GUEST BLOG: John Stroh – TOP’s unconditional basic income – an unequivocal game changer?
I went to last night’s ‘town hall meeting’ with Gareth Morgan with some questions around the viability of his play…
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Why are we allowing China to take our water? And where have I heard Oravida from again?
Why the hell are we allowing a foreign country to take our water for free? Isn’t it enough that our Government’s slavish worship of the free market allows bugger all measures to stop our land from being flogged off to foreigner interests, but are we allowing our water to be taken as well?
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – Good on Devoy for taking on institutional racism
Congratulations to Race Relations commissioner Dame Susan Devoy for her courageous stand challenging the Government to hold an independent inquiry into the abuse of children held in care by the state.
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All that is wrong with the Auckland Housing Crisis in one Steve Braunias story
The only ones National seem capable of housing are the rats.
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Caged chicken eggs sold as free range = OUTRAGE – Matt Nippert unmasks Peter Thiel’s mass surveillance clientele = silence
…so a story on caged eggs sold as free range eggs deserves amplification and endless hand wringing by all parts of the media yet we get only crickets chirping when Matt Nippert points out that one of the global mass surveillance Nazgul gains residency here after their private company is exposed as serving our military and intelligence agencies.
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It’s about time Women in NZ were treated like adults when it comes to abortion
As far as I’m concerned, an abortion is a medical decision between the woman and the Dr doing it, it really has sweet bugger all to do with anyone else.
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GUEST BLOG: Duncan Eddy – Just a Little Bit of History Repeating?
Bill English seems to be as inept at leading the National Party now as he was in 2002, when the Party suffered its worst ever defeat at the polls. So, if John Key is the Keith Holyoake of our modern era, is Bill English the modern version of Holyoake’s hapless deputy, John Marshall?
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – The Opportunities Party Climate Change Policy
The Opportunities Party, (TOP), have held a Launch for the release of their Climate Change Policy in Dunedin South.
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Wake up NZ – Bill English is far worse than Key
English is ramming through hard right doctrine to appease his angry right wing God. He is killing off secular Government obligations which he sees are sinful by pretending to resource only the truly needy. It’s a clever way to fool people, but it’s simply making the neoliberal welfare state even more punishing and more draconian.
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The genius of Bill English’s Superannuation stumble and why it spells trouble for the Left
By proposing a change in 20 years time, English has managed to do 3 brilliant things.