Open mike 01/09/2023
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Daily review 31/08/2023
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The report of our death has been grossly exaggerated
Now is not the time to give up, now is the time to work harder at winning.
Open mike 31/08/2023
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Daily review 30/08/2023
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Labour should not cut spending on climate change
At a time when the effects of Climate Change are becoming pronounced now is not the time to cut spending on carbon reduction projects.
Open mike 30/08/2023
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Daily review 29/08/2023
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New Zealand’s Greatest Economic Threat is Fonterra
Fonterra represents New Zealand’s largest internal economic threat. And promise.
Open mike 29/08/2023
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Daily review 28/08/2023
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Hipkins rules out coalition with Peters
Yesterday was a good day for Labour. Leader Chris Hipkins started talking about what the party stood for and what its values are while also ruling out a coalition with NZ First.
Open mike 28/08/2023
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Be afraid be very afraid – the next Government could be really strange
If there was a change of Government the next Government could potentially be full of fundamentalist Christians, anti vaxers and all sorts of people whose view of Aotearoa is not conventional or reality based.
Open mike 27/08/2023
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Self-destructive stupidity, New Zealand style
Belief in capricious gods would explain the perplexing habit of governments with intelligent and informed people to embrace policies which are manifestly an example of self-destructive stupidity. Clever people doing stupid things.
Semour is more like Rimmer than Mandela
David Seymour reached more absurd levels of idiocy this week with a suggestion that if he was alive Nelson Mandela would be an Act supporter.
National’s very bad week
National MP Tim Van Der Molen has been found to have been in contempt of Parliament for aggressive, hostile and threatening behaviour towards Labour MP Shannan Halbert during a select committee hearing.
Foreign Interference
New Zealand Parliamentarians are certainly facing foreign-funded political interference from China. It’s just not from the official Communist Party-led nation.
Open mike 26/08/2023
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Daily review 25/08/2023
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Eugenie Sage’s farewell
As always, if you want to understand green politics, listen to what the Green MPs say themselves. This speech is no exception.
Open mike 25/08/2023
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Daily review 24/08/2023
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Open mike 24/08/2023
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Daily review 23/08/2023
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Fifteen Green MPs, or more
The political courage of the Green Party is paying off.
Open mike 23/08/2023
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Daily review 22/08/2023
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Education policy and the compulsory teaching of subjects
The brains trust of Labour’s leadership have recently released a policy providing for the compulsory teaching of financial literacy in schools. Tacking to the centre and seeking votes from the pro business part of the electorate is an interesting approach to campaigning. Time will tell if it is the correct approach.
This press release was brought to you on behalf of National’s sponsors
It has been revealed that National issued a press release in support of litigation taken against the Government by a company without disclosing that the manager of the company had previously made significant donations to National.
Open mike 22/08/2023
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Daily review 21/08/2023
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Open mike 21/08/2023
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Later Stuart
Stuart Nash has given a valedictory speech which could have been delivered by a retiring National MP.
Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist’s perspective, it’s inevitable
Dr Mike Joy on the ecological imperative of degrowth