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
Open mike 20/08/2023
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Open mike 19/08/2023
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Daily review 18/08/2023
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David Seymour should be ashamed
David Seymour yesterday hit a new low in race baiting when he said that “in my fantasy we’d send a guy called Guy Fawkes in [to the ministry of Pacific Peoples] and it’d be all over”.
The other cost of living crisis
Our descendants will curse us
Open mike 18/08/2023
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Daily review 17/08/2023
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Why New Zealand First Will Get Back In
Winston’s term with Ardern shows what high-delivery, low-foolishness government looked like. That’s why he’s rising again.
Open mike 17/08/2023
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Daily review 16/08/2023
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What is at stake this election – housing
Since 2017 this Government has constructed 12,000 new Kainga Ora houses, overseen record numbers of new housing consents, moved to resolving the housing crisis and stabilised and reduced house prices. All this is at stake if there is a change of Government.
Open mike 16/08/2023
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Daily review 15/08/2023
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NZ First gets some hefty donations from National donors
Some donors normally associated with the National Party have recently made significant donations to the NZ First Party.
Open mike 15/08/2023
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Daily review 14/08/2023
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