The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 1st September 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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Stunning poll lifts prospect of a change in government
…if the Maori Party were to get two seats like now, which is certainly possible, then that would theoretically be enough to forms a Labour/Greens/Maori Party government. I believe the Maori Party would be desperate to form a government with Labour to prove they can go with either party – that they aren’t National’s poodle.
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Metiria speaking about fighting poverty live streamed TDB 7pm tonight
Tonight TDB will pick up the Metiria livestream and stream it here live.
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First Leaders Debate – TDB live commentary
TDB will be providing live twitter commentary for tonights first Leaders debate between Jacinda Ardern and Bill English.
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Monarchy still constraining democracy in Tonga
Tongan politics are so poorly reported in New Zealand that it is hard to judge the actions of the various players in the latest political crisis.
However, we should be concerned that the monarch, King Tupou VI, has sacked the elected government headed by Akilisi Pohiva, an advocate of greater democracy.
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Tales From A Possible Future: The Mother Of All Scandals Breaks
THE STORY APPEARED FIRST on an offshore blog. After that, not even the best legal brains at Crown Law could prevent the voters from learning about the “Mother of All Scandals”. The Internet, as always, prevailed over the frantic machinations of desperate politicians.
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Malcolm Evans – Look who’s back, back again. Winston’s back. Tell a friend.
Malcolm Evans – Look who’s back, back again. Winston’s back. Tell a friend.
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WTF – [W]inston’s Pension; [T]he #MotherOfAllScandals; and [F]ilthy Politics in 2017
Look “behind the curtain”, if you will.
The timing of events is, in politics, almost never coincidental.
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Public Statement on call by Prof Annette Beautrais for silence on Suicide
The attitude of Professor Annette Beautrais, of Canterbury University, and a suicide prevention co-ordinator for the South Canterbury DHB, is one of the primary reasons why it has been so hard to change the culture of silence about suicide, where news of it, and issues about it are swept under the carpet.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – If Māori back Labour – Labour will back Māori
Apathy is easy to feed when we have been so disappointed by the political leadership of the last 9 years, but Jacinda alongside Kelvin is the best hope for all New Zealanders to see a country that actually lives up to our expectations rather than lowers them.