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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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It is said that in a crisis a person's true personality comes out.
And no wonder. During the pandemic Winston Peters was a complete jerk. Demanding that the economy be put before public health. At the height of the threat memorably demanding that the borders be opened "Yesterday".
It wouldn't have escaped older voters attention that they were the most vulnerable to the infection. And so Peters and his party were deservedly kicked into touch.
Will he be back?
Who knows.
But, I would say unlikely. voters don't forgive treachery lightly.
For me it was a failure to support and promote Tracey Martin, and his penchant for "The Blokes" with poor choices of Jones.
Indeed. IMOH, Martin represented the best of them.
She will be sorely missed.
She's working on the RNZ/TVNZ merger
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-nz-first-minister-tracey-martin-given-reins-on-work-to-merge-tvnz-and-rnz/KEVXYMCZWENZE6Z7NMKDNOVKGE/
Glad to hear it. Tracey Martin got along well with her Labour counterparts in govt. and from all accounts they were impressed with her.
It won't be the last time she is engaged by this government to do a high profile job for them. She's trustworthy and doesn't play silly political games.
Will he be back?
Standing at the next election is one thing, winning an electorate seat or 5% of the vote is unlikely. Labour has the Green Party to form a coalition with.
I couldn't help but laugh.
An alternative to gravitational storage.
California is set to be home to two new compressed-air energy storage facilities – each claiming the crown for the world’s largest non-hydro energy storage system. Developed by Hydrostor, the facilities will have an output of 500 MW and be capable of storing 4 GWh of energy.
https://newatlas.com/energy/hydrostor-compressed-air-energy-storage/
@ Robert Guyton:
I’ve alerted Lprent in the back-end, but I don’t know if he’s around this morning.
America is counting down the hours to Juneteenth. This will be the first time that the commonly recognised date for the end of slavery in the US will be marked with a Federal holiday.
To finally officially mark this momentous occasion in American history, from this distance, it will be interesting to see what shape the official, (and unofficial), celebrations in America take.
Whatever shape these celebrations take, I can see that the celebrations of this momentous event in US history growing even bigger in the coming years.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9698387/Biden-makes-Juneteenth-National-Independence-Day-federal-holiday.html
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"If people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love."
Opal Lee,
94 year old retired teacher Opal Lee walked 2.5 miles through Texas to commemorate the 2.5 years it took for news of the proclamation ending slavery to reach Texas.
https://www.newsweek.com/opal-lee-grandmother-juneteenth-makes-25-mile-walk-celebrate-new-holiday-1602347
Labour's brand is growing in popularity in the UK, as it attracts an unlikely new member.
Bercow has been left behind as the Tories have shifted to the right. He's more comfortable in the current Tory lite Labour party. Bercow's wife has been a Labour party activist for years.
have shifted to the right.
I'd be inclined to say they've fallen right off the cliff into Trumpist demagoguery. Plenty of conflict to support the pretense of nationalism, though no plan for a wall just yet. I've a feeling the wurst is yet to come.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/18/lib-dems-byelection-victory-suggests-trouble-for-tories-in-blue-wall
Brooke Sabin takes a 100 day road trip around NZ in an EV and writes about it for Stuff. One of the photos shows the car being charged in Murchison against the backdrop of the historic Commercial Stables – which was where Newmans housed their grooms and horses overnight in the days of coach and horses. What an image!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/experiences/road-trips/300336212/the-ultimate-ev-test-a-100day-road-trip-around-new-zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300337617/winston-peters-attacks-labour-cancel-culture-and-te-reo-usage-in-comeback-speech
Winston’s gotta do what Winston’s gotta do. But despite the usual caveats about how he can never be counted out, his time has passed. The world, and New Zealander’s, have moved on.
So Winston is Cancelling CANCEL CULTURE
HA HA
The unintended humour just keeps coming.
I think Winston was the only one who ever really understood Lee Kuan Yu's economic development recipe – the one that all the tiger economies followed, that really goes back to Emperor Meiji. But he's somewhat cross-grained – it's never certain which way he'll split. His support of Jacinda was crucial back in the day – and almost pays for enabling Shipley. We'll see how he runs – and whether he's worked out that negging Jacinda is no path to victory yet.
Here's a thing. Arnold Rimmer and Darth-Ju both claim Prime Minister is increasingly divorced from reality.
But here, the Taxdodger's Union, closely associated with the ACT Party, has put up and taken down an ad trivialising both the suffering of Christchurch massacre victims and the globally recognised response by Jacinda Ardern. They did so on the command of Toyota New Zealand.
I ask, who is divorced from reality? These clowns are hard right wing student politicians gone bad.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300337 … rom-toyota
*Loving the article that mistakenly links to.
Sums up Jordan Williams and his brain damaged associates.
Way to read the country, toryboys…
What amuses me is how continually the right, those champions of individual property rights, get caught using some other person's property.
From this instance , to National and Eminem, to Trump and oh Neil Young, REM, Aerosmith, Adele, Elton John, Queen, Earth Wind and Fire, Rolling Stones, Guns N Roses……
It is like they have sort of sense of entitlement!
(disclaimer I think copyright should allow works to enter the commons no more than ten years after the death of the creator. ) Copyright law was originally in part to protect the right of the commons from companies retaining ownership forever. The one exception I think is where someone has died relatively young and the proceeds are going to support their immediate family.
DoS
also a good point