“Prime Minister has his head in the sand” – Nicky Stevens’ family on call for Mental Health Inquiry
Tonight’s TVNZ News Poll showing 77% of New Zealanders support the call for an Independent Mental Health Inquiry has been…
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 12th June 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Labour’s freshwater policy ‘more ambitious’ than Govt but still has some leaks in it.
Major tourism, conservation and recreation organisations behind Freshwater Rescue Plan, announced yesterday, compare Labour’s water policy to their seven step…
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National unprepared as immigration runs four times faster than forecast – Labour Party
National has been caught asleep at the wheel by record immigration that has outstripped Budget forecasts, says Leader of the…
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A fairer electoral system would have helped UK Labour to power
UK Labour did fantastically well in Thursday’s general election, despite Jeremy Corbyn being painted as an “unelectable” leftist by the media commentariat – and even by most of his Labour colleagues. Labour’s advance was not really a surprise. As I wrote in my Daily Blog post a year and a half ago, Corbyn’s “Keynesian policies are considerably more popular than the austerity championed by Cameron and the Labour right.”
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Q+A Review
Panel is Matt McCarten who announces he’s starting a new Campaign For Change movement, Jennifer Curtin and Fran O’Sullivan. Lockwood Smith…
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TOP donates $1 million to charity to protest political ad allowances – The Opportunities Party
Hey folks, in case you missed it taxpayers have just given millions of dollars of broadcasting time to establishment politicians…
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Political Caption Competition
The face of right wing victory
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Saturday 10th June 2017
5: How Politics’ Biggest Self-Own Played Out On the UK’s Screens
4: US anti-fascists take on alt-right fight squads
3: After Election Setback, Theresa May Clings to Power in U.K. Thanks to Ulster Extremists
2: Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn Rides Progressive Tide in U.K. Election in Rebuke of Austerity & Conservatives
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National continues to panic on housing crisis as election day looms
National’s “grand plans” for 220 new social and transitional places remains woefully short of the 1,138 houses that National sold off to IHC’s Accessible Properties at the end of March. It is also unclear what is meant by ” transitional places”. Are these actual houses? Or motel units, à la Auckland-style;