GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Auckland Mayoralty 2019
If I’m in Auckland, I will have the chance to vote for him.
If I’m in Auckland, I will have the chance to vote for him.
The first panel at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand Should Look Like was on the Big Picture, with an overview on foreign policy, labour and women’s perspectives. This is the exchange on foreign policy issues.
Documents I’ve obtained under the Official Information Act, although heavily redacted, show our government really has no idea of the implications.
I really haven’t given a thought to what persons of the political right think of Jacinda Ardern. A story I heard, from my granddaughter of all people, gave me pause.
“[Unnamed relative of Palmerston North] says that Jacinda Ardern only got pregnant to make sure she became Prime Minister”, she said.
Journalists should be interested in their pursuit of the truth here – not sweep this stuff aside.
National had successfully told the press to bugger off and talk about something else – like Karel Sroubek for five weeks.
Now Ross was guilty of bringing up the matters they thought they had artfully dodged.
None of this context was covered in Stacey’s article today.
The idea that when world leaders meet in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos to discuss economic issues that the assembled politicians are somehow in charge of the global economy is a delusion.
Blue Greens will fail to get any electorate traction at all and I support National wasting energy on this bullshit as it will only eat into National’s voter base without any representation.
I am hoping that New Zealanders are smarter than this, but I also fear that a cultural backlash to the woke may propel the New Conservatives into a position of power.
In the past week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been a cheerleader for free trade negotiations with the United Kingdom and European Union, aiming the finish the EU one within the year.
In 2007, High Court Judge Sir Ron Young sentenced me to 4 years . Today, as Chair of the Parole Board Panel , he released me, saying “You have done what you can in prison. To keep you in custody would be without purpose. It would be vindictive,”