GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – We still need a plan
In my previous essay I had suggested that the government needed a plan to deal with a community outbreak. The government have pretty much followed that plan. But now WE need to have a plan too.
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PS – the planet is melting
As Northland recovers from a once in 500 year storm, as fires in Siberia thaw massive amounts of methane into the atmosphere, news reaches us that Greenland’s glaciers have passed the point of no return…
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The real reason we must move the election date to November
We could hold the election on September 19th, the Electoral Commission has contingency plans for a Level 2 lockdown election format so this latest outbreak could be solved in time for a 4 week campaign and we could still have the election on September 19th.
I don’t think we should.
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The rise of National Party conspiracy theories and fringe politicians highlight the desperate need for public broadcasting
The reform of public broadcasting which Kris Faafoi has been doing sweet bugger all with is now eroding the actual democracy it is supposed to be protecting.
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Wait, WHAT? So National board member Roger Bridges really DID call Marcus Lush & smear the Auckland Central National Party Candidate?
In the rush to lockdown the country during the latest Covid outbreak, we missed the finer details of their latest example of appalling National Party behaviour.
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Don’t condemn Covid conspiracy theorists – show some respect!
It’s very fashionable for the middle class to roll their eyes and shake their heads at the lunatic ideas out there about Covid 19 and the local expression of conspiracy theories about the virus through the New Zealand Public Party.
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On The Demands That National Be More Involved In Covid-19 Crisis Response
Over the next few days, you are going to see an escalating tide of “I think National should be part of the Government” as applies health decisions, because people “don’t want playing politics” with the crisis-response.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – How Judith Collins and Jerry Brownlee managed to get up my nose.
On the same podium at the same time was Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins who, when subsequently interviewed by Kim Hill about Brownlee’s conspiracy insinuation, threw him under a bus.
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GUEST BLOG: Ross Meurant – Power Seduces
In spite of Collins saying she will not do a deal with NZ First; to make doubly sure she gets a delayed election; will she offer Shane Jones Northland – if NZ First votes with National to defeat Labour and extend the current session?
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Level 3 in Auckland extended for 12 days, wage subsidy extended
The cluster is not metastasizing so the current lock down of Auckland at level 3 and the rest of the country in level 2 will remain in place for 12 days.