He wants the government to introduce a work-for-the-dole type scheme where people would receive the minimum wage That statement suggests to me that he may hope to offer people only the number of hours that would be covered by the dole if it were translated...
What's interesting about your list of 30 instances is that 26 of them involved a centre-left party getting the largest percentage, while a centre-right grouping managed to pull together a government. Given that more socio-economic power resides on the ...
Are you able to give a link to the relevant page? I agree with the idea but don't know what I am meant to sign.
I haven't seen today's Herald, but members of my family have told me some of the vile comments they have seen and heard. National, under Key, certainly unleashed a nasty streak in certain quarters, and it is still hanging around although he has moved on.
When Labour lost in 2008, a disabled man in Wellington was so frightened by the news that he rang the police. This was reported, as I remember it, with wry amusement. This time around, the howls are all about a perceived threat to the privilege and licence...
Hi greywarshark. :smile: The gravatar is the Eureka stockade flag.
Thanks Weka. Kia kaha. :smile:
...we’re seeing now is even lefties blaming the Greens for not being good enough, which is pretty much an exact mirror of what happens to beneficiaries all the time Dead right! Entrenched inequality has allowed the middle class to take the role of judge ...
Schumacher’s “modern sense” of prosperity seems to be utterly bleak, and I don’t think it’s a useful one. There are a number of claims in the book that accord with what he has to say about the modern sense of prosperity. Right from that start he ...
Greywarshark, I will be out for most of the morning, but will join this discussion in the afternoon. I have read the book, and liked a lot of what I read in it.
I am not a Trump fan and I know a lot of people don't like Trump. But I don't think you should be willing to bring down your democracy because you don't like Trump.
Hi CV. Good to see you on deck.
Thank you for putting that up Swordfish. I was trying to articulate something along the same lines in response to CV & Bill, and you saved me the bother. The establishment left should be standing behind the democratic constraints to which Trump is subject,...
This is the point in that piece that stood out to me: ...data isn’t a replacement for a message; it’s a tool to focus and direct one. The same goes for story-telling. Shearer's Rufus Painter story did not go down well, and for myself, whenever I hear a ...
Well he says that he'll be out in his community enrolling as many voters as possible, which is at least a step toward a solution. I think he framed what he said very well. Rather than hand-wringing about the 'missing millions' he pointed to a 'risk to ...
Hi greywarshark. I started reading the book about a week ago. One thing that has struck me so far is the quiet conviviality of the writing style. It makes me wonder whether we have become incrementally harsher in our use of language.
I have a copy of the book from the local library, and will start reading it this week.
Ours is a low-wage economy, accompanied by preternatural property prices. Under such circumstances it is insulting to go along with a stigma against renters. Moreover, "dreamy stuff" works for people who either see the proffered dream as a natural ...
Thanks grey: I will see if I can hunt it down, and look to Weka's suggestions should I fail to find it.
Hi, and thanks for contacting me about your idea. I do not have a copy of the book, so my inclusion in this round depends on my getting hold of it.
I absolutely agree.
… Australia is on it’s own. And by extension so is New Zealand. If you are right, then this could prove an opportune moment for a nation-building, non-neoliberal left, though we are no doubt tied to that system by more than international politics.
All of this makes me wonder if Turnbull is hoping to cash in on anti-Trump sentiments. After all, I am sure there are heated exchanges between leaders from time to time, and I am not sure why or how we got to know about this one. I have seen where Trump ...
+1000 TM.
I agree Anne. With an election this close, in an electorate that could all too easily go the other way, it would be strange not to choose Greg Presland, who is already a trusted local activist and part of the existing networks. I have wondered if Deborah ...
I don't see how that scenario counts against "tenancy for life" in particular, since an owner can display just the same characteristics. What about the hard-partying, hedonistic strand among the rich? There are ways of discouraging people from disturbing ...
Thanks for putting that link up Pat - it is very thoughtful, as his pieces tend to be, and goes some way toward explaining why the establishment left in the US, rather than seeking to rebuild their "auld alliance" with the working class, are instead ...
Oh, I see what you mean now, hours later and slapping myself on the forehead. For some reason I read "Labour leader" as "Labour mayor", and assumed you were talking about the gentrification middle class garrisoning of London suburbs. But you mean that any ...
They seem to allow a bit more independence in their opinion pieces, but their editorial line tends to be pro New Labour. At least that is how I read them. After all, their journalists come from the same social strata as the Labour centrists, and they ...
??? That's an oblique comment. I take it you mean the urban land clearances around Tottenham won't take long, but I may have misunderstood you.
An example of just what you are talking about, from London under a Labour council. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/19/lives-torn-apart-assets-labour-privatisation-north-london-haringey?CMP=fb_gu It is in response to the "renewal" of ...
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