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Homosexual law reform happened 30 years ago
Andrew Little, david cunliffe, Deep stuff, democratic participation, gay rights, grant robertson, Judith Collins, labour, national, phil goff, Politics, same old nationalSome thoughts on yesterday’s gay pride parade and why National has in the space of 30 years changed from being deeply anti gay rights to being superficially in support.
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Cunliffe v Key – Round 3
Round three between David Cunliffe and John Key is scheduled for tonight. John Campbell will moderate and Paul Henry will provide expert comment …
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Cunliffe 1 Key 0
Two new polls with different conclusions drawn and the first Leadership debate with a win to David Cunliffe. He may be a sterling campaign away from being the next Prime Minister.
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David Cunliffe’s speech to the Labour Party congress
David Cunliffe’s speech to the Labour Party congress delivered today.
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“A Nation of Opportunity” – Cunliffe’s speech
The text of David Cunliffe’s state of the nation speech from today’s meeting in Kelston.
Update: youtube of speech added
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David Cunliffe’s first hundred days
David Cunliffe has now been Labour leader for 100 days. This marks a good time for reflection on what has happened and how well he has done. And a chance to have a look into the future and predict what may happen in the next 12 months.
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Cunliffe attacks Nats’ crony capitalism
David Cunliffe went to the lion’s den yesterday with a speech telling a meeting of Kensington Swan’s receivership and liquidation lawyers that there would be a lot less work for them under Labour but saying “the Labour Party is not your enemy. Your enemy is inefficiency, corruption, and the wastage of both public and private wealth. Your enemy is a cosy corruption that helps a few friends of the government get very rich at the expense of the community.”
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It Is Not Enough Only to Change the Government
act, Austerity, australian politics, Bernie Sanders, capital gains, capitalism, chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, class war, Coalition NZ, coalition of chaos, cost of living, david parker, david seymour, Economy, election 2023, election 2026, election funding, elections, greens, helen clark, inequality, jacinda ardern, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, labour, Left, national, national/act government, nz first, political alternatives, Politics, polls, social democracy, tax, te pāti māori, treasury, uk politics, us politics, vision, winston petersEveryone on the left can agree that we must change the government. Elliot Crossan argues that if Labour wins in 2026 and refuses […]
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The other Jacinda Book
Shortly after the release of Jacinda Ardern’s autobiography comes news of the release of a new biography for which the funding of and motivation for are not clear.
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Labour and National and Industry Intervention
Minister Mahuta’s water reforms are by some measure the most consequential industry intervention of this Labour government, and likely to be the most successful in over a decade.
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The inside story of National’s civil war
Andrew Little, bill english, brand key, Christopher Luxon, jacinda ardern, john key, Judith Collins, Media, national, national/act government, nick smith, same old national, Simon Bridges, Steven Joyce, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, todd muller, trevor mallard, uncategorizedAndrea Vance’s book Blood Bath provides an insider’s view of the carnage that erupted in the National Party from 2017 to 2021. And while things have calmed down under Christopher Luxon’s his weaknesses, including his glossing over the importance of policy detail and his tendency to bag businesses has been noted.
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National’s civil war continues
In an extraordinary move National’s board has reselected Peter Goodfellow as Party Chairperson and this has caused former MP David Carter to resign as board member and express no confidence in the leadership or in National’s chances at the next election.
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Stick a fork in them, they’re done
The details of a particularly brutal National Party caucus meeting that resulted in Todd Muller announced his pending retirement from Parliament have been leaked in detail to the Herald’s Claire Trevett.
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National’s double standard
jacinda ardern, labour, Media, national, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, uncategorizedNational has a rather murky past when it comes to dealing with issues relating to the behaviour of its Members of Parliament.
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Taking out the trash – Whaleoil site sold to Blomfield
Matt Blomfield has brought the Whaleoil site from the official assignee. This fulfills a long held wish of, not only Matt, but a whole pile of people that this arsehole-run paid-for defamation lying site have damaged over the years. Chapter 27 of the Margie Thompson’s Whale Oil book is now available online…
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Aussie oi?
Overnight in Australia there was meant to be a change to a Labor Government. But something happened …
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Should he stay or should he go?
Tova O’Brien has reported that different National MPs are speaking out against Simon Bridges and that a coup against him may be in the offering.
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The Standard a decade on
LPrent and I had the chance recently to talk about the Standard and how it is going.
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Kiwis trust in Government surges
At the same time that business confidence is in negative territory overall trust in the Government has surged. Why is this?
