Christchurch council helps National’s social vandalism
It is deeply disappointing to see the Christchurch City Council lining up to help the government sell 2,500 state houses in Christchurch.
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Dave Macpherson – Mental Health failures: the Government’s ‘gift’ that just keeps giving
I know I’ve said it before, but the issue of our failed mental health system IS very definitely becoming an election issue, despite the best intentions of Health Minister Coleman who, in an attempt to prove he’s pulled his head out of the sand or wherever else it was stuck, has put out more media releases announcing minor dollops of dough to mental health in the last 4 months than I’ve had hot breakfasts.
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Political Caption Competition
She’s terribly busy
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 19th June 2017
5: People Spent the Weekend Showing Their Contempt for the UK Government
4: Turkish troops arrive in Qatar for military exercise
3: THE HISTORY CHANNEL IS FINALLY TELLING THE STUNNING SECRET STORY OF THE WAR ON DRUGS
2: Standing Rock Sioux Chair on Militarized Repression & Ongoing Lawsuit to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
1: ‘The helpline is hopeless’: Grenfell relatives criticise lack of information -
The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 19th June 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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New Pike footage shows urgent need for drift recovery – Stand with Pike
Footage from inside Pike River mine released tonight shows there is an urgent need for answers say Pike River families….
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‘Zombie’ TPPA A Recipe for Inequality – Closing The Gap
The income equality project Closing the Gap today expressed concern at the National government’s effort to revive the TPPA deal…
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Suzie Dawson will lead the Internet Party
The Internet Party has a new leader: Suzie Dawson. Ms Dawson will lead the Internet Party as it contests the…
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Foot in Mouth Award – Nicky Wagner, because disabilities issues are such a drag on a nice day
Yes, indeed, Ms Wagner, we’re sure you’d rather be out on the harbour rather than having to mess around with boring disability issues. After all, it’s not your responsibility if some people ‘choose’ to stay indoors rather than go sailing because they happen to have a disability.
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TWITTER WATCH: Nicky Wagner’s contempt for the disability sector all in one tweet
Nothing sums up the born to rule contempt that National embody better than this tweet by the Minister for Disability. Here she is supposedly at work having a meeting on disability issues and she’s posting glorious photos of the harbour wishing she could dump this disability crap and party on the water front.