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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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Well….absolutely. This is where we should have been 20 years ago. By now we would have had many fully qualified Tradespeople.
Hope these new apprentices vote Labour.
Nact dont give a shit about them…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300891471/work-and-income-staffer-took-fake-meth-to-cultural-diversity-morning-tea
Not surprising. Years ago when general manager of NZISS George Hickton quit to become the CE of the TAB he said he's "taking his customers with him." Has been the same for decades.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2023/05/26/trans-women-banned-from-elite-races-by-british-cycling/
Oh so is this what trans rights activists mean when they talk about genocide against the trans population?
Emily Bridges a six foot plus male bodied cyclist has been banned from competing in the women's team at Olympic level.
Opps in case the link from The TElegraph is paywalled
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/this-is-a-violent-act-emily-bridges-slams-british-cyclings-trans-policy-banning-her-from-womens-competition
Maybe Grant Robertson should call the Cycling Association and tell them they are being “petty and small minded” in not letting poor old Emily compete. Or perhaps he could use Emily’s words and accuse them of violence and genocide.
Huge entitlement issue here from Emily. She should be able to use whatever bathroom she likes and compete in the women’s category even though she is a biological male, which confers significant competitive advantange on her
“British Cycling are supporting this, they are furthering a genocide against us. Bans from sport is how it starts, look at what is going on in America. It starts with sports bans, then youth and general healthcare and then bans from public life through bathroom bans. ”
Nobody is stopping her from competing, but she has to compete as a man. Same with bathrooms”
Putting on my evil overlord hat here – I'm not sure why anyone would bother with a trans genocide – they are not a viable population.
Untrue, trans men with working wombs can, and have, happily detransitioned to have kids, and then retransitioned.
A viable population would be one that replaces its natural mortality, probably with a margin for losses from predation or accidents.
The instances you chose rely on original sex – contemporary medicine is not up to performing gynogenesis in mammals as they do in farmed fish – or they consider the risks of trying it excessive.
These instances (for which you have no link) are relatively rare even within the trans population, and do not remotely approach replacement.
It is called "Transperbole". There is a lot of it about. Not giving them what they want the second they want it is "literal violence".
And it gets hysterical. Transgender rights activist injects testosterone in front of health officials in Florida
I note the 'empty podium' trend as well.
Women are simply refusing to take part in medal ceremonies – when the 'winner' is a trans-woman.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/19/trans-cyclist-alone-on-the-podium-after-winning-female-race/
Despite there being a non-binary category (which she chose not to enter) – she 'won' by over 17 minutes over the next (i.e. the first actual female) competitor.
Very reasoned position from British Cycling and I like their emphasis on fairness.
I hope more sporting bodies follow their lead. The world cycling body the UCI is currently reviewing their testosterone level-based policy.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/british-cycling-ceo-says-fairness-is-the-key-driver-for-new-transgender-policy
Pointing out again, that the recent reviews by most international sports associations give policies to exclude, at ELITE level only, those who have had a male hormone advantage during development. Excluded are cis women with androgenic hormonal conditions and transgender women who have gone through puberty.
There is no push for exclusion at lower levels, rather encouragement of inclusivity outside of high performance.
I know of no incidence of him doing this in New Zealand. Our own rules allow exclusion at international level on grounds of fair competition and safety in domestic sport.
This is what I was referring to SPC,
Mr Robertson thinks that women who don't want biological males in female sporting competitions are being petty and small minded
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/petty-and-small-minded-sport-minister-grant-robertson-responds-to-critics-of-sport-nz-transgender-guidelines/EHLQL6YAAFHDHI2WKMIREEOMMY/
This refers to guidelines for community sport – it has nothing to do with international sport (which have fair competition rules).
It was a throw away comment on my behalf, but a direct quote from Robertson talking about transgender (male bodied) atheletes in female sports.
Gold.
Stephen Schwartz
@AtomicAnalyst
This is not an interview. It's a colonoscopy
https://twitter.com/AtomicAnalyst/status/1662969806507655169
Why is it gold that a sex offender is in the position to fund a politician?
you do realise that is separate to the issue of whether Target is grooming children or not don’t you?
Someone who is funded by a groomer, accusing a box-store of 'grooming' because it sells rainbow flag onsies? I think that's called ‘applying hypocricy in the service of a manufactured moral panic’. 24 carat truth-saying.
Yes I understand what you are saying about hypocracy.
But surely it is not gold that a sex offender is in the position to fund any political party?
Point scoring on such a serious issue does you no good
tWiggle, when I clicked on your link about Stephen Schwartz it took me to a whole lot of info about a guy who seemed to be anti nuclear weapons. He is Stephen I Schawartz.
In googling the name Stephen Schwartz I have found two people of that name with a different initial, one a surgeon and one a teacher, who were found with child porn images. Can you please clarify? Who has funded the right wing dudes campaign? If it is the anti nuclear bomb guy can you please post any reference that shows he is a sex offender? I couldn't find any. If you are unable to post, I will just assume you are mistaken