Why Ashley Peacock’s appalling treatment makes me oppose euthanasia
…when I look at the way NZ treats prisoners, beneficiaries and the mentally ill, I have zero confidence in any suggestion of state sanctioned euthanasia.
Martyn Bradbury
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Clever marketing over ‘scrapping’ the ‘mega’ prison at Waikeria masks a new Goon squad in Christchurch Prison
While Labour desperately work out how to sell the new prison build there to their activist base who are already disenchanted by the National lite Budget (I’ve suggested how Andrew Little should spin the new prison announcement here), we shouldn’t take our eye off the ball of what is happening in Christchurch Men’s Prison….
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NZ Police ‘respect my authority’ used to justify killing another citizen
Our authority worship culture that is so intent on giving the Police any power to bash, chase and kill who ever they like just wouldn’t be acceptable in any other public policy field.
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The AM Show Review: Simon Bridges doesn’t want to play ‘blame game’ over mycoplasma bovis – what a surprise!
It’s like there is one rule for National and another rule for every other political Party, watching Duncan Garner chime in and support Simon Bridges in demanding no more political blame helps explain why this double standard is so endemic in NZ politics.
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#RoyalWedding review from a cynic who doesn’t care
I watched the Royal Wedding alone on my couch with only everyone else’s twitter feed and Siri to keep me company. After an hour, Siri stopped responding to my constant questions as to why am I reviewing this bloody thing.
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The 3 reasons why the 2018 Budget is so depressing for the Left
When the Leader of the Opposition can claim on TV that ‘trickle down’ works, you know we are a country still in the grip of neoliberal culture. The Left has become so distracted by Identity Politics they don’t have an economic class response to counter neoliberalism and Budget 2018 is the perfect example of this.
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Suburban Far Right Race Candidate enters Northcote by-election
If there is a silent majority of racists living in Northcote, they finally have their knight in shining by burning cross light armour.
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Guess who’s back? Back Again? The Saudi Sheep Bribe is back – tell a friend
…you may not remember the unbelievable clusterfuck that was the Saudi Sheep bribe fiasco, so let me remind you in detail the fully fledged horror of it all.
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Extraordinary interview exposes Garth McVicar as anti-science flat earth creationist when it comes to sensible sentencing
Garth McVicar is to reasonable social policy on prisons what ISIS is to inter-faith dialogue.
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So when are Farmers going to start blaming National for Mycoplasma bovis?
Every election NZ has the choice to either allow National to keep screwing the country up, or allowing Labour in to fix National’s damage