Minto for Mayor Campaign Launch
For a people’s Christchurch rather than a corporate Christchurch – decisions by us, for us, made here!
Author: John Minto
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Collaborating with a government which demonises the vulnerable
This is a shameful act of betrayal by IHC which has transitioned from a genuine community based group doing great work for disabled New Zealanders into a corporate contractor for a vicious right-wing government.
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No more council sellouts before the election
With just two months before we elect a mayor and councillors it would be a travesty of democracy were the current mayor and council to sign off a new cost-sharing agreement with the government.
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Minto for Mayor – Media release – One policy victory – five to go
Christchurch Mayoral candidate John Minto is delighted the council has decided not to sell its works company City Care.
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Rich-listers and their allergy to paying tax
The NBR’s rich list is out again and New Zealand’s biggest bludgers are on display. There are 190 on the list this year with a combined wealth of $59.6 billion. The one thing this group has in common with each other is an allergy to tax.
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The sad political career of Trevor Mallard
As a senior Labour MP Mallard must shoulder a lot of the blame for the 175,000 children Labour left living in Poverty in 2008 despite three successive terms of a Labour government in times of marvellous economic conditions.
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Rust never sleeps and the Business Roundtable always wants more unearned wealth from the rest of us
It was no surprise to see the New Zealand Initiative (the old Business Roundtable rebranded) provide a platform for a Rogernomics-era free-marketeer, Stephen Jennings, to tell us we needed more market-led reforms – especially in education.
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Minto for Mayor in Christchurch
Today I’m announcing plans to stand as the KOA (Keep our Assets Canterbury) candidate for the Christchurch City Mayoralty.
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Private schools provide a socially-cleansed environment for the children of cabinet ministers
We should fund private schools ONLY when they enrol students on the same basis as public schools and abandon their fees.
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The hi-jacking of the working class
Until the left is able to provide a coherent, message that it is the greed and corruption at the heart of capitalism which is to blame for the appalling situation low-income families find themselves in then we shouldn’t be surprised at the Trump/Brexit developments.