Dr Liz Gordon: Labour is in trouble
What a difference a week makes! From unelectable, it now seems like we will be facing a resurgence in National’s chances under Judith Collins.
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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It’s time for a jobs guarantee in New Zealand
In the current crisis we have the absurd situation of the government-owned companies continuing to behave like profit-maximising private companies and sacking as many workers as they think will help achieve that goal.
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Auckland Central: The Importance of Acting Strategically.
JUST WHEN YOU’RE THINKING Labour’s activists have become smart, caring and (almost) wise; they prove themselves to be anything but. A pseudonymous contributor to The Standard, Te Reo Putake, has seized the opportunity created by Nikki Kaye’s resignation to demand that the Greens pull Chloe Swarbrick from the Auckland Central race.
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Judith Collins – still a typical low-rent conservative – more a Muldoon than a Key
I was looking back at three blogs I’ve done on Judith Collins in earlier years and can’t see any reason to change my assessment of her politics.
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Dr Liz Gordon – Racial politics now: Collins as the new Brash
On her very first day as Leader of the Opposition, Judith Collins positioned herself on the Donald Trump end of ethnic politics. “Is there something wrong with being white?”
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The Judith Collins-Led National Party: Be Scared – Be Very Scared.
WHOEVER E-MAILED MARK RICHARDSON on Wednesday morning’s AM Show was right: Judith Collins scares me
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MUST READ: Has the National Party Become a Threat to National Security?
“Oh, come on!”, I hear you say, “The Nats aren’t that bad! This is paranoid political partisanship at its worst.” To which I would reply: “Mate, you haven’t being paying attention!”
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ACT NZ – To the simple minded all things are simple
ACT’s propositions are to further reduce the welfare safety net, and their “fair, modern employment insurance scheme” is a chimera designed to deceive.
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Dr Liz Gordon – Keeping people in
The ramping up of security makes me extremely uncomfortable. I disagree that the four (I think it is four, I have lost count) absconders should be treated as criminals. They are people whose stories need to be heard for the purpose of ensuring that the dreary process of isolation is lightened as much as possible.
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How to stop SkyCity ripping off the wage subsidy system
SkyCity is ripping off the wage subsidy system.