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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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Hooton hooted – http://thestandard.org.nz/dirty-politics-on-nine-to-noon/
That was shock-jock stuff, just like Paul Henry.
Stained Y-fronts, yes.
parp !
Is it just a Utopian fantasy as well as being an effective pragmatic response to Daesh and the Opthalmologist?
Let’s put pressure on Turkey to embrace, and come to terms with Kurdish ambitions. My emphases.
Ad that played on a radio station in Malaysia, advertising apartment investments in Auckland.
I’m just going to transcribe the whole thing here:
Hopefully the facebook link here works for others:
https://www.facebook.com/rachael.piha/videos/10153234098803834/?hc_location=ufi
I should think it would be difficult for the government to continue to deny overseas investment is driving up house prices in Auckland with this sort of advertisement going out on public radio in foreign countries.
Thanks Lanth.
Why there should be a residency requirement for local house/apartment purchases …
In Australia, they restrict non-resident purchases to new construction only, which makes perfect sense.
Thanks Lanth. Thank goodness the foreigners get it even though our politicians keep acting stupid.
Young Kiwi first home buyers are screwed.
I’ve forwarded it to Phil Twyford and Campbell Live. We’ll see if anything comes from it.
Thanks both for putting it up and forwarding it to the relevant people – it is simply jaw dropping.
The argument could be made that they are helping Kiwis who need to rent housing and we’re lucky they’re willing to invest. No doubt FJK will make it.
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Ahhh . . . just the thing I’ve been looking for from a reliable link. You win ten internets.
Smart money’s on Ed Miliband becoming British PM in a few weeks time. Current polling (over last few days) suggests anything from a 3 point Labour lead to a 4 point Tory lead, but a clear majority of polls over the last fortnight say it’s neck-and-neck with only a percentage point or two between them.
Crucially, though, the arithmetic works against the Tories. The various seat forecast models all suggest that there’s likely to be an anti-Tory majority in the HoC even if the Conservatives beat Labour by up to 3 percentage points. Only the most optimistic (and unlikely) of scenarios (from a Tory point of view) would have Cameron cobbling together a working majority.
The Tories only hope may be to collapse the Ukip vote (a disproportionate number of whom are 2010 Tories) but that seems unlikely.
And all this despite the fact that Labour’s lost its Scottish heartland over the last 5 years and conspicuously failed to attract 2010 Tory voters.
I think the SNP factor is really important. Labour lost perhaps 3% of the vote (worth on a proportionate basis 19 seats) but the SNP may pick up 53 seats. This is Epsom on steroids. Of course Labour needs to do the deal and cancel Trident (please, please, please) and be less austerity minded.
Basically as long as Labour can responsibly deal with the Scots then there should be a solid progressive majority. Lefties should rejoice …
Have you seen 538’s UK election model? http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/uk-general-election-predictions/
Basically shows a hung parliament if Labour can’t form a coalition with SNP (and I heard recent comments saying that they would not form a coalition – obviously pre-election speak trying to prop up the Labour vote).
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Who wants to bet a $100 donation to Wikileaks that The John Key and Tony Abbott Colonial Puppet Show turns up in Iraq on ANZAC Day , or the next day?