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The fast and the really furious
Written By: - Date published: 8:24 am, May 24th, 2023 - 30 comments
Christopher Luxon had no idea that National has recently used artificially generated images in what appears to be a crude attempt to avoid historical issues National has had with respecting the intellectual property rights of artists.
The real coalition of chaos
Written By: - Date published: 8:52 am, May 23rd, 2023 - 22 comments
National has hatched on its attack line which we will hear about a lot over the next few months. But it may have a problem. Because the phrase “coalition of chaos” clearly applies to its leadership team.
National thinks tax cut good, reduction in Government charges bad
Written By: - Date published: 8:13 am, May 19th, 2023 - 77 comments
National has promised to reverse the removal of prescription charges even though it has a strong policy support and is an example of the state taking less of individuals’ private wealth.
National's Policy Machine is a thing to behold
Written By: - Date published: 12:06 pm, May 16th, 2023 - 99 comments
National’s latest policy brainstorm is to print out and mail to every taxpayer information they could obtain by using Google and MyIRD.
Luxon’s days are numbered
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 pm, May 14th, 2023 - 70 comments
The latest TV3 Newshub poll results are out. The major parties are neck and neck. No surprise there. But what is stark is the public response to Christopher Luxon. Basically he is tanking.
Iwi Kiwi 2.0
Written By: - Date published: 1:53 pm, May 10th, 2023 - 54 comments
In 2005 the National Party went full on racist with attacks on supposed Maori privilege which almost won the party power. Looks like they are going to try this tactic again.
Late Game Bench
Written By: - Date published: 8:52 am, May 6th, 2023 - 8 comments
Last minutes of this parliamentary term and all teams are subbing out.
Fuel efficient cars and National’s tacky little culture war
Written By: - Date published: 8:40 am, May 3rd, 2023 - 36 comments
Recent days have provided a further example of why Aotearoa’s response to climate change has been compromised by politics.
National keeps making shit up
Written By: - Date published: 8:34 am, May 1st, 2023 - 33 comments
National has been caught out misrepresenting official data by claiming that 19,000 nurses had left public health when they knew that the figure includes transfers between health boards and the number of employed nurses actually increased by 4,108.
National’s weird tenancy policy announcement
Written By: - Date published: 10:31 am, April 30th, 2023 - 73 comments
This week Chris Bishop announced National’s landlord policy and made the extraordinary claim that making evictions of tenants easier was a progressive pro tenant policy.
Why a Capital Gains tax is necessary
Written By: - Date published: 8:09 am, April 27th, 2023 - 186 comments
With the release by David Parker of a report showing that the wealthiest New Zealanders pay tax at much less than half the rate of other Kiwis is it time to again debate the virtue of a comprehensive Capital Gains Tax.
Debate of the Day: should farms be regulated to centre climate action and nature?
Written By: - Date published: 10:57 am, April 24th, 2023 - 44 comments
In election year, National’s farming regulations bonfire flies in the face of climate action and ecological restoration.
Much ado about nothing
Written By: - Date published: 11:16 am, April 22nd, 2023 - 44 comments
Right wing twitter thought it was onto something big yesterday after there were revelations that Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon had donated funds and cheap premises to Kiri Allan’s election campaign in 2020. But there was one rather significant problem with this expose, he had also donated to the National candidate in the same election.
National despairs as inflation rate drops
Written By: - Date published: 8:24 am, April 21st, 2023 - 36 comments
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand dealt a rather large blow to National’s election chances when it announced that the latest rate of inflation was 6.7%, a significant drop below the previous rate.
Stephen Jack is cancelled by the National Party
Written By: - Date published: 8:38 pm, April 20th, 2023 - 28 comments
So National has yet another candidate problem. His name is Stephen Jack and he clearly has difficulties in negotiating reality.
National’s problem with its candidates
Written By: - Date published: 9:48 am, April 16th, 2023 - 58 comments
Another day, and yet another report a National candidate has done something really stupid.
Three Waters becomes Affordable Water
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, April 14th, 2023 - 72 comments
Three Waters mark two has been announced. And Kieran McAnulty has given a text book example of clarity in political speak when making the announcement.
What does Luxon think about minimum wage increases and holidays?
Written By: - Date published: 7:58 am, April 13th, 2023 - 47 comments
It is hard to reconcile Christopher Luxon’s deep christian beliefs with his desire to trash Easter Sunday as a holiday or to refuse to support increases in the minimum wage.
RMA reform will not solve the climate crisis
Written By: - Date published: 10:26 am, April 4th, 2023 - 25 comments
National has proposed RMA reform as the basis for accelerating the roll out of renewable energy generation. It appears that it has never met a problem for which the solution is either a tax cut or RMA reform.
The real reason New Zealand’s literacy standards are tanking *
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, March 27th, 2023 - 42 comments
* the answer is National Standards, the effects of which are still being felt.
Climate change – the final final warning
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, March 22nd, 2023 - 78 comments
The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change has synthesised reports on the climate crisis from hundreds of scientists over the past eight years and has boiled it down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.
The great policy bonfire
Written By: - Date published: 10:44 am, March 14th, 2023 - 45 comments
Chris Hipkins continues with his shock and awe campaign and has torched a number of policies that National and Act were using to foment unrest.
Luxon slumps in latest Colmar Brunton poll
Written By: - Date published: 6:18 pm, March 13th, 2023 - 57 comments
The latest One News Kantar Poll result has been released and it is a doozie.
National’s childcare announcement
Written By: - Date published: 1:43 pm, March 6th, 2023 - 21 comments
National’s proposed child care subsidy policy is essentially an increase to existing grants that will fuel inflation and costs increases in the child care sector.
How Activism Dies
Written By: - Date published: 9:33 am, March 4th, 2023 - 40 comments
If anything progressive is to come out of this current government other than disaster recovery, really focused protest must prevail. It isn’t.
Where is the Free Speech Union when you need it?
Written By: - Date published: 8:25 am, February 28th, 2023 - 97 comments
Rob Campbell is under some pressure from National and Act for calling out publicly the right’s dog whistle attacks on co governance. But so far self appointed protector of the right to freedom of speech, the Free Speech Union, has been very quiet. Why is this?
National’s three waters policy
Written By: - Date published: 1:21 pm, February 26th, 2023 - 44 comments
National has announced its alternative to the Three Waters Policy with the standout feature being greater central control of asset management and investment plans than offered by Three Waters and even greater loss of local control.
Climate change – do we mitigate or do we adapt?
Written By: - Date published: 1:32 pm, February 25th, 2023 - 21 comments
The political debate about climate change is coming to an end as the North Island is battered by the third huge climate change induced storm in a month. The focus will not be on what to do? Do we still mitigate the effects by reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Or do we dig in and adapt?
Is Labour heading for Muriwai-scale landslide win?
Written By: - Date published: 8:15 am, February 22nd, 2023 - 37 comments
Here’s my prediction: Labour will not just win the October election, but it will complete a landslide of similar proportions to the 2020 election. It has been Labour’s response to the cyclones that will be the decisive factor in October. Luxon’s low energy performance helps.
This is really awkward
Written By: - Date published: 3:13 pm, February 21st, 2023 - 63 comments
National MP Maureen Pugh has questioned the existence of human induced climate change.
Natural disasters test new leaders in New Zealand – some did better than others.
Written By: - Date published: 4:48 am, February 19th, 2023 - 1 comment
After the Auckland flood, Wayne Brown’s election will now be viewed as a cautionary tale. What can happen when someone who is inexperienced and unsuited to political office is elected to important political leadership roles. The blowback of this on the New Zealand right should not be understated, it is bad news for them.
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