Open mike 25/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 25th, 2020 - 116 comments

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The current National party.

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Date published: 3:06 pm, May 24th, 2020 - 62 comments

The change of leadership inside of National is essentially meaningless. All it seems to have started is exposing the kind of internecine factional warfare that is lurking below their party surface. I can’t see the inexperienced National team, even with Amy Adams back in it, being able to make the kinds of long-term decisions required in a modern world.

On the Road with Todd and Ken

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Date published: 10:05 am, May 24th, 2020 - 57 comments

Catherine Delahunty recounts an impression of Todd Muller from her days as an Green MP. “The road to polite and personal good will is worth driving when there is no urgency and no deep changes required. It is good to arrive somewhere without personal damage and with genuine good will but it is not the base for addressing the most critical issues of our time.”

Open mike 24/05/2020

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Date published: 1:20 am, May 24th, 2020 - 131 comments

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Todd Muller is no Jacinda Ardern

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Date published: 7:45 am, May 23rd, 2020 - 151 comments

Is Todd Muller the solution to National’s inability to deal with Jacinda Ardern?

Constitutions that build citizen power and joy

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Date published: 7:05 am, May 23rd, 2020 - 34 comments

Emerging from the current crisis, what kind of state can be envisaged that could do the opposite of this consciousness deflation, by enabling and encouraging an empowered citizenry, and harnessing public intelligence, creativity and ingenuity for the common good?

Open mike 23/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 23rd, 2020 - 145 comments

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Nat Vote: And the Loser Is ….

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Date published: 11:50 am, May 22nd, 2020 - 197 comments

The Nation holds its breath as the dullest political leadership race in a generation snores to a close. Who will win by losing? Who will lose by winning? Who cares?

UPDATE: It’s Mullertime!

UPDATE: Bennett dumped!

Work ideas

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Date published: 8:13 am, May 22nd, 2020 - 28 comments

Jacinda Ardern has floated the idea of a four day working week and Grant Robertson wants to change the future of work.  Maybe they should get on and do it.

Open mike 22/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 22nd, 2020 - 138 comments

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The Colmar Brunton poll

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Date published: 5:55 pm, May 21st, 2020 - 213 comments

Results will be posted as soon as they are through. Update:  Simon is in trouble.

Who wants to lead the National Party?

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Date published: 8:31 am, May 21st, 2020 - 93 comments

Tomorrow the National Party caucus meet to decide on a leadership challenge mounted by Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye.  Both parties obviously think they have the numbers.  Which MPs are misleading them?

No Right Turn on scrutiny of the COVID-19 Bill

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Date published: 7:05 am, May 21st, 2020 - 8 comments

Hopefully, this post-legislative scrutiny will provide a chance to correct any excesses.

Open mike 21/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 21st, 2020 - 114 comments

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This is exactly why the MSM should be scrutinised as much as the government

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Date published: 2:22 pm, May 20th, 2020 - 37 comments

The Herald’s misleading, clickbait sound-biting of Labour MP Tamati Coffey isn’t even close to what we need in reporting from the Epidemic Response Committee.

The International investigation into Covid-19

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Date published: 10:08 am, May 20th, 2020 - 81 comments

More than 110 nations have backed a call for the World Health Organisation to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 virus outbreak.

Dead man walking

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Date published: 7:00 am, May 20th, 2020 - 106 comments

The media is reporting there will be a vote of no confidence in Simon Bridges’ leadership at next week’s National caucus meeting.

Open mike 20/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 20th, 2020 - 128 comments

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Mark Richardson for National leader!

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Date published: 11:08 am, May 19th, 2020 - 27 comments

Michelle Boag thinks that Mark Richardson should be the next National leader after Simon Bridges.  Here at the Standard we wish to endorse this proposal.

Pollwatch for Newshub/Reid Research poll, 18th May 2020

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Date published: 10:00 am, May 19th, 2020 - 53 comments

The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is a bloodbath for National- but who are the likely victims? Pollwatch is back, this time with a model for electorate winners and losers to add onto the party vote stats.

What does National do in Epsom?

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Date published: 7:00 am, May 19th, 2020 - 33 comments

Last night’s Reid Research Newshub poll result will be reverberating through National’s caucus.  And raises the question, do they gift Epsom to ACT and maybe get a right wing MP or do they preserve every seat they can for themselves.

Open mike 19/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 19th, 2020 - 105 comments

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Newshub Poll Shock!

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Date published: 6:30 pm, May 18th, 2020 - 158 comments

The May 2020 Newshub/Reid Research poll is astonishing. You’ve have, quite literally, never seen anything like it.

Open mike 18/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 18th, 2020 - 136 comments

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“Is there even a point in having the Greens anymore?”

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Date published: 12:31 pm, May 17th, 2020 - 104 comments

Yes lefties, there is, and it’s not rocket science.

Liberal redneck on progress in rural America

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Date published: 11:32 am, May 17th, 2020 - 21 comments

Taking a break from the apocalypse to talk about the problem with the Democrats and rural voters.

Open mike 17/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 17th, 2020 - 131 comments

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Should Parents and Teachers Defy the Government?

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Date published: 4:02 pm, May 16th, 2020 - 66 comments

School’s back on Monday, but the medical community is still struggling to understand covid 19

Oh Sweden

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Date published: 9:53 am, May 16th, 2020 - 108 comments

Just when we thought liberal democracies meant real freedom was an absolute written into human rights stone, by mid-March this year almost all OECD countries had implemented the most draconian reversal of lockdowns on every single human to combat Covid19. Except Sweden. How is it working out?

Don’t infect your feline master!

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Date published: 9:29 am, May 16th, 2020 - 16 comments

In terrible news, our feline masters can both get covid-19, and they can infect other cats. Fortunately so far they have largely been asymptomatic apart from some big cats.

We don’t know if there can be cat to human transmission. But I suspect it is likely. Obvious implications about being a issue for breaking transmission chains.

Open mike 16/05/2020

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Date published: 6:00 am, May 16th, 2020 - 87 comments

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