Little gone
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Date published: 10:10 am, August 1st, 2017 - 187 comments
Andrew Little has stepped down – expects Jacinda to replace him.
ACT in blue – gives up all pretense
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Date published: 10:04 am, August 1st, 2017 - 10 comments
Labour leadership meeting
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Date published: 8:33 am, August 1st, 2017 - 169 comments
At 10:30 this morning there is a Labour caucus meeting where the subject of the leadership will be discussed. If Andrew Little decides to step down rumours suggest that a Jacinda Ardern / Kelvin Davis ticket is being considered.
Trump to Scaramucci – you’re fired!
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Date published: 7:23 am, August 1st, 2017 - 4 comments
The media is reporting that Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after only ten days in the job as White House communications director.
NZF members are lefties – will they get a say in choosing government?
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Date published: 7:03 am, August 1st, 2017 - 19 comments
Current polls leave National/minor and Labour/Green both short of majority. The chances of NZF determining the shape of the next government are increasing. I’ve always assumed that Peters would go with National, but maybe not, if NZF members get a say.
Open Mike 01/08/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, August 1st, 2017 - 73 comments
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Step up to the mike …
Daily Review 31/07/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 31st, 2017 - 103 comments
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
US Leaves Kansas.
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Date published: 4:28 pm, July 31st, 2017 - 18 comments
I guess it’s kind of hard to anchor something that’s all up in the air…
Caution: Taking polling at face value may induce political whiplash
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Date published: 10:07 am, July 31st, 2017 - 114 comments
With all the speculation about polls, it’s time to have a discussion about polling and the cold, hard facts around it. Is it good news for the left?
#LeftwithEnough
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Date published: 7:30 am, July 31st, 2017 - 14 comments
Mary St George writes about participatory democracy in this year’s election and the new twitter chat #LeftwithEnough.
Metiria’s gamble pays off in latest poll
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Date published: 7:02 am, July 31st, 2017 - 157 comments
To what must be intense annoyance from angry right-wing pundits, Metiria Turei’s gamble seems to have paid off for The Greens, an indication (though mind that margin of error) that there could be a real appetite for a Corbyn-style political revolution this election.
This is no ordinary election (f*ck the polls)
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Date published: 6:30 am, July 31st, 2017 - 122 comments
This isn’t a set in stone election, it’s one that is in the midst of change, quite possibly big change. The Greens opened a door, what can we do to step through?
Open Mike 31/07/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 31st, 2017 - 65 comments
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National’s 2017 election list
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Date published: 12:52 pm, July 30th, 2017 - 21 comments
National’s 2017 list has been announced and it has a very same old same old feel about it.
The Dinner Party
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Date published: 12:29 pm, July 30th, 2017 - 4 comments
An entirely relevant piece of prop from overseas.
Digitally shaping the election
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Date published: 10:49 am, July 30th, 2017 - 22 comments
Social media offers a rich tool for profiling voters and targeting election advertising or informal messaging. There’s a good piece on RNZ today looking at the issue. How long before we see the methods used by Brexit and Trump campaigns employed in NZ?
Open Mike 30/07/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 30th, 2017 - 215 comments
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American political right -spectacular self-harm
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Date published: 9:51 am, July 29th, 2017 - 42 comments
I know that insane news out of America has become predictably ho-hum, but this week has been stunning. There is now a real risk that the Republican administration will break healthcare deliberately and burn their own people out of spite. That’s the level of right-wing politics in America.
A tale of three immigrants
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Date published: 8:52 am, July 29th, 2017 - 26 comments
The Government is refusing to allow a Tongan family with a very sick child and an American family who ran a very successful cafe from staying in New Zealand but rolled out the red carpet to an uber rich American who did not meet all of the requirements.
Reactions to Metiria – the political and the personal
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Date published: 7:04 am, July 29th, 2017 - 181 comments
There are basically two kinds of reaction to Metiria’s bombshell, the practiced “outrage’ of the usual political operatives, and the support of the ordinary people. I think that the louder the operatives shout, the more that people are going to side with the under-dog.
Open Mike 29/07/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 29th, 2017 - 67 comments
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Daily Review 28/07/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 28th, 2017 - 37 comments
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Climate Change actions for the middle classes
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Date published: 1:05 pm, July 28th, 2017 - 33 comments
It’s time to put our money and resources where our hearts and minds and values are.
The Failed Estate – Flake News
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Date published: 10:46 am, July 28th, 2017 - 2 comments
Mr Denmore of the failed estate explores the increasing irrelevance that Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids are having on Australian politics.
Blind to the facts on Auckland rail
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Date published: 7:03 am, July 28th, 2017 - 59 comments
Ben Ross at The Spinoff “The government’s continued support of the road freight industry in preference to expanding the role of rail, in the face of the data in this report, makes a complete mockery of its claim to prudent economic management. It makes, instead, a pretty good case for incompetence, or cronyism, or both.”
Open Mike 28/07/2017
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Date published: 6:00 am, July 28th, 2017 - 65 comments
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Daily Review 27/07/2017
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Date published: 5:30 pm, July 27th, 2017 - 56 comments
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Paula Bennett gets owned by Phil Twyford in question time
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Date published: 4:35 pm, July 27th, 2017 - 22 comments
This afternoon in Parliament during question time Paula Bennett showed clearly that this Government has no idea what to do about the housing crisis.
ETS – That’s our coffin they’re talking about
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Date published: 12:29 pm, July 27th, 2017 - 4 comments
Professor Euan Mason of the University of Canterbury’s School of Forestry in response to the proposed changes: “This is the nail in the coffin of our ETS.”
National’s Bennett problem
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Date published: 8:17 am, July 27th, 2017 - 94 comments
Graham Adams at Noted on Paula Bennett: “Nevertheless, these questions are not going to go away and what is certain is that Bill English can not afford to have Bennett share billboard space with him until they are answered satisfactorily”.
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