3 good things that happened last week
Sometimes it feels like this Government is going no where fast, but last week was a reminder that good progress can happen and is happening.
Martyn Bradbury
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Why Election 2020 could be the year of the protest vote
If 2020 becomes a protest vote year, expect to see a Parliamentary overhang and at least 4 Parties to form a Government.
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Has Jacinda allowed the trauma of Christchurch Atrocity to justify extreme expansion of Police & State Power?
In the wake of this atrocity the security apparatus have seized upon the Government’s disgust and anger to push for huge advances of power.
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Right to die without pain vs right to smoke cannabis to not feel pain – referendum overload highlights the existential confusion of NZ
We will allow you to commit suicide to end a life of pain, but not smoke a joint to alleviate the pain that makes you want to die?
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Another gutless consensus nothingness from the Labour Government – maybe the Politics of Kindness is too much of a wimp?
Sigh, another spineless capitulation from the Government…
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Can ACT get 3 MPs & win National the 2020 election?
David Seymour’s deeply principled manner in which he set out to gain cross party support for his Euthanasia legislation alongside his staunch defence and support of Free Speech is positioning ACT for a level of support not seen since the days of Rodney Hide.
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Trump’s Impeachment going nowhere fast
I have no doubt whatsoever that Trump is so craven, so devoid of ethics, so narcissistic in his belief of absolute power that he most certainly did demand dirt on his political opponent before handing over military aid to the Ukraine.
I am equally certain that this entire impeachment will not only fail but could inadvertently cement him a 2020 victory.
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Will Ok Boomer turn majority against Euthanasia?
As societal entropy fuelled by subjective rage social media and environmental collapse divides solidarity in favour of ‘fuck you survivalism’, each tribe will start seeing the other in the worst terms with the cruellest agendas.
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New Zealand Broadcasting Agency: The case for RNZ-TVNZ merger
In the age of the deep fake and troll bot farms, a multi-platform source of journalism you can trust has become essential to a democracy.
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Period poverty should be the beginning of a wider debate
The Government is there to shape and regulate the market for public good, this is a way to reshape it and make peoples lives a little easier.