The Day Labour Came Home.
THIS WAS THE DAY my old comrades Bruce Jesson and Gerry Hill never got to see.
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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An extraordinarily underwhelming budget
Despite the large numbers my feelings after reading it and the accompanying news reports is one of extreme disappointment at a missed opportunity.
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Budget 2020 state housing rebuild deeply disappointing
The budget announcement that the government will deliver 6000 additional public houses (and 2000 transitional houses) over the next four to five years is deeply disappointing
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Go Hard, Jacinda. More Importantly, Go Early!
Waiting until 19 September to go to the polls, while constitutionally admirable, invites political disaster.
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The welfare system is dangerous to our COVID-19 future
As WEAG and CPAG have said multiple times, first fix the Act and frame our purposes and principles intelligently. That is the way to get the culture shift we will so desperately need.
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Open Letter To Maori MPs Please Vote Against Covid-19 Public Response Bill
I am writing to you as Maori MPs with a plea to vote against the Covid-19 Public Response Bill, and at the very least refer it to select committee for scrutiny.
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The Crowd That Booed
IT WAS THE LARGEST CROWD I had ever addressed – and it booed me.
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Unite still enforcing workers rights in fast food industry
McDonald’s in New Zealand has signed a new three-year collective agreement with Unite Union after union members voted 97% in favour.
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Matthew Hooton’s Selectivity
A good communicator and propagandist uses the pretence of reasoned argument to obscure their ulterior motives and manipulative persuasion techniques.
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The two Jacinda’s and hoping for a radicalism befitting our age
‘Courageous Jacinda’, when catastrophe has allowed compassionate leadership and Jacinda has taken the country with her. And ‘Cautious Jacinda’, when it’s come to delivering on Labour’s initial policy promises and hopes and goals.