Politica Caption Competition
David Seymour releases image of Epsom if beneficiaries move in
Author: The Daily Blog
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The Mendacities of Ms Amy Adams – 2,000 more state houses?!
Soon after criticising the Coalition for “hiding debt in SOEs” – a capital offense that National was guilty of in 2009, and which contributed to bankrupting Solid Energy by 2015 – National Party’s finance spokesperson, Amy Adams, was at it again.
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GUEST BLOG: Matthew Hooton – My position on NBR
For those asking, yes, Todd Scott filed a Statement of Claim against me in the High Court today. He alleges that it was negligent for me to have sent NBR the column I did about Steven Joyce. Consequently, despite the column having been published in the NBR after being read and subedited by several NBR staff including editor Duncan Bridgeman, Todd says I should have to pay some or all NBR’s costs and any losses it suffers from Mr Joyce’s litigation.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Explosive new allegations about Christchurch Prison
The Daily Blog is right about Christchurch Prison’s problems and a lot hasn’t come out yet.
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MUST READ: Budget 2018 – Half of something and half of nothing
In its first Budget the Government had an opportunity to break the neo-liberal mould which has been the basis of every budget for the past 32 years but they didn’t.
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Child Poverty Action Group Post Budget Meeting
From the Child Poverty Action Group Auckland Post Budget Meeting proudly live streamed on The Daily Blog last Friday
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MUST READ: I’ve read the PWC Stadium report and it didn’t take me very long because so many words were redacted from the version I got!
I’ve read the PWC report and it didn’t take me very long because so many words were redacted from the version I got. But in light of a looming regional fuel tax, which hits poorer communities hardest and representing a Ward with the lowest level of home ownership… a stadium in the middle of the city to host a future Commonwealth Games and the odd Abba comeback concert, is the last thing on their minds.
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MUST READ: Budget 2018: Labour’s Pre-Emptive Capitulation To Kiwi Capitalism’s Discontent
Grant Robertson’s dutiful and fiscally timid first budget has furnished New Zealand business leaders with all the proof they could possibly need that neoliberalism’s sharpest teeth are all perfectly safe.
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Political Caption Competition
David Seymour using up all the winter subsidy as quickly as possible so that there’s none for poor people