Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern
Analysis by Selwyn Manning. Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz. There’s a mood circulating among some circles that it would end…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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The new government has a blank page to write on
By running a campaign almost devoid of policy the government has given its supporters a blank page upon which we need to write our concerns and needs, and those of the planet we live on, into a policy for our mutual survival.
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Dr Liz Gordon: A new society
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.
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Arson and plunder ruin Palestinian olive harvest
Since the Palestinian missile-launching from Gaza, reported on 15 September, Israeli forces have been hard at it trying to provoke…
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Jacinda Will Keep Us Moving – To The Same Place.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
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Government needs to stop the madness of “business as usual” in state and council bodies planning layoffs
An urgent priority of the new government is to end the madness of business as usual in state or local government controlled bodies.
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Newsflash! – Saturday’s election result is out! – Another victory for neo-liberalism!
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.
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The Team of Five Million Becomes Team Leviathan – On The Impending Coronation Of Our First MMP Monarch
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.
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Let’s Make Jacinda Break Her Promises.
Change will only come when New Zealanders are strong enough to make Jacinda break her promises.
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Toke the vote: ranking party cannabis policies
With just a few days left of voting, the cannabis referendum is too close to call. Every vote will count,…