Human Rights, Psychos and Opposition

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Date published: 11:08 am, November 11th, 2015 - 92 comments

New Zealand’s bloody awful parliamentary debacle.

No Friends: The One about Rachel

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Date published: 10:51 am, November 11th, 2015 - 21 comments

The latest celebrity gossip is that pseudo journalist Rachel Glucina’s naff website Scout is about to do the walk of shame. Karma’s a truly wonderful thing.

Joining the dots

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Date published: 7:04 am, November 11th, 2015 - 90 comments

Was Key’s “outburst” in Parliament yesterday an outburst, or was it a strategy?

Open mike 11/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 11th, 2015 - 119 comments

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Daily Review 10/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, November 10th, 2015 - 41 comments

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Serial fondler accuses Labour of “backing rapists”

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Date published: 4:10 pm, November 10th, 2015 - 214 comments

Serial fondler of young persons’ hair and celebrity PM impersonator John Key lost it in Parliament today.

The Christmas Island riots

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Date published: 2:18 pm, November 10th, 2015 - 99 comments

The barbaric treatment of New Zealand citizens by the Australian Government ought to attract condemnation and urgent diplomatic representations. But nothing is happening. Surely this is a time that John Key should get some guts. But instead of this he has accused the opposition of supporting rapists. Updated with video from Question one in Parliament today.

There is Hope.

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Date published: 9:00 am, November 10th, 2015 - 65 comments

Anarchism, past and present.

Maori Television’s receptionists

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Date published: 8:07 am, November 10th, 2015 - 18 comments

Two liked and respected receptionists at Maori Television have lost their jobs because they are not fluent in Te Reo.  But half of the executive are also not fluent speakers yet they retain their jobs.

Inequality is a choice

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Date published: 7:10 am, November 10th, 2015 - 65 comments

Inequality is a choice. It isn’t a choice made by individuals, it is a choice made by governments. Check out Joseph Stiglitz’s new book Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity.

Open mike 10/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2015 - 88 comments

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While we are at it – let’s try to save the planet

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Date published: 12:32 am, November 10th, 2015 - 49 comments

Can’t be many more important campaigns than saving the planet right?  Only people power will change the current economic levers which are designed to burn burn burn.  We have the chance to join with others around the world ahead of the climate talks in Paris to send a strong message to our Government that we […]

Daily Review 09/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 40 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 …

Minister declined to comment…

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Date published: 2:59 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 9 comments

Isn’t it amazing how many Ministers can’t wait to front up to the media when they are selling. But when it comes to after sale service they just don’t want to front?

Labour, identity, class and winning

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Date published: 2:00 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 54 comments

The question of identity politics and Labour’s direction just never go away. But maybe we’re just thinking about it all wrong.

Kelvin Davis on Christmas Island

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Date published: 1:00 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 45 comments

Kelvin Davis showed this video to the Labour Party conference on the weekend.  Following news of the riot it has become a must watch.

The cost of cancer

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Date published: 12:55 pm, November 9th, 2015 - 39 comments

When people are turning in these numbers to crowd-funding for treatment something is seriously, seriously wrong.

Little’s speech – reaction

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Date published: 7:01 am, November 9th, 2015 - 61 comments

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Open mike 09/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 9th, 2015 - 116 comments

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Andrew Little’s speech to the Labour 2015 conference

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Date published: 12:07 pm, November 8th, 2015 - 182 comments

Details of Andrew Little’s speech to be delivered today to the Labour Party conference.

Updated with the full text of the speech.

Poverty’s Beneficiaries.

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Date published: 10:02 am, November 8th, 2015 - 68 comments

While pondering this post, I was pointed to a post from last year, in which poverty and the cost of breakfast were on the agenda. Stephanie was writing in response to the ignorance of Nikki Kaye who claimed that giving affordable nutritious breakfast to children was easy. While I haven’t taken the time to read all of the comments on the subject, I thought Stephanie proved the point quite aptly that the reality is far different than the hypothetical world of poverty in which Nikki Kaye lives.

The free market’s inability to handle climate change

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Date published: 9:49 am, November 8th, 2015 - 150 comments

Two recent events, one involving a WTO challenge to India’s subsidy for local Solar Panel manufacturers and the other the local review of New Zealand’s electricity grid suggest that the free market is not the best mechanism to use to create sustainable electricity supply.

Len Brown stands down

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Date published: 9:14 am, November 8th, 2015 - 59 comments

Len Brown has announced that he will not contest the Auckland Mayoralty next year.

Open mike 08/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 8th, 2015 - 65 comments

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Grant Robertson’s speech to the 2015 Labour Conference

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Date published: 11:43 am, November 7th, 2015 - 68 comments

The text of Grant Robertson’s speech to the 2015 annual Labour Conference.

National – rubbish at everything except politics

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Date published: 9:19 am, November 7th, 2015 - 50 comments

National are rubbish at everything except politics. And that’s not politics in a good way.

Which Labour Party Conference is Brook Sabin at?

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Date published: 7:07 am, November 7th, 2015 - 148 comments

Brook Sabin has suggested that the Labour Party conference is in crisis following the release of the TPP text. He must be at a different conference to the one that I am at.

Labour – clearing the decks

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Date published: 6:47 am, November 7th, 2015 - 54 comments

Labour has positioned itself astutely in the run up to and early stages of its conference. Best news, there will be proper cooperation with The Greens next election.

Open mike 07/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 am, November 7th, 2015 - 50 comments

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Daily Review 06/11/2015

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Date published: 6:00 pm, November 6th, 2015 - 25 comments

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Labour’s conference

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Date published: 1:36 pm, November 6th, 2015 - 118 comments

Labour’s conference will be in full swing this weekend. Don’t expect any policy fireworks.

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