The Fire at Will campaign
It’s good to see the Council of Trade Unions offering solidarity to non-union workers who are subject to National’s fire at will law […]
DL Christchurch, change of speaker, plus other DL events
Labour leader Phil Goff will now be speaking at DL Christchurch this Thursday. Therese Arsenau has moved to a later date. When: 7pm, March […]
Funny because it’s true
This has to be the funniest political cartoon I’ve seen in some time, and it’s true too. The innovation we need has to […]
What it’s about
One of the most disappointing things about the debate over National’s fire at will law is how little its supporters understand the basic […]
Let the Nats know that women matter too
National/ACT’s record for women so far has been dismal . Their work rights have been slashed by the Fire at Will law (women […]
Running the lines
No surprise to see The Herald editorial still running National’s lines. Now that Key’s equivocating on National’s planned tax cuts Granny’s right in […]
The idiocy of “glorious defeat”
Chris Trotter has decided to take umbrage at my post about the 1951 lockout. I wouldn’t usually reply to such criticism but this […]
The Mad Hatter’s Job Summit
There was a conference going on in the south of the city, and the Prime Minister, the Cheshire Fat Cat, and his cronies […]
Pragmatically, the tax changes need to go
The debate around whether we should go through with National’s tax adjustments (they’re only cuts for the rich, they’re increases for middle and […]
You’ve got to know to understand (and be able to talk about it)
In the greatest economic crisis in a lifetime, we remain the only country in the world whose government has done nothing to try […]
Bottoms up, Bill
It’s said that, once upon a time, Bill Ralston had a social conscience. He still claims to be a leftie at heart. If […]
Stupid and mean
Today marks the first time in over a decade that workers’ rights have got weaker. From today new workers in small businesses will […]
Remember the big picture, Fran
Fran, you’re pretty smart, you can do maths, and you understand the economy. You’re ideology is fundamentally flawed but at least you’ve got […]
Just saying
Let me just say I’m not against public spending on things like conferences. But I feel obliged to point out the job summit […]
Granny’s little fit
The crazy right-wing antics of today’s Herald would be funny if it wasn’t for the fact it’s the main paper in New Zealand’s […]
Nineteen fifty one
Today marks the anniversary of Holland’s deployment of the army to break the waterfront union in 1951. The documentary produced for the dispute’s […]
It’s raining men
A reader just sent us this one minute montage of photos from John Key’s jobs summit. Enjoy.
Launch of DL – Dunedin
I’ve just got an email on the launch of the Drinking Liberally chapter in Dunedin: Come raise your spirits as you raise a […]
Spot the odd one out
I grabbed the stills from this Herald video of the Jobs Summit – can you see her? Worth watching the first 10 seconds of […]
The praiseworthy and the pitiful
Trevor Mallard for getting himself into one of those complex, multi-blog conversations and pulling it off. A Started when he commented on a Kiwiblog post […]
No, you leave YOUR ideology at the door
There’s all this rubbish at the moment about people moving beyond ideology. At the Jobs Summit, attendees were harangued to ‘leave your ideology […]
Emigration still trendy
Herald: “Almost 1000 a week leaving for Australia. The flood of migrants across the Tasman continues unabated, with latest figures showing New Zealanders […]
I wish my house was clean coal clean
Re: cycle
According to Stuff: “Another idea on the table [at the Jobs Summit] is a $50 million cycleway built the length of the country. […]
The cost of doing (next to) nothing
Bill English is holding the country’s purse like an old woman on the subway. Far from doing what every other country is doing, injecting […]
Views from the Job Summit
– “Very clear that this is all about showing a consensus behind Key. That’s the mood among my colleagues. Seen some unionists about, […]
Airbrushing at will
Via Farrar’s site I’ve come across this a lovely piece of Government spin. It’s a PDF document checking off everything National’s done in […]
Previewing the jobs summit
Tomorrow, John Key’s much anticipated jobs summit will take place. It’s a big deal, it’s got a logo and everything. Unfortunately, John seems […]
A component of a component
A regular reader of The Standard, Adders, has sent us in this cartoon, inspired by Key’s answers in the patsy interview with the […]
Electives
If the 20 new elective surgery theatres Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced were going to be funded with new money, I would […]
Conferences are wasteful, unless you’re hosting
Lyndon Hood does it again: The National Government has cancelled another conference, with Prime Minister John Key describing it as “a waste of […]
Now comes the hard part
I get why the government is riding so high in the polls. John Key looks confident amd relaxed albeit a little goofy sometimes […]
Herald: “we’ll dig our way out of this hole”
The Herald is again demonstrating its economic ignorance with its call for spending cuts in today’s editorial: Something has to give. If National […]
‘Iconic’ bailouts
Bailing out a company like Air New Zealand is one thing. It has a multiplier effect on the local economy in tourism marketing, […]
What’s Bill planning?
Yesterday, Finance Minister Bill English made a big deal over the loss the New Zealand Superannuation Fund incurred last year. When you don’t […]
Brian Easton’s DL talk now online
For those of you who missed Brian Easton’s recent talk on the recession at Drinking Liberally Wgtn (or just couldn’t hear over the […]