The QE2 covenant, the Mining Company and the donation to NZ First

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Radio New Zealand has broken the jaw dropping and astounding story that shows why the Fast Track Projects Bill is potentially so corrupting to the body politic and why there has to be electoral law reform to stop corporations from buying influence.

Open mike 02/06/2024

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Anti-Muslim, anti-black, pro-Zionist: UK Labour goes for purge

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Date published: 4:44 am, June 2nd, 2024 - 1 comment

I attended Faiza Shaheen’s impressive candidate launch in Chingford four years ago. She aimed to take on IDS and she dented his majority. Reselected two years ago by the local Labour Party, four days ago she was deselected by a 3-person kangaroo court from the party’s National Executive Committee.

Putting Politics over People

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Date published: 2:00 pm, June 1st, 2024 - 12 comments

National’s breaking of its election promise to fund 13 cancer treatments is cruel beyond words.

Open mike 01/06/2024

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Daily review 31/05/2024

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Open mike 31/05/2024

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Daily review 30/05/2024

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Budget Smudgeit

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Date published: 2:43 pm, May 30th, 2024 - 72 comments

Early comments on the budget. Basically tax cuts are being paid by more borrowing. There is no way this can be described as being fiscally neutral.

The Budget Day Protests

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Date published: 8:33 am, May 30th, 2024 - 18 comments

Protests by Māori and Tangata Tiriti against government policy are underway on the day of the National government’s first budget. Carkoi and Hikoi are taking place in many locations across the country.

Open mike 30/05/2024

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Daily review 29/05/2024

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Open mike 29/05/2024

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Is our investment in defence value for money?

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Date published: 4:31 am, May 29th, 2024 - 30 comments

Defence cost us more than $6.7 billion in 2023/24. Why does our small, remote country have such a costly defence force? Is it fit for purpose – and in 2024, what is that purpose?

Daily review 28/05/2024

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What does the Government have against Māori wards?

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Date published: 1:27 pm, May 28th, 2024 - 49 comments

The Government is moving with urgency to reverse Labour’s repeal of referenda for Māori wards on local councils.

Open mike 28/05/2024

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Daily review 27/05/2024

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Open mike 27/05/2024

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What is that word that starts with “C” and ends with “orruption”?

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Date published: 11:11 am, May 26th, 2024 - 46 comments

The past fortnight has seen a number of breaking stories each of which raises concerns about the motivations and goals of this Government. It makes you wonder whether the pursuit of self interest is an embedded feature as opposed to a bug.

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Is Shane Jones Right About Mining?

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Date published: 10:58 am, May 25th, 2024 - 36 comments

Maybe Shane Jones is at least partially right about mining.

The Luxon Government’s War on Nature

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“But the truth is that real gains only ever come out of a mobilised civil society and achieving a mobilised civil society is exactly what we have to do.”

– Russel Norman

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Open mike 24/05/2024

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Daily review 23/05/2024

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“It’s the end of the Tories…”

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“and they know it”

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Making up for lost time

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Guest post by Nigel Haworth where he discusses Labour membership’s desire for taxation reform and why it is important that Labour decides on its position as soon as possible.

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