Political Ramifications of Jacinda’s wedding (why Simon Bridges is safe as leader now)
The only way Simon Bridges could counter this is by personally entering Pike River Mine and finding the Ark of the Covenant while healing sick children.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Finally something to cheer from Labour (warning – it’s tiny but what else do we have?)
Luckily for the Government they have a wedding to plan and the middle classes attention will quickly slip away from their egalitarian pretensions to what wedding dress designer Jacinda will be wearing.
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Mental Health Inquiry & Afghan Inquiry – two more whitewashes & more evidence of a corrupt neoliberal public service
The Left have looked to the state as the great leveller of Capitalism’s inequalities and with so many vocal left twitter union voices working inside those very same public services in Wellington, the point blank refusal to recognise and challenge this is conveniently ignored by those who are paid by those same agencies. What is required is a purge within the public services and Politicians with the courage to stand up to the bureaucrats alongside a political agenda to truly reform the State Services Act. We could start with every Māori Politician releasing the full uncensored Māori Mental Health report and daring the public service to fine them $10 000.
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Paula Bennett becomes a snowflake
If Kaupapa Māori means supporting draconian welfare reforms, needlessly drug testing beneficiaries, forcing contraception and pissing $120m against the wall while throwing 1000 state tenants into the street for meth hysteria, then Paula Bennett is Maui’s sister!
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So what is actually happening inside National? Will Judith knife Simon?
After another week of breathless mainstream media breaking gossip masquerading as news, Simon Bridges is still the leader and Judith Collins has not made her move.
So what is actually going on?
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BREAKING: The latest twist in my case against the Police is unbelievable.
So I will just arrive at the Court at the Human Rights Review Tribunal, make my submission and then just sit outside the door while the Star Chamber makes its decision? Where the hell is the justice and holding the powerful to account in that?
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The grim irony of the free speech vs hate speech debate
Of course we don’t want to promote hate speech, of course we want to protect brothers and sisters from minority communities from abuse. It sickens me to see those with little power denigrated, but be careful what we build here.
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Watching James Shaw consistently defend the Census meltdown is one of the true political mysteries of 2019
When do Wellington bureaucrats ever get held to account?
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Look, we all want a prison riot, but just because your weird cult programme isn’t adopted doesn’t seem like a good enough reason
Brian, why don’t you just ask God to smite the entire Government and replace them with you as Prime Minister? I mean you are on talking terms with your vengeful angry God right? Tell him Jacinda and Clarke are living in sin and the Holy Ghost with a big flaming sword will do the rest.
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18 months till election 2020 – how is the NZ Political landscape?
It’s 18 months till election 2020, the coalition Government is polling well and the issues are building.
How are the Political Parties faring, what will be the issues and what will be the wild cards?