review 10/11/2023
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Open mike 10/11/2023
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Daily review 09/11/2023
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Open mike 09/11/2023
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Daily review 08/11/2023
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Nigel Haworth on Labour at the crossroads
Former Labour Party President Nigel Haworth: “Any decisions about leadership should follow a careful and comprehensive review of, first, the recent campaign, and second, the broader settings in which Labour has chosen to work in recent years”
Open mike 08/11/2023
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Hipkins endorsed
It was never going to be anything else, but two positive emerged. All policy options are back on the table, including tax, and there is a realisation that the main task ahead is to rebuild a strong and progressive party.
Daily review 07/11/2023
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Open mike 07/11/2023
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Daily review 06/11/2023
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Nu phone who dis?
It is very early days and already, in what appears to be a finely calibrated insult to make David Seymour appear weak, Winston Peters has responded to the first overture from the Act leader for talks by ignoring him.