GUEST BLOG: Chris Leitch – Rules for funding of political parties need radical overhaul
A robust democracy needs political parties to be sufficiently well funded to actively participate in elections.
New Zealand Politics
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Arise the Socialist Wellington Central Labour WonkState monolith (minus any beauty or grace)
Labour didn’t expect to win 2017 and they didn’t expect to win an MMP majority in 2020 so they had…
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Dr Liz Gordon: At the Covid crossroads: return to level 4 now!
Maybe down here in the South Island we are some kind of neanderthal beasts, unable to comprehend all the clever arguments for letting the Covid virus have its way.
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Andrew Little is either lying or grotesquely misinformed: How Labour failed the medicinal cannabis industry
How Labour failed the medicinal cannabis industry the way they failed us with the Supermarket duopoly
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If Goff stands down: The case for a Progressive Auckland Mayoralty Primary
Auckland is at a cross roads and unless Council starts making life radically easier for Aucklanders there won’t be a city worth governing.
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The Liberal Agenda: Dave Chappelle vs woke cancel culture & the death of allyship – 5 stars
His excruciatingly funny criticism of woke power dynamics from the perspective of a black man in America is devastating.
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MEDIAWATCH: Q+A review – Willie Jackson & ACT
ACT will finally catch National once the Hate Speech legislation starts and the woke scare the bejesus out of the middle by what they consider hate speech.
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Winston’s epic fail using Gang friction to stir up hate is Winnie & the media at its worst
Right wing trolls on social media started bombarding anyone connected to the media on Friday that Gang Leader Harry Tam had toured the North Island with a Covid infected sex worker.
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Electoral Law Review: Why we should publicly fund elections
I say we should publicly fund elections!
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Electoral Law Review: Cancelling Coat tailing + enrolment bias hurts Māori politically
The MMP coat-tailing rule was a quirky feature that recognized regional political movements and allows for Minor Parties to build infrastructure. The inability for many minor parties to exist suggests it hasn’t been successful to date but doesn’t mean it should be removed!