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The Pike River Supreme Court decision – Helen Kelly would be pleased
david cunliffe, disaster, health and safety, Mining, national, Politics, same old national, Unions, workers' rightsHelen Kelly blogged four years ago why the deal that allowed Peter Whittall to walk free following the Pike River disaster was unjust and flawed. Yesterday the Supreme Court agreed.
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The election result
Some thoughts on the morning after a bitter sweet election result for Labour and the Greens.
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The Herald reverts to type
election 2017, jacinda ardern, john key, labour, Media, Politics, superannuation, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit upJohn Armstrong has come out in the Herald swinging wildly and claiming without evidence that Jacinda Ardern’s campaign has stalled, and criticized her policy positions but because he thinks they are only a bit better than National’s.
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Labour oppose visa scams – Nats would rather have the quick bucks
Labour is right to stress the many advantages that immigration brings to NZ, and right to address the major way in which it is being abused – student visa scams. Bill English has made National’s position clear, they would rather have the quick bucks.
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New Lynn should grab Greg Presland (damnit)
Greg Presland has been daft enough put his hand up for Labour candidate in New Lynn. That would be unfortunate for this site. But my advice for Labour and New Lynn is to grab him. Media say that the leading candidates are him and Deborah Russell. Regardless of a her competence, a non-Auckland resident is a big ask in the era of MMP seats.
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Labour Organising
democratic participation, greens, Jeremy Corbyn, labour, mana, political education, political parties, Politics, uk politicsFrom the UK. Organising 101.
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The unfortunate case of the Overseas Investment Office handling of the purchase of a Taranaki Farm
They say in politics that a news story is good for the opposition/bad for the Government if it hits the media cycle two days in a row. If it appears for a third or a fourth day then it is a crisis and urgent action is required. Louise Upston’s handling of the OIO is clearly a crisis.
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So, how would you spend $1.2B per year?
A Kiwi Kids allowance for all under fives, with totally fee free public primary and secondary schools.
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The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)
Abuse of power, accountability, activism, alcohol, assets, auckland supercity, benefits, brethren, business, child welfare, christchurch earthquake, climate change, Conservation, crosby textor, cycleway, Dirty Politics, disaster, economy, Economy, education, employment, energy, Environment, equality, exports, farming, farming, Financial markets, flip-flop, food, global warming, Globalisation, greens, health, health and safety, human rights, infrastructure, International, john key, Keynes, kiwisaver, labour, loan sharks, manufacturing, Maori Issues, minimum wage, Mining, Minister for International Embarrassment, Minister for Overseas Holidays, Minister for Photo-ops, monetary policy, national, national/act government, overseas investment, Parliament, political parties, Politics, poverty, Privatisation, privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, public services, racism, schools, science, scoundrels, slippery, Social issues, socialism, spin, Spying, superannuation, sustainability, tax, telecommunications, tourism, trade, transport, treasury, treaty settlements, unemployment, Unions, wages, workers' rights, you couldn't make this shit upHow many more lies will John Key tell today in his so-called State of the Nation address? Virtual chocolate fish to whomever guesses the closest number.
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The media in 2015
blogs, broadcasting, david cunliffe, john key, journalism, Judith Collins, Media, national, newspapers, radio, same old national, slippery, the praiseworthy and the pitifulSome random musings on what happened in New Zealand’s media this year.
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A Government of spin redux
articles, censorship, Deep stuff, democracy under attack, Media, national, same old national, spin, you couldn't make this shit upThe Herald has withdrawn a story that reported on Government pressure on the ERO to rewrite a report after what appears to be pressure from the Government to do so.
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Twelve long months
Andrew Little, crosby textor, election 2014, greens, john key, labour, Minister for Photo-ops, national, privatisation, same old national, slipperyTwelve months on from the last election and that brighter future we were promised has not happened.
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Two views on Titirangi’s Kauri
Rodney Hide has published a column about the ancient Titirangi Kauri which predictably argues that land owners should do what they want. But John Roughan has argued to the contrary in an article that will make you wonder if he is actually a greenie at heart.
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The Standard’s ten most commented on posts in 2014
Details of the ten posts in 2014 that attracted the most lively discussion.
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New Zealand Betrayed – Again
A guest post from BLiP on Labour’s support for the “terrorism” legislation.
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Why does the right control the English speaking world?
australian politics, class war, climate change, global warming, International, john key, national, uk politics, us politicsJason Wilson in the Guardian has asked a very relevant question. Why is the right currently dominant in the English speaking Western World and what does the left have to do to change this?
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RAW SHARK……THE CAFE, (a new t.v. pilot series) Episode One – “Shark Off”
After TV Two’s successful series of ‘allo, allo, allo, allo based at the Whale Oil Cafe, a pilot series “Raw Shark – the […]
