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I live in Auckland . Last night while driving home around 8pm I passed a small road side car park with about 10 vehicles in it with people sleeping in them. I doubt they were holiday makers.
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I live in Auckland . Last night while driving home around 8pm I passed a small road side car park with about 10 vehicles in it with people sleeping in them. I doubt they were holiday makers.
Judith Collins lambasting the government over what she calls a “massive failure on border testing” got her some media attention yesterday and possibly some political traction.
Yes, this is a Covid election in a dying world.
Voting is the way we control the power of government.
Shooting gang members is not a solution.
We may like to think we are rational beings but, ironically, the idea that we are creatures of reason is, in itself, a belief statement .
In my previous essay I had suggested that the government needed a plan to deal with a community outbreak. The government have pretty much followed that plan. But now WE need to have a plan too.
On the same podium at the same time was Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins who, when subsequently interviewed by Kim Hill about Brownlee’s conspiracy insinuation, threw him under a bus.
In spite of Collins saying she will not do a deal with NZ First; to make doubly sure she gets a delayed election; will she offer Shane Jones Northland – if NZ First votes with National to defeat Labour and extend the current session?
The whole world, every country on every continent, is preoccupied with taking desperate steps to protect their own people from Covid-19, is preoccupied with worries about how their societies can recover in a way that is fair and just. Thus, the Israeli regime is able to, not just continue its policies of dispossessing Palestinians, but also take measures to prevent Palestinians from protecting themselves from Covid-19.