Some Thoughts On Socialism As Jeremy Corbyn Loses The UK General Election.
WHAT BETTER DAY to assess the latest contribution from The Daily Blog’s resident Marxist than Election Day in the UK?…
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Evidence of poverty relief lacking in 2020 Budget Policy Statement
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that while the Budget Policy Statement 2020 promises to extend Budget 2019’s ‘Wellbeing’ framework…
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MEDIA WATCH: NZME/Stuff merger vs the Duncan-Grieve-Centipede-NZ-on-Air-funded-echo-chamber Syndrome
I’m just assuming Fairfax now donates to the NZ First Foundation.
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Political Caption Competition
I proudly know NOTHING about rugby but I wanted that guy who does the breakdancing to be the All Blacks coach
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday – 15th December 2019
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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So Labour’s ‘transformation’ equates to spending billions on bloody roads???
Building a better motorway bridge for the homeless to sleep under isn’t much of a vision.
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TWITTER WATCH: National’s social media misinformation campaign a new dark dawn for NZ Politics
The structural reality of how National intend to make this the most negative election ever by playing directly to that negativity must be consistently pointed out and explained to our whanau so that they don’t get scammed into voting hatefully in 2020.
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Dave Macpherson: It will take more than $s to fix our broken mental health system
Since the Government’s budget announcement of a large spending increase in the mental health area, it has followed up with specific initiatives, including the recent establishment of the new Suicide Prevention Office, and increased spending on Maori & Pacific suicide prevention and school counselling and mental health support.
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Grant Robertson Spends Up Large – On The Establishment!
I think it’s safe to say that after Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s announcement of the Government’s proposed infrastructure spend-up, the New Zealand Establishment will be plotting nothing more dangerous that inviting the Minister to celebratory end-of-year drinks.
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What To Make Of National MP Parmjeet Parmar’s Gandhi Statue Proposition
Backbench Opposition MPs are occasionally curious creatures, as are social media advert-targeting algorithms. Due, no doubt, to an ongoing quirk of the latter, I found myself presented with a sponsored post from National’s List MP based on Mt Roskill, Parmjeet Parmar, calling for the enshrinement of a Gandhi statue here in Auckland to coincide with the latter figure’s 150th birthday and asking me to sign a petition in support of same.