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		<title>If Costco is the answer Nicola Willis doesn’t understand the problem.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nicola Willis is quite rightly terrified of inflation and ideologically she sees competition as the saviour to bring down grocery...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Has the left lost its mind?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why ask this when we have crazies on the right still trying to find the perfect implementation of neo-liberal economics...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Neo-liberal economic paralysis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Minto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I talked in my previous article about National deliberately working to create a low wage economy in New Zealand.  A...]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Prime Minister Winston Peters</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Minto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With a National/Act government we will all have to swallow a dozen dead rats.  We know their tax cuts will...]]></description>
		
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		<title>What did Labour do wrong?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Minto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Winning an election in a recession is very difficult and Labour failed to cope with that context. It was a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Negativity is a valid and winning political strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chris Hipkins thrashed Chris Luxon in last nights TV1 leaders debate and he did it by pointing out the flaws...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Palestinian people need help.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent flair up of violence is a result of entrapment of Palestinian people and an escalation in racist anti-semitic...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finance ministers debate, and show their mighty…flaws.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Finance ministers debates in Queenstown last night, (Thursday 14 September) was a missed opportunity for Labour. Overall everyone spoke...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finally one excellent Labour policy on housing!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Minto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The &#8220;deep retrofit&#8221; &#8211; (upgrading a whole house all at once by installing double glazing, insulation, airtightness upgrades and replacing...]]></description>
		
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		<title>It’s now or never Labour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[National came up with what looked like quite a reasonable tax plan that does give some money to ordinary people....]]></description>
		
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