The economy is the electoral battleground but society is its casualty
I ended the week feeling sorry for Simon Bridges
New Zealand Politics
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – National tries to go back to the future with Todd Muller
Want to return to corporate ruled New Zealand and trickle down theory?
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Simon Bridges loses National Leadership to Loaf of White Bread
Simon Bridges, plucky little battler from provincial aspiration street, has been replaced by alpha CEO aspiration in the form of Todd Somebody.
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Waatea News Column: White middle-class fear drives law & order in NZ
The release of the largest-ever crime survey in New Zealand paints a picture of law and order issues dominated by white middle-class fears of crime rather than those actually suffering it.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Beware of the Right
I caught a little of THREE’s breakfast show this morning.The host Ryan Bridge was snapping out an opinion moment that we should not elect governments on the basis of the personality of the leader.
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – Political prisoners and Covid May 19
For millions around the world COVID 19 is one more terrible threat to an existence already precarious because of poverty and conflict.
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BREAKING: TVNZ POLL Labour – 6.30pm Livestream hot take on TDB
Join Right wing commentator and Fairfax columnist Damien Grant and Daily Blog Editor Martyn Bradbury from Damien’s Libertarian compound live at 6.30pm tonight for hot takes on the TVNZ Poll and what its ramifications will be for the Election.
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6.30pm LIVE tonight – ‘The Waterstone Election 2020 Commentary Podcast – hot take reaction to TVNZ Poll’
Watch live on The Daily Blog or Waterstones Facebook Page.
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Does National Still Need A Street-Fighting Man?
WHO WILL EMERGE from Friday’s emergency meeting of National caucus as the party’s No.1 and No. 2?