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Twopenneth on MMP and Class
class war, democratic participation, First Past the Post, Left, MMP, Politics, Single Transferable Vote, uncategorized, workers' rightsA contribution to the current discussion of MMP and the next election.
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If you want to change the Government …
It is crunch time. The next five days may determine who is the next Government.
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The problem with foreign funded polls
Why does our media allow potentially foreign funded polls that are out of kilter with other polling results to affect local political discourse?
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Why does National despise the poor?
Under National the MSD thinks that food is not an essential need. And it pushed through under urgency a botched up law change which cut the benefits for tens of thousands of elderly kiwis.
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Greenpeace: Why the 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change
The UNEP’s new report ‘Limiting Overshoot’ outlines a pathway called “overshoot, peak and decline” to minimise and adapt to the impacts of an exceedance and an eventual return to 1.5°C.
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Sack Him Christopher
China, Christopher Luxon, coalition of chaos, culture, Diplomacy, discrimination, doofus of the week, exports, helen clark, nz first, racism, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, winston petersAfter the 2005 election, the Chinese Embassy sent Zhang Wei to ask me if Winston Peters would follow Labour government policy. I said I didn’t know, but would ask.
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Jones should be sacked
Shane Jones underscored Christopher Luxon’s weakness by telling him publicly that he needed to “take off your kneepads” when receiving a visit from foreign leaders without repercussion.
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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.
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The trouble with AI
Is AI the great savoiur for our civilisation? Or a fast track to environmental, social and economic devasation?
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They all do it…
australian politics, China, chris hipkins, culture, Deep stuff, Diplomacy, exports, FiveEyes, Free Trade, helen clark, human rights, nuclear-free, Peace, Propaganda, Spying, trade, Xi JinpingFiveEyes issues warning re possible Chinese intelligence recruiting methods! Beware! China issues warning re already recruited anti-China MPs. Cue shock horror!
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No nukes
Christopher Luxon, Disarmament, don brash, national, nuclear war, nuclear-free, Peace, same old national, uncategorizedThe timing of the recent suggestion by Chris Penk that New Zealand should review its nuclear free policy makes you wonder if the Trump Administration has applied pressure to do so.
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Hegseth accuses New Zealand of freeloading because we don’t want to arm for war
Disarmament, Donald Trump, International, nuclear war, Peace, politicans, uncategorized, us politics, warPete Hegseth has claimed that New Zealand is freeloading because it is not spending enough of weapons of war at a time of international chaos created by the United States.
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Who’s best on Foreign Affairs?
China, Christopher Luxon, coalition of chaos, Diplomacy, election 2026, International, Iran, israel, law, military, Peace, Peace, Teanau Tuiono, trade, us politics, Vanushi Walters, war, winston petersWhen Ambassador Chen Mingming sent Zhang Wei in 2005 to ask me whether Winston Peters would follow government policy, I said I didn’t know but would ask. I did, and he did.
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As stable as a three legged stool?
The Peters-Willis-Jones stoush during the past week underlines the importance of Labour indicating that it will not go into coalition with NZ First after the next election.
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Trump v Pope Leo
Following threats against Canada, Greenland, Denmark and engaging in attacks on Iran, Venezuela, Latin America, Nigeria, Syria and Iraq Donald Trump has now attacked the Pope.
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Divide and Prosper – the evil genius of the UAE
Israel is the UAE’s close ally. They collaborate on the War on Iran and in heartless state-destruction campaigns for greater geopolitical weight in the region
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Towards an independent Foreign Policy
Christopher Luxon, Donald Trump, International, israel, nicola willis, us politics, Vanushi Walters, warVanushi Walters has outlined a stark contrast between the Government’s appeasement of Donald Trump and Labour’s desire to have an independent principle based foreign policy.
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David Seymour wants to snuff out bottlenecks and barriers to our response to global fuel uncertainty
David Seymour is supplying misleading ideas on how to boost our fuel resilience.
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The Government wants to make workers more unsafe
Stand with Pike representatives have submitted to the Government that its proposed changes to worker safety laws will make people less safe at work.
