Dalziel’s “updated” election expenses fiasco risks a “lame duck” mayor for Christchurch
Christchurch risks having a “lame duck” mayor for the next three years after the big hit to Lianne Dalziel’s credibility from her election expenses fiasco.
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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For a Green New Deal with People’s Power
Today for the first time in half a century there is a wave of revolt sweeping the world that seems pregnant with revolutionary possibilities that may finally allow working people to help lead humanity and the planet we exist on out of the hell-hole that capitalism has created for us.
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NZ’s medicinal cannabis scheme just got way better
Minister of Health David Clark has released the regulations for New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme, and it looks like Kiwis will have one of the best medicinal cannabis schemes in the world.
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The Trick Of Winning Power Under Capitalism
CORBYN’S DEFEAT, and the defeat of the Labour Party his leadership made possible, is a defeat for the Left everywhere.
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New Zealand government refuses support for New Zealand Human rights worker in Gaza
This is a sorry day for New Zealand where a gutless government decision represents a betrayal of Palestinians.
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Dr Liz Gordon: National gets excited
The National Party must be feeling emboldened by Boris’s win. That win was predicated, to a great extent, on the notion that if you say things over and over, people will begin to believe you. This is the only way I can understand the profligate and wasteful two page spread in this morning’s paper. The navy blue ink was not quite dry – it stained my hand a little.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Opposite reactions
It is an axiom of Newtonian science that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. This is, of course, an expression about force in the physical world. But to a great extent in recent times it seems to be about politics, and about the opposites which are simultaneously in the public view in this complex world.
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Is Winston’s Sudden Enthusiasm For Foreign-Owned Media A Case Of Enlightened Self Interest?
What if the New Zealand First sudden out-of-the-blue announcement of support for journalism and ‘traditional media’ in general, as well as two significant media companies that’re looking to merge in particular …
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Labouring Under A False Narrative – On The UK’s 2019 Election Outcome And What It Means For ‘Left’ Parties Elsewhere
In many ways, this should have been UK Labour’s election to lose. Or, at least, do a helluvalot better on with the Cons on the back, flat, bear-trapped-and-mangled foot.
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Dalziel’s election expenses return is a sick joke on Christchurch citizens
Christchurch City Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s election expenses return, filed on the last day today, makes a mockery of her claims to have “high expectations of openness and transparency”.