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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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Josie Pagani.
Doing the Tories work for them while masquerading as a ‘centre left’ commentator.
Pagani is so right wing she’d be more at home in the National Party.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11512750
Sickening, visionless, hogwash.
An interesting choice of words and phrases being used.
Doesn’t this one sound all to familiar: “Labour’s policies had been right, they had not been communicated well.” ?
And little said similar: Jeremy Corbyn won because he was authentic.
She overlooks the fact that tax increases is not the only avenue government has to generate revenue.
She disingenuously claims: “There is no way through for him that will see Labour elected.”
In reality, he has a number of options and avenues to take.
She also disingenuously claims: Corbyn’s leadership is the opposite of what it promises to be. It will actually betray Labour voters because it ensures Conservative rule by offering comfortable and easy reassurance only to Labour’s activists.
Corbyn’s yet to campaign in the general election, therefore, she doesn’t know if wider voters will resonate, she merely assumes they won’t.
Doing good generally results in people feeling good.
Pagani opens her mouth and political shit issues forth.
Apparently now she has such a precise understanding of the electorate and of the mood of the nation, she can predict the political future.
Stupid, delusional and self aggrandizing.
Yep I thought of her when I chose the photo for this post. Post coming up tomorrow …
Can she be turfed out of The Labour Party?
No. It’s a broad church that welcomes her ilk.
WMDs
She needs to be exported back to Italy where she can work on the Pagani production line making Zondas. At least she’ll be doing something productive then.
Key seems to be doing the rounds at several Auckland schools at the moment and over the next couple of weeks, wonder what that’s all about ?
That’s what he does.
He’s always out and about meeting people.
In need of some hair touching?
ROFL
There have been some NAct MP’s hanging around the schools down here too. Chris Bishop for one.
Ah, he would have been visiting Cannon’s Creek and Naenae no doubt…
Nope the privates – connecting with his peer group??
Action
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2015/sep/14/tony-abbotts-leadership-under-pressure-as-mps-gather-politics-live
The Abbott leadership story is interesting – but a change of leader won’t make much difference to Oz politics – they’re all Tories.
Meanwhile – I think I’ve found the quote of the week.
Sorry cannot do a link to it, but the Northern Advocate today Mon 14 Sept pg 22 has a feature about Nicky Hager – I think its connected to their Tauranga paper because its advertising the Tauranga Arts Festival. Hager is talking about people who come as refugees into NZ – and how they and their families get involved in their local NZ community as part of their appreciation of being in NZ.
He says “It must be something about the hard experiences we heard about …… that make us want to contribute to our communities in positive ways. ……. There’s always an exception to the rule ….. John Key. Its unusual to find someone who has a refugee as a parent, and who never spent one minute volunteering in a community.”
I find this an extremely telling comment. It fits.
But but but, isn’t Key giving his entire PM salary to charity and therefore his work as PM is as a volunteer? What a gift to New Zealand! And he is giving us a new Flag.
And he gives away wine, and knighthoods, and our sovereignty and our good name overseas, and he does it all for free! Voluntarily, even.
We were all wrong… Agent Smith was The One (video)
Hungarian people should be ashamed of their government.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/09/11/hungary-abysmal-conditions-border-detention
Be nice to know what Petra László’s producers instructions were.
(Although László writes that she is “prepared to take responsibility” for her actions, we note that her apology is not directed to the individuals she assaulted. It is for prosecutors and the courts to decide whether she deserves to be punished beyond the loss of her livelihood (and the world notoriety she achieved overnight). However, the fact that her former employer, N1TV, is the ultranationalist, xenophobic, racist, antisemitic, homophobic propaganda arm of Hungary’s radical right-wing Jobbik party suggests that she may, in fact, be “a heartless, racist operator that kicks children”-ed.)
http://budapestbeacon.com/news-in-brief/n1tv-camera-operator-issues-apology/27182
http://hungarianfreepress.com/2015/05/10/hungarys-jobbik-builds-far-right-media-empire/