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Why does this Government hate poor people?
benefits, Christopher Luxon, class, class war, Economy, nicola willis, poverty, Shane Jones, welfareThe Government will today announce its response to increasing pressure on household budgets cause by the oil crisis. And it seems inevitable that poor people who are not working will be excluded from its effect.
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Our Willingness To Earn US Approval, Via China-Bashing
australian politics, China, defence, Donald Trump, Hong Kong, Iran, israel, military, national/act government, Pacific, Peace, Peace, us politics, warThe Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era.
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Greenpeace on NZ’s Fuel Supply Resiliency Plan
“True resilience will not come from stockpiling more finite, fossil fuels, but from reducing our reliance on fossil fuels altogether.” – Greenpeace
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What will Winston do if National sacks Luxon?
chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, crosby textor, Media, Politics, spin, taxpayers union, uncategorized, winston petersWinston Peters has been in this scenario before. The brutal replacement of Jim Bolger as PM in 1997 eventually saw Peters walk away from the coalition. What will happen this time around?
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Iran: Compounding Chaos
Trump’s attack on Iran, in cahoots with, or in support of, his regional proxy, Israel, is illegal, but also unconscionable in moral and […]
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New Zealand needs regime change
Christopher Luxon, Donald Trump, International, israel, Peace, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorized, us politics, war, you couldn't make this shit upA prime minister who does not understand how vulnerable New Zealand’s economy is to a Middle Eastern war as we have now, is a Prime Minister who should be removed from office.
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So much for being the President of Peace
Trump’s attack on Iran is one hell of a way to divert away from the Epstein files.
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In support of Chris Bishop
Chris Bishop was forced to eat humble pie this week on his plan to make Auckland a more compact city. And the Government’s backflip on the number of new dwellings makes a mockery of Auckland Council’s recent consultation on Plan Change 120. How councillors are supposed to weigh the new proposal with open minds under that kind of pressure is anyone’s guess.
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Fining beggars
Fining beggers will only increase their problems and moving them on will not solve the problem only spread it around.
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2.8% of New Zealand population outbound in 2 years as division widens
OPINION: I visited Facebook recently and noticed some fake accounts (you know the ones with AI pictures depicting Māori in an unfavourable light, along with NZ flags featured prominently, as if love for a country is about a piece of cloth), and there’s a distinct anti-Indian sentiment being cultivated on the platform
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Fast Track law fails at the first big hurdle
Environmental groups have cheered the draft Panel’s decision refusing to allow Taranaki’s continental shelf from being smashed up to extract rare earth minerals. But how will the Government respond?
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Shane Jones loves fossil fuels
Christopher Luxon, climate change, Environment, national, nz first, same old national, science, Shane JonesNational has allowed Shane Jones to effectively veto the country signing up to a road map away from the use of fossil fuels supported by much of the world that was consistent with current policy settings.
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What does Labour do about Winston?
act, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, climate change, election 2026, greens, labour, maori party, national, nz first, political parties, science, te pāti māori, winston petersCurrent polling suggests that we may witness something that has not happened before, a one term National Government. But this may mean Labour making a deal with Winston Peters. What should Labour do?
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Flooding the zone with Trump trumps Godwin’s law
When intensely watching the orange orangutan in the White House we miss the invisible gorilla in the oval room.
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The death of truth
Deep stuff, Donald Trump, making shit up, Media, media abuse, social media, spin, us politics, you couldn't make this shit upThe competing social media takes based on video that clearly shows that the shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good was totally unjustified shows how dominant social discord is now considered to be more important than truth.
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Politician of the year?
Brooke van Velden, chris bishop, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Free Trade, greens, labour, national, nz first, trade, winston petersChris Bishop is thought by some to be the politician of the year, mainly for drafting a couple of bills plaigarised from the work of David Parker and untested promises to build hugely expensive roads of National significance. But they are ignoring the most extraordinary performance by an opposition leader in recent decades.
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Pirates of the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific. The White House National Security Strategy.
Abuse of power, assets, defence, democracy under attack, Diplomacy, Disarmament, Donald Trump, Free Trade, history, military, Pacific, Peace, Peace, Russia, us politics, warthe US administration stresses that countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan will need to militarise as never before in peacetime to keep China in its place.
