I’m sorry, National had the audacity to say WHAT about State Housing?
I simply can not take this bullshit seriously…
New Zealand Politics
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Bryan Bruce: Prof. Kelsey’s new year message
I wasn’t going to write today but last night I received a press release from Prof Jane Kelsey about the fact that the TPPA- minus America ( and now called the CPTPP) went into force yesterday.
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Pessimistic predictions for 2019
If 2018 was a lost year where the woke left & alt right dominated debate, 2019 could be the year of reactionary entropy.
I’d like to be optimistic, but there’s just no actual reason to be anything other than pessimistic about the damaged horizon looming like a fractured mirror in front of us.
Here are some worst case scenario reckons mixed with some run of the mill ones..
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Ross Meurant: Nash is right, the black markets impact on our lives
The essence of my proposition is: The State should become the provider of goods currently provided by the Black Market (which means gangs and organised crime), and thereby nullify the impact of crime syndicates which can and do e.g. Noriega in Panama and Escobar in Columbia -ultimately control governments and/or pervade the Hallowed Halls of power with bribes.
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TWITTER WATCH: Far Right Hate Merchant David Moffett doesn’t believe I am real
Hi David, yes I’m as real a person as you are a dangerous far right lunatic who might be able to successfully hold up some of the ideological excesses of my Woke Comrades to manipulate the spooked hobbits of muddle Nu Zilind.
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Bryan Bruce: Call no man “sir”
While I think it is important to acknowledge people for their contribution to our communities and our country, I do think it’s time we had the discussion again about what Knighthoods and Damehoods signify.
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Holding National to Account
Under National an increasing large number of people could overstay for ten years or more by rolling over their temporary visas and there was simply not enough money to monitor them…let alone the employers exploiting migrant workers.
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Chris Bishop – The Patron Saint of Niche Policy
Of all the things that need our immediate attention in this country – bring your own piss to horse gambling day seems pretty bloody low on the list right?
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TWITTER WATCH: Best Left Wing Pundit 2018
…start immense hatred and bitchy comments now!
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2018 – the year that weirdly was (1)
In many respects, 2018 was a strange year in politics. From weird gender-focused terminology to ongoing subterranean machinations within the National Party as it came to grips with being in Opposition – 2018 was one for the history books.