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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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The March tomorrow.
I hope all turnout.
Ti Maori Parti Labour Greens Smokefree NZ All who see damage and destruction of useful policies, and I hope the signs are in Te Reo then English.
If I was less frail and able to have the Pfizer I would march.
The fact they intend to do away with the Fair Work Bill and bring back 90 day *^# , Mining on the DOC Estate, all their destructive actions and the propaganda hard sell beginning. Especially Te Treati threat.
Tomorrow may rattle that arrogance.
Act and NZFirst got what? 15% of the vote, and we get their policies. A power grab and a poisoned chalice full of malice.
Protest Protest.
Thanks Patricia – an early start (for me) in Palmerston North, but I'll wander up to Skoglund Park for a look and listen.
Secession or sedition?
Repudiation of the Crown is a moral stand morphing into constitutional crisis. One must presume they know this. I suspect that enaction by TMP will usher MMP into an entirely new phase. World-changing…
https://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2023/12/bearing-true-allegiance.html
What a ridiculous outdated thing to have mps swear allegance to an English king, as daft as having people swear an oath on a Bible.
Have thought so myself for many a long year. I even recall a while back onsite here pointing out that our MPs ought to swear allegiance to the people of Aotearoa.
If they do go ahead and transform our world tomorrow by choosing the Siberia option, it will provide a massive scaling up leverage for their protest. I presume Willie & co have been brainstorming the likeliest developments. Any solidarity from them will be like flinging a cat amidst a plethora of peckish pigeons…
They are going to do "what's needed to be in this place" ms Ngarewa packer said on t news.
Only a token protest then. How long for? Will it seem pointless??
Well see how token it is today,
They already have luvon publicly vowing to improve Maoris lot in life.
So you wish to sever from the Monarchy?….what would you like to replace it with?
Republic ,with an mostly powerless head of state appointed needing 80% agreement from elected mps,
A head of state elected by MPs.
Whom do you think the current lot of MPs may elect?
80% means they have to agree across the aisle, so the can't put Ruth richardson up for the job
They could, and it may surprise you who they would accept.
But lets assume they couldnt agree…80% is a high bar….what then?
I'm hoping to Hand my exceptional idea on the people that solve these problems.
Let me know when you find them…..theres quite a list for them to work on.
I suspect Mr Trotter is doing an AD….stirring the pot for effect.
His case is designed to force people to think rather than seek comfort in slogans.
It will likely only prompt those so inclined.
Not sure about that Dennis. My impression is that there's an element of historical thought in Maoridom that sees the Crown (the other Treaty signatory) as to some extent their protector against a colonial government that is intent on violating the Treaty or turning it into a legal nullity. That's why, incidentally, that NZ becoming a Republic is so constitutionally fraught with danger, and nobody with an ounce of caution wants to go near it.
Yes, that traditional Maori use of the Crown as partner did provide protection for them. I guess the current radical view is that it has eroded sufficiently to make forcing a constitutional crisis worthwhile. I wonder if Willie sees any merit in the radical option. If TMP has decided to refuse the oath, that will force Willie to play his own hand (whether other Labour Maori follow is another interesting dimension).
This isn't new. Hone Harawira for one has protested at the oath before. Only the number of MPs for TPM has changed.
After the point has been made, the MPs will eventually be sworn in. They aren't going to choose to be absent for very long, unable to question or vote against the government.
So yes, a protest, but no not a crisis.
And that has been made clear this morning. TPM will take the oath and be sworn in as MPs.
Te Pāti Māori will swear allegiance to Te Tiriti (and then the King) | Dec 5 2023 | The Spinoff
Oh dear.
"#Newshub has obtained a leaked cabinet paper suggesting the Government ignored official advice on scrapping fair pay agreements at the expense of women, Māori, Pasifika and young people.
Who are the Luxon lot is caring about?
The lying comes naturally.
Seen on the bird site.
He claims that FPAs will be inflationary by increasing wage costs for employers who will pass it on to consumers, i.e. the attack line should be that National is fighting the cost of living crisis by keeping your wages low. However, we have to concede that wage-price inflation is a thing – it's not the main cause of the inflationary spike we have been through recently, but governments have to be cautious about imported inflation kicking off domestic wage-price inflation. The net effect is that employers will benefit with increased profitability and workers in the disadvantaged groups targeted by FPAs won't get any relief from cost of living pressures. Workers outside the disadvantaged groups might see some small benefit in cost of living from the downward pressure on inflation.
So: employers benefit the most and clearly that's the intention
So the Tory scum know it will hurt people, and still will do it anyway.
Tory scum being Tory scum
The fact that it was leaked at all is extraordinary. When a new government starts we usually have to wait a while before the leakers start undermining them.
Cabinet papers do not have a wide circulation. (We'd better not name suspects here, but it's fair to say not everyone loves Brooke VV, the Minister exposed by the leak).
It doesn't need to have been driven by dislike for the minister. The nature of what this government's doing overall is different from before, and there'd be plenty of people opposed to the policy who'd feel duty bound to do what they could to halt it.
Are we doing enough to protect ourselves?
The source strength of the three individuals was highest during singing, when they exhaled 4, 36, or 127 TCID50/s, respectively. Calculations with an indoor air transmission model showed that if an infected individual with this emission rate entered a room, a susceptible person would inhale an infectious dose within 6 to 37 min in a room with normal ventilation. Thus, our data show that exhaled aerosols from a single person can transmit covid-19 to others within minutes at normal indoor conditions.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47829-8
Racist, paranoid, and armed. What could possibly go wrong.
@reider
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