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Well I am pretty happy today. This is indeed a historic election result. And I am feeling optimistic. It feels like it may have felt in 1935. Or 1938. At that time, a great Labour victory was tempered by the gathering storm clouds of war. This time it is the raging Covid, a pandemic that is unlikely to go away soon.
Since the Palestinian missile-launching from Gaza, reported on 15 September, Israeli forces have been hard at it trying to provoke…
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
An urgent priority of the new government is to end the madness of business as usual in state or local government controlled bodies.
Whichever parties form the government on Saturday it will be a victory for neoliberalism – the failed zombie policy given another dose of life support – this time most likely from Labour and the Greens.
the net impact is that our upcoming Election has been transformed from a potentially fraught democratic contest between two major blocs … into an effective coronation.
Change will only come when New Zealanders are strong enough to make Jacinda break her promises.
With just a few days left of voting, the cannabis referendum is too close to call. Every vote will count,…
National Party leader Judith Collins says obesity is about personal responsibility.
Anti-semitic conspiracy theories promoted by Billy Te Kahika in this week’s stuff investigation must be condemned.