Changing Kiwibuild targets unacceptable sophistry & privatisation of state housing a slap in the face
If only Kiwibuild was a pyramid scheme, at least that way we would have pyramids for people to live in
Author: Martyn Bradbury
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Yawn – Simon Bridges promises less than a weekly Big Mac Combo in tax cuts
When in doubt, promise a meaningless tax cut…
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Thank the little baby Jesus no one has noticed Labour’s grotesque crony capitalism hypocrisy
When National bent over backwards for Peter Jackson by handing over millions in corporate welfare to corporate Hollywood and changed our employment law, Labour screamed it was ‘crony capitalism’.
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MEDIA WATCH: Big Dairy Water Propaganda is world class
…that’s right folks, Dairy doesn’t shit into our rivers or steal our water! They didn’t get National to privatise 49% of our state owned energy assets to create an irrigation slush fund worth $400million to convert as many square inches of NZ into intensified dairy farms! No, they create a miracle juice that helps the sick and needy while keeping our rivers clean.
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MEDIA WATCH: After the ‘unruly tourists’ story, the media have moved swiftly to the next big issue – tooting in a Wellington tunnel
If this is the fourth estate holding power to account, power is having a field day.
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Jnr Doctors strike again – where is CTU and PSA solidarity?
The role the PSA and CTU have played in quietly supporting the creation of a scab union to undermine the Jnr Doctors has been well canvassed by Bryce Edwards and Chris Trotter, but you would have thought after such stinging criticism the PSA and CTU would acknowledge their tactics to undermine workers was wrong and lend their support.
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The West Coast Regional Council is the face of climate denial – let them drown!
…if a region who will be hit hardest by climate change denies that climate change, they should be left to drown. This is darwinism and evolution now, something the West Coast Regional Council probably doesn’t believe in.
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We already have a centrist Green Party – it’s called the Green Party – the truth behind Blue-Greens
The one reason why this new political vehicle is being sounded out is because powerful lobbyists behind National are desperate to establish one drawing on anti-1080 fanatics and commercial fishing interests. There was a recent ‘lunch’ with a high ranking National MP and a large corporate fishing identity that pledged $1million towards this project.
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Waatea News Column: Is it time for Auckland’s first Māori Mayor?
With John Tamihere throwing his hat in the ring for the Mayoralty, Auckland could get it’s first Māori Mayor.
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Vernon Tava Blue Green fantasy shows how desperate National are becoming
Blue Greens will fail to get any electorate traction at all and I support National wasting energy on this bullshit as it will only eat into National’s voter base without any representation.