TDB Summer Election Special: Green Party strategic failure in Mt Albert
The Greens had better pray to Gaia that Gareth Morgan isn’t actually all that serious with his Political Party and won’t exploit the strategic blunder they’ve just made.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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TDB Summer Election Special: Why English is far more dangerous than Key ever was
English is ramming through hard right doctrine to appease his angry right wing God. He is killing off secular Government obligations which he sees are sinful by pretending to resource only the truly needy. It’s a clever way to fool people, but it’s simply making the neoliberal welfare state even more punishing and more draconian.
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The Donald Trump Fake News Scandal – are we witnessing a Deep State Coup?
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about Donald Trump’s Presidency, but what is far worse than his terrible potential is what the American Military Industrial Complex are doing right now by smearing and framing Trump with unverified and false dirt from a paid political mercenary.
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Brian Borland, why arresting him is madness and why every adult Kiwi needs to break the law at 4.20pm
Allowing only medical cannabis reform is merely tinkering at the edges and is an insult to the debate on Cannabis. America has strictly regulated markets now and they are incredibly successful, this should be the aim of a progressive NZ, not a cautious frightened foot dragging half step.
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Dear New Zealand – let’s be honest about the Burqa
Admitting that the burqa is a bit scary is fine and human. Using that fear to justify a harsh and authoritarian crack down on what others wear is not fine (but is sadly pretty human).
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TDB Summer Election Special: What Labour Party MPs need to read today at their New Years Caucus
Labour must do more than not offend people if they want to be the Government. They have to offer hope and vision, and while affordable housing, education/health blah blahs and some tough on crime crap is all fine and dandy, it does nothing to inspire those living with the grim realities of debt and everyday life.
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Gen Xers to be screwed again by raising Retirement Age
This is the legacy of 30 years of neoliberalism, this is the mythology that success is an individual pursuit that has nothing to do with the hegemonic structures of power within a society and being poor is a personal choice. This idealogical virus has infected user pays society and warped the values.
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Centrelink scandal has been happening in NZ for decades
Labour and the Greens won’t touch the punitive neoliberal welfare state, but MANA and the Maori Party certainly can.
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Dear Bill English – are Waitangi Day protests as cringeworthy as you topless doing the haka?
It’s the funny thing about culture in New Zealand isn’t it? At home white Kiwis seem to loath anything to do with the Maori culture because it forces us to consider the past abuses of the State which most of us have benefitted from, yet the bloody second they are drunk on their OE in Europe, they throw off the t-shirt and bust out their best Haka moves.
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UPDATE: I hate Jordan Williams and the Taxpayer’s Union with a passion – BUT when they are right, they are right
You all know I despise Jordan Williams and his flake David Farrar backed Taxpayer’s Union with a passion.