Ideas matter. As he was inaugurated for a second term this evening, President Michael D Higgins said “ideas matter” and “history tells us that anti-intellectualism” is the “the weapon of authoritarian and anti-democratic forces in so many parts of our ...
Colonial Viper.
Ouch!
Farage is on his way to a gig in Sky City where he will peddle Brexit. If you want "all I need to know about Brexit" in one video...............here it is: https://youtu.be/znmjnEMqHeg
The Farage tour gig, at Sky City Auckland Convention Centre on the 4th September, will tap into a wider constituency than the Canadian pair. There is a wide community of English immigrants in NZ (they usually call themselves Ex-pats) who support Brexit. ...
I see the English are stockpiling foods and drugs for the probable crash-out Brexit. Is their high commission here accepting donations anywhere? is there a drop off point? I've read about the massive increase in users of food banks due to Tory austerity ...
'.......the idea of Britishness that had emerged in the 18th Century had been grounded on twin foundations: the economic opportunities presented by the Empire; and Protestant fear of the continental, Catholic, other. With the Empire gone and Western ...
Banks are public institutions masquerading as private businesses. "We will be told we must lift the cap on salaries and bring back bonuses to attract the “best people”. We should reply that we’ve had the best people and we’d rather have just good ones. We ...
On Brexit and Boris Johnson "Johnson and his chums ignored Northern Ireland in their Brexit campaign. That seemed to be the ultimate height of irresponsibility but they have now gone further – they are exploiting it. Their current strategy is to use the EU...
"Whether enough progress in reassembling Humpty Dumpty can be made to allow the EU summit to avoid a collapse in the Brexit talks in June is still very much in the balance. Brussels is turning up the heat, but it remains to be seen if Theresa May can ...
...served with Highwater Wines Central Otago Pinot Noir (John Key is a shareholder)...
Leavers prepare their Brexit betrayal narrative UK Politics: Leavers demand everything from Brexit deal except their names on paper "You have to believe that people who have devoted their adult lives to the cause of EU exit would, on the brink of their ...
I can hear Colonial Viper giggling madly in the distance. The hapless Curran screwed up publicly in handling lively activity in her electorate a few years ago. She even wanted the NZ Council to kick people out of the party who had the temerity to grow the ...
Stg4m was spent of Crosby Textor, not Cambridge Analytica.
Delete please. I just spotted my error.
Crosby Textor spent Stg 4m of the Tories money on Cambridge Analytica in the last UK GE. It will be difficult to believe that similar antics were not on the menu then. Crosby Textor advises the NZ National Party. The National Party have to publish the ...
What was/is Greece trying to get out of?
Please, oh please let it be Collins. She will drive the Nats back to the low 30s pc league.
The alienation of large sections of English society was done by Tory and Labour governments since Thatcher came to power in 1979. The EU, and its ECJ, brought massive improvement to working conditions and to civil rights in England. The single market ...
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/brexit-is-a-collective-english-mental-breakdown-1.3356258 Here is Boyle's IT article. Brexit is a collective English mental breakdown English people living on dreams of empire never learned to see others as equals Tue, ...
https://www.indy100.com/article/funny-letter-financial-times-brexit-theresa-may-lionel-barber-7826411 here it is
The most read FT letter in a decade. Prof Boyle explains why the Pro Brexit faction of the Conservative Party are to be knows as "wankers" while their opponents are to be knows as "fuckers". "Surely this rhetoric inverts the truth? It is the Europobes who ...
Prof Boyle's analysis is similar to that of Fintan O'Toole of the Irish Times (and Guardian and NYT) "The country that prides itself on sober moderation has made one of the most impulsive moves ever undertaken in a developed democracy. The stiff upper lips...
The Standard is pushing its luck by hosting sports stuff. Sports activity caused injuries and inane conversations. If TS allows any Cricket shit I'll learn how to do a DOA attack. Be feart.
Dodgy Academics: Immigration NZ should be warned to restrict entry to bigots like historians and commentators Gordon Craig, Fritz Stern, Norman Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Timothy Garton-Ash and George Urban. Here are some of their views on the Germans as ...
Labour in England has a new landscape to contend with according to psephologist Prof Curtice on Strathclyde. "Labour still thinks of itself as the party of the working class, but in practice it is now almost as accurate to regard it as the party of ...
He created Kiwibank. Good man. Every branch should have a photo of Jim on the wall for a month out of respect.
The "Italian Job" is a great English movie that Fintan O'Toole sees as a metaphor for their Brexit mess. "Which brings us to The English Job of 2018. The British government is currently like Croker’s gang – immobilised by an impossible choice while their ...
Done. I've expensive tastes, though I'm not sure where to find an Auckland bar with good Zinfandel. I've a year to do the research!
AD A shared bottle of good Zinfandel says Trump is not President this time next year. Are you up for it?
Jeremy Corbyn will lose the next election in the UK and the Tories will win. The Tories cannot be doing any worse than they are at present: each and every minister and PM May screw up at every opportunity. Yet Corbyn is behind in the polls, "Jeremy Corbyn,...
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