Billionaires who funded Brexit have won their plutocracy – lessons from Corbyn’s implosion
God save the Queen, because tonight she can’t save the UK.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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So Labour’s ‘transformation’ equates to spending billions on bloody roads???
Building a better motorway bridge for the homeless to sleep under isn’t much of a vision.
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Labour almost as good as National at eroding our civil rights
If we were handing out medals for eroding human rights in NZ, National by far are the gold medalists.
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What the measles epidemic, Australian bush fires and floods from the weekend storm tell us about NZ in a dangerously warming planet
I don’t think NZers ‘get’ how big the climate crisis really is. How enormous the impact of endlessly pumping pollution…
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Trump Impeachment a circus with too many clowns and what I truly fear
The Trump Impeachment is a sad and torturous affair made more petty by Republican tribalism and Democratic impotence.
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Adrian Orr is preparing NZ for the next great economic depression – will Australian Capitalism, neoliberal NZ quislings & Labour’s intellectual cowardice allow him?
What might save Labour from Grant Robertson’s intellectual caution is the type of event Orr is desperately attempting to insulate NZs economy from.
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New Zealand Volcano Update and Jacinda’s leadership
Currently right wing NZ activists are filming themselves entering book stores to turn a biography about Ardern around and are loading it onto twitter using the hash tag #turnardern
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Moral of the story? Don’t ever do a favour for Jason bloody Kerrison
Poor old bloody Chris Faafoi, trying to help a mate in a situation he’s personally aware of is unfair and what happens? The mate he’s trying to help turns on him and in a tantrum looks like he’s handed over all their private messages to the media.
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The political recalculation to make from the brilliant Cannabis Referendum blindside & National’s flawed 42 joints attack
6 months ago the Cannabis referendum looked like it would die before it could be harvested.
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The only ‘unanswered questions’ about the cannabis referendum is how do you smoke 42 joints in a day and where do I sign up?
Simon Bridges is desperately attempting to remain politically relevant in the cannabis debate after the Government blindsided National with a clearly defined referendum question and a clear set of guidelines to a regulated Cannabis market…