Open mike 05/12/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2021 - 393 comments
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Who will be the next Auckland Mayor?
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Date published: 8:00 am, December 4th, 2021 - 35 comments
Efeso Collins has announced that if Phil Goff does not stand as Mayor and Labour runs a selection process for the next Mayoralty he would be keen to nominate.
Open mike 04/12/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2021 - 258 comments
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Daily review 03/12/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 3rd, 2021 - 38 comments
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Open mike 03/12/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 3rd, 2021 - 225 comments
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Daily review 02/12/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 2nd, 2021 - 21 comments
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Chris Luxon is not National’s messiah
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Date published: 9:16 am, December 2nd, 2021 - 245 comments
Two days into Chris Luxon’s reign as National leader and my initial impression is an overwhelming Meh.
Open mike 02/12/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 2nd, 2021 - 91 comments
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Daily review 01/12/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 1st, 2021 - 61 comments
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Open mike 01/12/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 1st, 2021 - 167 comments
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Daily review 30/11/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 30th, 2021 - 20 comments
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National’s new leader is …
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Date published: 2:06 pm, November 30th, 2021 - 291 comments
Chris Luxon is set to be the next leader of the National Party.
Wanted: a new Leader of the Opposition
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Date published: 7:12 am, November 30th, 2021 - 70 comments
National needs a new leader of the opposition. The Standard has been leaked a list of the necessary qualifications …
Open mike 30/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 30th, 2021 - 118 comments
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The US withdraws from Afghanistan and the inevitable happened
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Date published: 9:57 pm, November 29th, 2021 - Comments Off on The US withdraws from Afghanistan and the inevitable happened
The withdrawal in August of US and allied troops from Afghanistan saw the return of the Taliban in control of that country. This sadly was always going to be the outcome once the US and its allies withdrew.
Daily review 29/11/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 29th, 2021 - 37 comments
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Open mike 29/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 29th, 2021 - 338 comments
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National’s factional problem
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Date published: 9:18 am, November 28th, 2021 - 91 comments
National’s basic problem is that it has three discrete factions, christian conservatives, urban liberals and the country grouping. And no coherent vision to reconcile these totally disparate groupings.
Open mike 28/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 28th, 2021 - 114 comments
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Class oppression and discrimination
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Date published: 12:45 pm, November 27th, 2021 - 79 comments
A brief analysis of power.
What National Needs To Do
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Date published: 9:04 am, November 27th, 2021 - 83 comments
Since the left are experts at internal knifing, National should learn from the left about how to recover. What National needsto do to recover.
Open mike 27/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 27th, 2021 - 64 comments
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British identity and The Second World War
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Date published: 2:53 am, November 27th, 2021 - 1 comment
With regards to Johnson’s own leadership to date, his government’s apparent support of herd immunity as the response to COVID-19 in early 2020 had much more in common with Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy in the 1930s than the Battle of Britain.
Daily review 26/11/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 26th, 2021 - 49 comments
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Open mike 26/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 26th, 2021 - 59 comments
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The winners and losers from National’s leadership spill
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Date published: 8:12 pm, November 25th, 2021 - 146 comments
The winners and losers of today’s National Party leadership spill are …
Daily review 25/11/2021
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 25th, 2021 - 34 comments
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How many centrist votes go to Labour?
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Date published: 12:38 pm, November 25th, 2021 - 105 comments
Judith Collins lost a vote of confidence. David Farrar seems to think that Act will get the inevitable flow. Sounds unlikely. The far right and nutbar fringe has already vacated to Act – who represent them so well. But Labour overwhelming won last election on a vote from previous National voters. History repeats in 2023?
National’s civil war reerrupts
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Date published: 7:35 am, November 25th, 2021 - 131 comments
National’s civil war which has been simmering for a while erupted last night after Judith Collins demoted Simon Bridges for making inappropriate comments to Jaqui Dean five years ago.
Open mike 25/11/2021
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Date published: 6:00 am, November 25th, 2021 - 109 comments
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National – let the virus rip
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Date published: 8:29 pm, November 24th, 2021 - 21 comments
There is no other explanation, and this week Paul Goldsmith gave the game away, National thinks that we should let the Corona virus rip.
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