Political Caption Competition
I am NOT a grumpy, hateful old white man. I just LOOK like a grumpy, hateful old white man
Most Recent Blogs
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 1st December 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Golriz Ghahraman update: Cough-cough – about my whole ‘this is a political screw up by the Greens’
Look, I like Golriz, I vote Green, I supported Metiria’s brave admission and I honestly hand on heart believe Green policy is the best for NZ – what I can’t support is the incompetent political mis-management that has seen the Party continue to go backwards at the ballot box for almost a decade!
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Green Party Lesson No. 1: Anticipating The Direction Of Political Sniper Fire
IN POLITICS, as in war, the aggressor’s first strike is almost always directed against the defender’s weakest point. That being the case, the National Opposition has clearly identified the Ardern Government’s lacklustre political management skills as its primary target. Their secondary target, equally clearly, is the Greens
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This picture shows why we can’t have democracy in New Zealand
You would think that an article as enormous as that would not only lead every news outlet, it would remain the top story.
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Political Caption Competition
The corridors of power never look so white and male
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 30th November 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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GUEST BLOG: Mike Lee – ‘Fear and Loathing’ – Auckland Transport and the Super City
Recent disclosures about an unbudgeted blowout on staff salaries amounting to $42m, ‘communications’ costing $45.6m per year, and $1.3m spent on business class travel and luxury hotels, unhappily have coincided with widespread public complaints about the council’s failure to manage even basic services such as mowing the grass in local parks.
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Golriz Ghahraman has answered her critics well
In summary, Golriz has never hidden her defence role in the Rwanda and former Yugoslavia Tribunals. She has spoken about those experiences many times, and put them on her LinkedIn CV. It has been good to see the legal experts such as Andrew Geddes and so many progressive people coming to her defence.
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Revisiting the Moment of Truth and the realisation we were lied to
The unbelievable way New Zealanders and the mainstream media framed the Moment of Truth as a giant waste of time because Kim didn’t prove Key knew about him before he claimed shows the juvenile nature of our news culture.