Daily review 14/08/2024

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This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

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  1. aj 1
    14 August 2024 at 6:53 pm

    Novara Media's Moya Lothian-McLean visits Liverpool after recent rioting to examine whether you can still call it a left-wing city.

    Very interesting conversations with a number of people including Laurence Westgaph.

    Notes the irony of names such as Declan Geiran, John Paul O'Malley, Liam James Riley appearing in the arrest, descendants of Irish immigrants.

    Does the racist underbelly in NZ have the capacity to bring the disenfranchised youth into it's fold, and could such events erupt here?

    Again the point is made that once economic hard times hit, ethnic minorities become the target of anger. Not the economic and power elites that neoliberalism supports.

    Beneath it all it's a class war.

    How Did Far-Right Thugs Get a Foothold in Liverpool? | Moya Lothian-McLean Reports

  2. SPC 2
    14 August 2024 at 8:08 pm

    The representative landlords celebrates the OCR rate cut.

    First by lying that residential property rent are related to cost rather than market supply and demand.

    The “small cut” was welcomed by the NZ Property Investors’ Federation, however they said the move would take time to impact rents.

    “Today’s small cut will take time to work through the system as many property investors are on fixed rate mortgages. However, it is a sign that inflation has been beaten, and it will encourage investors struggling with high costs to stay in the business.

    Rather than sell its first home buyers.

    As he notes, this will result in an increase in property values and thus less home ownership.

    “Better still, it will encourage investors who have been holding off buying new properties to get back into the market, increasing the number of properties available for rent,” spokesperson Matt Ball said.

    While the government refuses to apply a CGT (and has only a negligible bright-line test), policy is greasing the wheels for more speculation – thus higher values and income tests to keep out first home buyers.

    Landlord class rule leads to landlord friendly policy.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350378551/reserve-bank-drops-official-cash-rate-525

  3. Anne 3
    14 August 2024 at 8:12 pm

    So, an "internal presentation" to health and hospital staff suggested that something in the order of 4500 doctors. nurses and ancillary staff were going to lose their jobs. It has turned out to be a false meme.

    So, what happens now? Will there be an inquiry as to who the individuals were who provided the content of that presentation and caused angst and distress? Will they lose their jobs instead.

    As a former public servant I am sick and tired of the way some staff get pushed around and bullied out of their jobs for no good reason, and the persons responsible seem to get clean away with it.

    We are entitled to know what they have done about it.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525125/internal-presentation-suggesting-loss-of-4492-health-staff-should-be-dismissed-commissioner

    • gsays 3.1
      15 August 2024 at 7:07 am

      Along the lines of what yr saying (people pushed out of jobs), I caught up with a buddy who is a chef tutor at a training institute.

      A couple of observations, the 'reforms' over the last couple of years was a very costly balls-up.

      He reckons he will lose his job at the end of the year. (Nowhere enough foreign students).

      He also observed that several staff have already gone but when he has to travel 100kms for teaching at another site, it is always in a late model, low kms, often electric, vehicle.

      Point is there seems to no flexibility in the fleet arrangements but able to cut staff no problem.

  4. PsyclingLeft.Always 4
    14 August 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Nicola Willis lies :

    "every New Zealander who loses a job is a New Zealander that I worry about," she said.

    And Landlord, Luxury Luxon says… look over there, at Labour.

    Luxon blamed the economic difficulties on the previous Labour government.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525150/cash-rate-cut-pm-finance-minister-celebrate-end-to-era-of-extreme-price-increases

    The deluded/cooker/Jacinda haters who voted for them, to get an icecream and movie ticket ?….will be feeling the squeeze as the screws are firmly tightened,