Do Patrick Gower, Audrey Young and Vernon Small feel like they were duped by Labour?
The MoU is sounding more hollow with every passing day, can it withstand the Mt Albert by-election?
Martyn Bradbury
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Labour won’t do anything meaningful on Cannabis reform – what a way to respect Helen Kelly
48 hours on from the Joint State of the Nation and those hoping for meaningful cannabis reform won’t be getting any joint at all from Labour.
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If I had been wrongly convicted of rape, I’d punch a NZ cop as well
The NZ Police gleefully framed and then locked David up so news that he has assaulted a cop and is in trouble again isn’t any surprise, If I had been wrongly convicted of rape, I’d punch a NZ cop as well.
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Dear Bill English, ‘We don’t agree with it’ is something disapproving parents say about their daughters new pink mohawk haircut, it’s not a response to naked bigotry
There’s understatement and then there’s no statement and this weak response is actually beneath our egalitarian tradition as a country.
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Far Right Think Tank says immigration in NZ is ok
The NZ Institute, a far right think tank, is desperately trying to keep neoliberal globalisation as NZs default settings. After 30 years of the neoliberal experiment in NZ, the NZ Institute needs to keep the myths and lies alive that the free market is the only market.
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Labour will lose Central Auckland (again) and the Greens should give Chloe Swarbrick her chance
The decision to run Mt Albert is a disastrous one for the Greens, they could redeem that by selecting Swarbrick for Auckland Central.
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Andrew Little pours cold water all over Memorandum of Understanding – rules out electorate deals
It makes the Labour-Green desire to over throw the Government look less than convincing when they are happier to fight amongst themselves.
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Andrew Little is showing real leadership against Trump’s #MuslimBan – why can’t Bill English?
Considering what a far right Christian Bill English is, does our PM support banning Muslims?
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The utter madness of Trump’s #MuslimBan
Here’s a point worth remembering – doesn’t Trump make you wish the Democrats hadn’t run a corrupted Primary process and allowed Bernie to win instead? Sanders would have crushed Trump, the Identity Politics Liberals allowed Trump to win and we have 4 years to make sure the Identity Politics Liberals don’t fuck it up again.
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MEDIAWATCH: These are the people Labour want to ‘smash’
Last time in power, Labour helped build the prison nation we are faced with now, it would be pointless fighting an election to simply replace one tough on crime pack of clowns with another tough on crime pack of clowns.