Polity: Electoral roll data

The electoral commission’s roll solution does two good things, and one regrettable thing. It would rule out misuse of the rolls for debt collection / product marketing purposes. Good – that isn’t what the electoral roll is for. It protects party/candidates access to electronic copies. But it continues to privilege them above other political advocates – bad!

Nick Smith lying with numbers.

Nick Smith is the front-man for this government on climate change, and it appears that he knows absolutely nothing about the numbers. The […]

Some stuff to read

A few good posts today that are worth a look if you missed them: Chris Trotter reckons the police and the media are […]

The Ultimate Flip-Flop

This straight from Public Address – Guest writer Simon Pound: John Key has announced the adoption of yet another flagship Labour policy having […]

Back in the real world

Let’s have another look at our friend, the distribution of income graph. The red circle is what most people earn. The blue circle […]