Helen Kelly, together
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Date published: 8:30 am, December 14th, 2019 - 5 comments
We need your help to tell Helen’s story to New Zealanders in places and to communities who will otherwise not be reached. Please host a screening during the first two weeks of February, get your people there, and ask them to spread the word wider.
Open mike 14/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 14th, 2019 - 69 comments
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Is it better to deliver in Government or better to shine?
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 14th, 2019 - 180 comments
Let’s frame this in leftie terms: can you get in, do grunty policy moves, and stay popular?
Lefties on The Standard: UK election edition
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Date published: 7:10 am, December 13th, 2019 - 197 comments
A dedicated post on The Standard providing a discussion space for left-wing people only.
Open mike 13/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 13th, 2019 - 166 comments
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Daily review 12/12/2019
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 12th, 2019 - 63 comments
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Free Broadband
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Date published: 1:05 pm, December 12th, 2019 - 7 comments
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Brexit – sorry its not getting done anytime soon.
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Date published: 11:23 am, December 12th, 2019 - 5 comments
Can the Conservatives get brexit done by January 31st as they are promising in the election? The short answer is no. The slogan is catchy, and taps into public sentiment. But it is also pure unadulterated bullshit. If the Conservatives do form the next government these words will haunt them, especially Boris Johnson.
The Missing Millions
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Date published: 11:18 am, December 12th, 2019 - 18 comments
Millions of people and an entire region of the UK left out of polling calculations….
Bouganville and Brexit
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Date published: 8:19 am, December 12th, 2019 - 2 comments
The island of Bouganville has just had a vote towards independence from Papua New Guinea. The result has interesting similarities with the Brexit vote.
Thawing after the BRR
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Date published: 7:10 am, December 12th, 2019 - 27 comments
“The purpose of fiscal policy should be to ensure ongoing wellbeing for all and the health of our environment.”
Open mike 12/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 12th, 2019 - 94 comments
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Daily review 11/12/2019
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Date published: 5:55 pm, December 11th, 2019 - 12 comments
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Green Budget win backs public sector leadership on climate change
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Date published: 2:34 pm, December 11th, 2019 - 9 comments
“We want to make sure hospitals, schools and other public institutions can use energy in a more climate-friendly way, cut emissions, and lower their energy bills.”
Pop Media Bullshit – another example.
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Date published: 9:24 am, December 11th, 2019 - 10 comments
It’s said that in times of war, the first casualty is truth. Well, since truth is taking such a pummeling these days, it follows that we are at war, no?
Then they came for public art
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 11th, 2019 - 6 comments
The conservative leadership in the United States and in Australia are both taking steps to attack the sustainability of public art. Shame on them.
Open mike 11/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 11th, 2019 - 145 comments
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The freedom to lie during an election campaign
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Date published: 6:55 am, December 11th, 2019 - 75 comments
Two recent National advertisements involving drastically inaccurate graphics have attracted attention. And at the same time National is opposing changes to the Electoral Law that would extend the time that it is an offence to publish a false and misleading advertisement during an election period.
Daily review 10/12/2019
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Date published: 5:44 pm, December 10th, 2019 - 29 comments
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The NHS and privatisation
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Date published: 12:14 pm, December 10th, 2019 - 18 comments
The NHS is well loved by the British public. It is seen as something which makes British society decent and civilised. That the NHS is now stretched and badly underfunded is seen as a national outrage. Fears of even further privatisation of the NHS due to a US trade deal has unsurprisingly made the NHS the number one election issue.
Rent increased over 40% under National (Key years)
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Date published: 10:24 am, December 10th, 2019 - 137 comments
Now Simon Bridges as a bridge to sell you.
Crash ‘n Burn
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Date published: 10:14 am, December 10th, 2019 - 17 comments
A chuttering PM and…well, I guess being left speechless.
Open mike 10/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 10th, 2019 - 77 comments
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Daily review 09/12/2019
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Date published: 6:16 pm, December 9th, 2019 - 29 comments
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Northern Ireland’s precarious peace
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Date published: 12:37 pm, December 9th, 2019 - Comments Off on Northern Ireland’s precarious peace
On Friday, UK leader of the opposition revealed a leaked Treasury Paper which undermines the Prime Ministers claims that there will be no checks on goods moving between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. My earlier post on each of the party’s Brexit positions pointed out how critical Northern Ireland has been in the Brexit debate.
ACC are bankrolling the climate crisis
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Date published: 10:35 am, December 9th, 2019 - 18 comments
Why is ACC dragging the chain on fossil fuel divestment, and why is Labour letting them?
Can UK Labour do it?
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Date published: 8:00 am, December 9th, 2019 - 164 comments
Very unlikely. From the polls taken in the UK few hours ago, the Conservatives are in for an historic fourth consecutive term in Parliament.
The plastics problem
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Date published: 7:10 am, December 9th, 2019 - 5 comments
It’s easy to mock the government’s latest single-use plastics ban, but the comprehensive plan it arises from is impressive work from Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage, including the shift to systems thinking and the far reaching implications of the government adopting this approach.
Open mike 09/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 9th, 2019 - 34 comments
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Open mike 08/12/2019
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 8th, 2019 - 122 comments
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How To Get There 8/12/19
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Date published: 7:00 am, December 8th, 2019 - 51 comments
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
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