BREAKING Labour and the Greens have a Civil Union – will it work?
The Greens and Labour need to look like a confident functioning Government in waiting, that’s the point of this, but it all seems a bit clumsy and rushed.
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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American propaganda overdrive, nuclear warships, Phil Goff, soft power and fear of linking the TPPA
Once the social media campaign begins to link the TPPA to the warship visit, a showdown will be set and the Government’s only hope is that the legislation is voted in early and the sense of fury amongst the protest movement dissipates.
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Why Samantha and Ingrid can’t save TV3
Unfortunately TV3 could appoint the second coming of Jesus Christ co-hosting with Lorde and it wouldn’t help them.
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Allowing the Fox to video the Hen house – fishing industry corruption a stench on us all
You can’t have a situation where the commercial players are immune from scrutiny while recreational fisher folk are getting punished and allowing the industry to police itself in this manner is a joke.
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1700 Suicides in New Zealand per year? What has happened to Aotearoa?
The reason we can’t talk about suicide is because we can’t stand to talk about the dark treacle of self hate and loneliness at the core of consumer culture. We don’t dare confront the hollowness of our existence on these far flung crags of rock for fear of what we will reveal about ourselves.
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Bribing the homeless to leave, punishing the poor with P – Why we need a Political Revolution
It is unacceptable that the power of the state be malformed into feudalism. It is unacceptable that public services be so underfunded that privatisation is seen as a solution. It is unacceptable to build surpluses on the backs of the poor and then borrow for billions in tax cuts.
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Paula Bennett blindsides her own Finance Minister in desperate scramble to respond to housing crisis
That Bill English wasn’t even aware of what Bennett was announcing is an astounding blunder that only goes to highlight just how rushed and ill prepared the National Government really are right now.
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Daily Blog + Waatea 5th Estate Budget Coverage 7pm tonight
Tonight’s Waatea 5th Estate will be a 45 minute special on the Budget to explore what it actually means to the people.
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Let them rent hotels! Housing Crisis – what housing crisis?
The utter denial the Government are in over the housing crisis is becoming absurd.
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National at 47% – what the new TV3 poll tells us
The Left need a new voter base or will struggle in 2017. The current voter base owns too many rentals to want to change, this means the Left need to reach out to that missing million voters who aren’t participating to bring new voters into the total to grow the Left’s share of vote while decreasing the Right.