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Comment: The Left Went That Way
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 10:50 am, January 14th, 2025
Thanks for this. I have been thinking a lot about this as you can imagine. For me, the working class are those who depend on wages paid by a boss to earn a living - whether it be in service sector jobs, what's left of manufacturing or public service jobs. ...Comment: Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 9:48 am, January 13th, 2025
Thanks Anne. Yep the Trump response on the LA fires is shocking. He should be saying how he will fix it (and pay for it) not blaming the Dems. I also note with irony that there Mexican and Canadian firefighters have been helping, plus a whole bunch of ...Comment: Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 3:29 pm, January 12th, 2025
Ok get it ; but the Reg Standards Bill has a way to go. There is a consultation document out, which is what people are reacting to. It is not a Bill yet tabled or introduced in the Parliament for first reading. My bet is the Bill will go ahead as per ...Comment: Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 3:24 pm, January 12th, 2025
Totally agree, The world is turning hard right. People are voting so in Austria, Germany, France, Italy and many other places. Incumbent governments who are of the centre left will struggle (ie in Australia this year). Farage may win in Wales. I think it's ...Comment: Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 2:59 pm, January 12th, 2025
Didn't mean to be snarky, but it does get tiresome having celebrity journalists giving Labour and Chippy advice. Yes people range from thinking Chippy/Labour need to go harder, (I know how satisfying that feels) and those who want a well formed, well ...Comment: Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 7:36 am, January 12th, 2025
You sound like Verity Johnson.Comment: President Biden’s Accomplishments
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 12:38 pm, January 11th, 2025
Thank you for this. Yes, he was imperfect in many ways, and came in for a lot of criticism for his support for Israel in the Gaza War. But I will always remember him as the most pro-union President of our times and one who walked the picket line.Comment: Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union?
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 7:49 am, January 10th, 2025
They call themselves a Union. They are an incorporated society and unions must be the same, but have more stringent rules and requirements to be accountable - to members. Interesting to me in these accounts the TPU seems to have pitifully few fee paying ...Comment: Wage theft – now that is a real crime
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 2:44 pm, December 31st, 2024
Thanks LPrent. I had missed this got through second reading. I hope the Committee stages come up early in the next session of parliament because there will be another round of ripped off workers through the Xmas period. Good on NZ First for supporting it ...Comment: 2024 in review
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 12:19 pm, December 31st, 2024
Fair summary. But you and I know Micky, that being a parliamentarian takes more than a spectacular haka on the floor of the house and my admiration and cheering on of Hana-Rawhiti. I watched backbench Labour MPs in particular and some Greens grind their ...Comment: The absurdity of National’s Gang Patch ban
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 4:43 pm, December 30th, 2024
Someone may have already said it, but I think it's called "virtue signaling". I feel even less safe than I ever have because I am expecting a wardrobe raid anytime soon.Comment: The Pogues wrote the best Christmas song ever
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 2:20 pm, December 25th, 2024
Yes ! But I was very taken with this Bing Crosby and David Bowie duet of Little Drummer Boy - Peace on Earth - Can it Be? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpXMy5GalIComment: Is Luxon on a roll?
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 8:36 am, December 19th, 2024
It's all up for grabs. Usually new PMs get a honeymoon period where preferred PM question in polls goes up. Not this PM ; teetering on the brink with Chippy 1% behind him. Surely Bishop doesn't believe he would be more popular though? Willis is now the ...Comment: Creative accounting
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 11:49 am, December 5th, 2024
Lester Levy was chair of three Auckland DHBs who ran surpluses according to him, then we found out they were in deficit after he left. I don't know how you describe this other than a reputation for doing something dodgy, if we are not allowed to say a ...Comment: Hipkins’ Conference speech
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 1:03 am, December 2nd, 2024
I thought it was a blinder of a speech. Some people will try to pick out a sentence or two to argue about because they can't seem to be bothered looking at the context of a LP conference one year after the election and the policy making process - which is ...Comment: National’s dodgy health announcements
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:03 pm, November 27th, 2024
A personal story. I have reason to visit the District Health Nurse Service a couple of times a week. Hopefully won't be for much longer. But every time, there is a shortage of supplies like bandages etc. Their computer calendar is wonky, so booking on- ...Comment: END GAME
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 3:38 pm, November 26th, 2024
"A crash programme of massive cuts; demolishing public services; privatising public assets; centralising political power; sacking civil servants; sweeping away constraints on corporations and oligarchs; destroying regulations that protect workers, ...Comment: The Left Trumped?
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 6:18 am, November 22nd, 2024
I think we are seeing the residue of resentment on government actions during COVID, in the US, in NZ, in the UK and Australia as well where other governments have all changed from one to the other, not because of the political economy, but because life was ...Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:57 pm, November 8th, 2024
Yeah I get that. But also get that those of us who grow up in working class families have parents who see education as one of the ways out of poverty. How often do you see families talking about the first one in our family to graduate? I would also suggest ...Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:53 pm, November 8th, 2024
Rural America would not survive without migrant workers and undocumented workers. When they all get rounded up under Trump, detained and then deported, who will pick the crops? And of course they are not unionised. They have no rights, let alone being able ...Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:45 pm, November 8th, 2024
100%Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 11:41 am, November 8th, 2024
I agree ; what does working class cred mean? Is it where you grew up? How you grew up? What jobs you did? Whether you were "on the tools" or not? How much money you earned? Whether you were in a union or not? Whether you stood up for workers or not? I was ...Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 11:34 am, November 8th, 2024
You do know of course that Bernie Sanders is a graduate?Comment: A Heavy Day
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 11:31 am, November 8th, 2024
Totally agree ; why would Labour want to get itself bound up in a shitfight over leadership? It's a vanity project for those who don't study politics very closely and only go on feels.Comment: The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:47 pm, November 5th, 2024
Yes what you said.Comment: The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 5:34 pm, November 5th, 2024
Trump is a clear and present danger to us all - that's up and down ballot, and the oligarchs behind him like Musk, Thiel etc. I don't know about you, but election anxiety this time around is huge, not least among my kids who live and vote in the USA. I ...Comment: When a right becomes a wrong
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 2:10 pm, October 31st, 2024
I saw Bomber's criticism of Young Labour's stand on this calling it part of the culture war and saying "groan". Sometimes Martyn gets it so wrong. Go for it Young Labour. It's great you are part of a political party and are organising. I spent a lot of ...Comment: Seven days and counting
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 12:24 pm, October 30th, 2024
And here's another . https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/28/empty-beds-ukraine-art-installationComment: Seven days and counting
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 6:08 am, October 30th, 2024
Yep ; and Ukraine. I know it doesn't fit the narrative as genocide, but it is a deliberate attempt by a powerful country to obliterate their culture, people and land through weapons and war crimes. You are so right about other genocides, that never get a ...Comment: Seven days and counting
Written By: Darien Fenton - Date published: 6:03 am, October 30th, 2024
Brilliant mod note. I get a bit irritated by those sitting down here in NZ who issue judgement. Yes, what Israel is doing is awful, but it's been going on ever since the Balfour Agreement decided Israel, in Palestinian land would be the place to assuage ...
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My submission - made at the last moment because I'm a neurodivergent millennial - on David Seymour's terrible legislation. ...2 weeks ago - Rich Opinions
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Sherlock, Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University Australian-owned brand UGG Since 1974 has announced it will change its name to “Since 74” for sales outside Australia and New Zealand. There has been a long-running battle over the rights ...1 day ago
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