Whatever view you take of Juian Assange he became an Ecuadorian national so, legally, it is remarkable they (a) extensively spied on him and (b) allowed the British police to enter the embassy to arrest one of their own citizens with no extradition order.
Ever since Mike Hosking raised his hands to calm down the stewing National Party wildebeests on 13th February 2019 and declared that there was no need to panic about one rogue poll, more rogue polls have confirmed the first one.
Phil Twyford launches new ‘Kiwibuild-on-wheels’ project. Minister later confirmed it’s a bus but argued buses were better for Kiwis than living in cars.
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“Violence on post-Suharto Indonesia, from Aceh to West Papua, from Kalimantan to the Moluccas, is evidence that Java-centric nationalism is unable to distribute power fairly in an imagined Indonesia. It has created unnecessary paranoia and racism among Indonesian migrants in West Papua.” – Andreas Harsono
Right now the Greens are polling BELOW their 2017 meltdown – at what point will anyone inside the Party suggest the problem is a leadership one?
YAY – we’ve almost destroyed the National Party!
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Judith Collins will wait for Bridges to crash out in the 2020 election before she strikes.
Pilger’s incredible critique of the Assange issues makes for fearful reading. If Jacinda wishes to stride the International stage with real purpose and mana, she should offer Assange asylum as a direct stance of independence for NZ and as a defender of journalism and free speech.