Greens promise free public transport to under 19yr olds
The Greens are back on their feet with a promise for free public transport to under 19yr olds, free off peak public transport for university students, apprentices and those with disabilities…
New Zealand Politics
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Peter Dunne quits politics – good riddance to the ‘willing seller’ of our civil rights
When NZ needed a check and balance to mass surveillance laws, Peter Dunne rolled over and sold us out. When he had the opportunity to show Helen Kelly compassion, he refused.
Good riddance Peter Dunne.
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TOP at 3.5% in Poll – why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting when he should be Queenmaking?
TOP have hit 3.5% in one of the internal polls, as the election gets closer, they keep building towards possibly crossing the threshold, so why oh why is Gareth Morgan Trump tweeting garbage tweets about Jacinda when he should be positioning to be the Queenmaker?
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By promising billions in roads, National making same bribery mistake for election they made in Northland
If only National loved the homeless as much as they love roads! Can we pretend the mental health system is a road and get National to fund it properly?
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“Pussycat” Collins and “Hollow Man” Joyce back down to corporate thieves
It’s no surprise to see the National government backing away from measures to enforce tax rules against multinational corporations operating in New Zealand.
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Dave Macpherson – Last minute election bribes won’t cut the mustard, Coleman
The entire community mental health care sector is a mess, and forms a major part of the change requirement that the Government proposals barely touch on.
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BOOM – Jacinda Ardern blows Town Hall apart with Labour launch
She then announced that she would change the Public Finances Act so that every budget had to announce not only the surpluses and deficits, but how many NZ children had been lifted out of debt.
Fuck me!
Somewhere Matthew Hooton, David Farrar and Jordan Williams all spontaneously burst into tears.
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Jacinda’s speech – Let’s do this – Labour’s election campaign launched
Jacinda launching her Labour Party election campaign as leader
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GUEST BLOG: Suzie Dawson – CIA Whistleblower joins 2nd Internet Party #AntiSpyBill Panel
CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou was recruited from the high school he taught Jared Leto at. In the decades to follow, he travelled the world, recruited other spies in turn, and oversaw operations that captured Al Qaeda militants and sent them to Guantanamo Bay. Trained to keep secrets, there was one he couldn’t live with – his government was torturing people. Eventually, he shared what he knew with his fellow countrymen. Tonight, he will share it with New Zealand.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – and you, are you ‘comfortable’?
“British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he’s comfortable with the UK selling billions of dollars’ worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, which have been used to kill thousands of civilians in Yemen.” The quotation is from a The Nation Press Release , about a Lisa Owens interview with Boris Johnson held on 29 July this year.