Week 2 NZ Pandemic Lockdown – TDB Winners & Losers
With a Health Minister who liked walkies and an army of Ok Karen narcs, New Zealand weathered our second week in lockdown. Here are the winners & losers of Week 2 under Pandemic Lockdown…
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Labour’s cowardice to fix WINZ toxic culture returns to bite them in the arse as frightened NZers gridlock welfare Ministry
Labour’s failure to tackle the toxic culture at WINZ and MSD would become problematic once large numbers of NZers were forced to apply for welfare…
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Comparing Bridges commute to Clark’s breaching of quarantine are two separate issues
I get we want to be tribal on the Left, especially after one of our own has screwed up so badly, but come on, these are 2 very different things.
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Grim pandemic karma finally catches up with Boris Johnson
…I won’t shed one god damned tear for a man who was willing to kill half a million of his own people so that the fucking economy could keep along.
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Actually – we need a petition to pay Jacinda MORE
Dick move to demand Jacinda take a pay cut…
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Why Jacinda MUST keep us locked up for 6 weeks
You know that if the virus re-ignites after Jacinda comes back at 4 weeks, she will get attacked for coming out too early by the very same voices who are demanding she do that now.
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Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
While the Pacific infection rates are still relatively low, many governments have been responding with panic, paranoia and creeping authoritarianism, especially in relation to freedom of information, media independence and constructive and accurate communication, so vital in these critical times.
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American economic meltdown the new pandemic
…the economic impact of the pandemic is the second wave of this tsunami and we urgently need to be preparing for this the moment the public health threat passes.
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So China lied about the virus and bought up all the protective clothing – can we criticise them yet or is that still xenophobic?
When the first news of the Wuhan virus started circulating, an odd thing happened. Woke activists online in NZ felt any criticism of the virus was in fact racist and xenophobic.
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What kind of Police State do you call this? Why Faafoi & Clark should get slapped and what the hell is the CTU doing?
If the Left lose Jacinda, we are doomed because there is no one and nothing else who could lead within the Caucus or wider movement.