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Open mike 09/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 9th, 2022 - 96 comments

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Daily review 08/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 8th, 2022 - 5 comments

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Luxon goes to London to get campaign ideas

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 8:20 am, July 8th, 2022 - 19 comments

At the very time that the United Kingdom Conservative Government is imploding National leader Chris Luxon is visiting to get new ideas on how to run a country.

Boris Johnson has agreed to resign

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:03 am, July 8th, 2022 - 41 comments

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Open mike 08/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 8th, 2022 - 19 comments

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Daily review 07/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 7th, 2022 - 37 comments

How Can Labour Win in 2023?

Written By: advantage
Date published: 8:57 am, July 7th, 2022 - 213 comments

Right now Labour is preparing the ground for its run at 2023’s election with new policy. New policy must be wildly popular. What could make Labour popular enough to them back leading a third term in government?

The $11 billion man strikes again

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 8:41 am, July 7th, 2022 - 22 comments

Remember Steven Joyce who claimed there was a $11.7 billion dollar hole in Labour’s alternative budget? Another example of his negotiation prowess has recently received media attention and the only conclusion that can be drawn is that his ability to analyse crown accounts is matched by his ability to negotiate.

Open mike 07/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 7th, 2022 - 24 comments

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Daily review 06/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 6th, 2022 - 5 comments

Anarchy in the UK

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 10:56 am, July 6th, 2022 - 41 comments

In the United Kingdom Boris Johnson’s government has been brought to its knees because of a sex scandal, surprisingly not one involving himself.

Open mike 06/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 6th, 2022 - 108 comments

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Daily review 05/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 5th, 2022 - 13 comments

Covid – time for red?

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 9:23 am, July 5th, 2022 - 68 comments

With a second wave of Covid infections starting and with new potentially more serious variants emerging it may be time for the Government to consider a return to the Covid red setting.

Open mike 05/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 5th, 2022 - 53 comments

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Daily review 04/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 4th, 2022 - 7 comments

The benefits of Ardern’s recent overseas trips

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 12:34 pm, July 4th, 2022 - 69 comments

Jacinda Ardern has just completed three overseas trips. The cumulative benefits for the country are extraordinary and I have never witnessed anything similar from another New Zealand leader. But local responses from sectors of the media have been muted. Why is this?

Open mike 04/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 4th, 2022 - 90 comments

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Open mike 03/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 3rd, 2022 - 131 comments

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Ardern significantly improves EU Free Trade deal

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: 11:13 am, July 2nd, 2022 - 26 comments

Before her involvement in the European Union Free Trade Agreement negotiations Jacinda Ardern was accused of “scattering stardust” in a vain attempt to get an agreement over the line. If this is an example of Jacinda scattering stardust then long may she continue to do so.

Open mike 02/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 6:00 am, July 2nd, 2022 - 23 comments

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Daily review 01/07/2022

Written By: notices and features
Date published: 5:30 pm, July 1st, 2022 - 24 comments

Jacinda’s comments to NATO

Written By: lprent
Date published: 9:35 am, July 1st, 2022 - 38 comments

Yesterday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a speech/comments to NATO outlining our position on NATO, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, multilateral diplomacy, our region, and nuclear proliferation. Plus of course she helped to finally get the EU trade treaty over the line. Her ‘comments’ are worth reading and commenting on because I suspect that they align pretty well to our societies general position.