May’s Brexit
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Date published: 1:02 pm, November 15th, 2018 - 41 comments
Categories: Europe, International, uk politics
Tags: brexit, jeremy corbyn, theresa may
The unsolvable problem that is Brexit is reaching it’s denouement with Theresa May’s leadership on the line, talk of a no confidence motion, a very leaky cabinet, and no possible achievable resolution in sight.
14 Million Yemenis and a Diplomatic Nightmare
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Date published: 8:32 am, November 16th, 2018 - 3 comments
In Yemen right now, children are living in the worst humanitarian crisis we have seen in the last 100 years.
Open Mike 16/11/2018
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Daily Review 15/11/2018
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Date published: 5:22 pm, November 15th, 2018 - 11 comments
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Israeli Cabinet Resignation.
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Date published: 9:51 am, November 15th, 2018 - 13 comments
Avigdor Lieberman has resigned his position as Israeli Defense Minister because he can’t endorse the government’s “surrender to terrorism”.
Open Mike 15/11/2018
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Daily review 14/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 14th, 2018 - 30 comments
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The dirty politics of beating up on Karel Sroubek
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Date published: 8:30 am, November 14th, 2018 - 263 comments
You will be shocked to learn that the National Party has been less than honest about where it is getting its information regarding Karel Sroubek.
Pike River; Victory For the Families, Victory for Us
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Date published: 8:13 am, November 14th, 2018 - 114 comments
Pike River mine is to be re-entered and finally the truth will be told. Victory for the 29 is victory for all of us.
Open Mike 14/11/2018
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Daily review 13/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 13th, 2018 - 141 comments
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The strange case of the astroturfed Energy Voices organisation
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Date published: 3:34 pm, November 13th, 2018 - 18 comments
It has been discovered that the person behind the Energy Voices website is a National Party operative and former staffer.
Alaska or New Zealand?
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Date published: 1:17 pm, November 13th, 2018 - 70 comments
That’s the big question ‘big’ people are asking these days.
Tweet of the year
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Date published: 8:40 am, November 13th, 2018 - 15 comments
There is still seven weeks of this year left but it appears likely that the tweet of the year has been tweeted.
Open Mike 13/11/2018
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Daily Review 12/11/2018
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Date published: 5:30 pm, November 12th, 2018 - 21 comments
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Electricity again
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Date published: 3:05 pm, November 12th, 2018 - 145 comments
It is time for the Government to down the electricity corporates and regulate them in the interests of the citizen.
American midterms – revenge of young people and the decline of the NRA
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Date published: 8:00 am, November 12th, 2018 - 51 comments
In the midterm US elections a number of candidates supported by the NRA have lost out to opponents with strong anti gun views. And the youth vote surged. Were these events related?
Open Mike 12/11/2018
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The Guns of November 2018
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Date published: 5:38 pm, November 10th, 2018 - 188 comments
On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent across Europe’s slaughter. In the Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman described how that dreadful war started by accident. Daniel Ellsberg warns us now that accidents could happen again, this time in the nuclear age. Ellsberg says first strike is America’s policy, making accidental nuclear winter all the more likely.
All that is wrong with America’s democracy
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Date published: 10:46 am, November 10th, 2018 - 40 comments
In Georgia, despite the Repbublican candidate who oversaw the election process engaging in the mass disenfranchisement of Democrat voters, the removal of voting machines to make voting in Democrat areas more difficult and baseless smearing of the Democrat candidate, the result is on a knife edge and a second vote is a possibility.
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Disestablish the establishment.
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Date published: 6:04 pm, November 9th, 2018 - 29 comments
Politics can be soap, or politics can be real. This post comments on some of the soap and offers an example of something that’s real
Daily Review 09/11/2018
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Latest poll results – National in freefall
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Date published: 11:11 am, November 9th, 2018 - 81 comments
A recent UMR poll has put National support at 37%, deep in danger territory for Simon Bridges.
Open Mike 09/11/2018
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Rude ‘n Terrible?
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Date published: 6:55 pm, November 8th, 2018 - 38 comments
Trump’s…I don’t actually have words for this little escapade.
ILG, a Rock, and a Hard Place
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Date published: 6:40 pm, November 8th, 2018 - 91 comments
The Sroubek beat up is still with us. Why won’t National tell us what they knew and what they agreed to?
Daily Review 08/11/2018
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Jeff Sessions resigns as Attorney General
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Date published: 9:57 am, November 8th, 2018 - 27 comments
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned at the President’s request and has been replaced by someone who thought that Mueller’s investigation into POTUS went too far.
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- Nov-18 AT Board meeting
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The Great War! The “War to end all Wars!”… and so it went. On the 100th Anniversary of Armstice Day, and the completion of that “War to end all wars!”, which history clearly shows it did not do so at ...5 days ago - A hundred yearsToday marks the centenary of the end of the first world war. While it wasn't quite the world's stupidest war - that title probably goes to the Football War or the War of Jenkins' Ear - it ranks among them. ...5 days ago
- What We “Don’t Know And Can’t Know” – The Truth About World War I.
5 days ago - New research, October 29 – November 4, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impacts Mankind Altered Disease Risk from Climate Change (A special issue in EcoHealth) Climate change perception: an analysis of climate change and risk perceptions among farmer types ...6 days ago - Flashback Saturday: Public transport and congestion in Wellington
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Peter was first published in September 2015. Last week, I took a look at some new research from the Netherlands that estimated the benefits of public transport for car travel ...6 days ago - What the Mid-Term’s weren’t, what could easily happen, and a rocky road to 2020
Firstly, we must open with that breaking news… Attorney General Sessions is out. But Sessions didn’t “resign” so much as he was basically asked to, well, GTFO – just in more “Presidential” terms, cough. But this is like swapping Trump ...7 days ago - CANA Newsletter, November 2018
Check out our November newsletter, which covers the Te Kuha decision, No Mining on Conservation Land, the IPCC 1.5 warning, Just Transitions, book reviews, and more! The post CANA Newsletter, November 2018 appeared first on Coal Action Network Aotearoa. ...7 days ago - The costs of choice in the New Zealand history curriculumHistory is not just an account of past events, but an interpretation. Which historical events are taught in schools, and how they are presented, communicates an important message to pupils about national identity. Currently, in New Zealand, these important decisions ...7 days ago
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- One way of fixing itPrivate spy companies infiltrating environmental groups to disrupt and spy on them for governments and toxic industries seems to be becoming increasingly common. In New Zealand, there's a whole company, Thompson and Clark Investigations, specialising in it. But UK anti-asbestos ...7 days ago
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