Boomer Rage – they booed & jeered when younger & poorer Auckland’s asked them to share
The hatred older NZers from wealthy suburbs have towards younger & poorer Aucklanders on display at the Town Hall meeting was disgraceful.
politics
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Kissing The Whip: Electoral Politics And The Authoritarian Personality
The rather alarming conclusion of MacWilliam’s article is that Trump’s support among American voters has yet to peak, and may be much larger than the political pundits have so far been willing to admit:
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Murray McCully threatens Key in Saudi stand off
By making it clear he won’t stand again, Key would trigger a by-election if he sacked McCully.
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Mark Jennings final casualty of MediaWorks news self-mutilation
And so it comes to pass, Mark Jennings, the legendary news boss has finally fallen and been pushed out…
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RNZ hate speech, conspiracies and right wing bloggers aghast: Political Kettling
Every day in every way, the weakest and poorest members of our society are being treated appallingly and without compassion.
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The Kiwi Trudeau
After years of the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, Canadians voted for the Liberal Party lead by Justin Trudeau. Trudeau shows the value of a progressive party uniting under a charismatic leader with a core message – that diversity is a strength and Canada’s common uniting feature.
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Bernie versus Wall Street
In Washington the finance lobby is more powerful than big Oil, big Pharma and Hollywood. In the Federal Reserve senior positions are occupied by alumini from Goldman Sachs and other major investment banks. And, Hilary Clinton, like her husband, is not going to upset these people.
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Green Vote Down! Is History Repeating Itself?
THE GREENS’ DRAMATIC FALL in the latest Colmar-Brunton should be a matter of considerable concern to the whole party. If it continues, then we may see the Greens fall victim to the same political phenomenon that led to the demise of the Values Party.
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What the text to Key from Glucina shows
What needs to be investigated is what was said between the PMs Office and the Cafe owners on the 22nd and who first suggested Rachel as a PR adviser.
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Mixed message from Nevada, but Sanders campaign still has the momentum
Sanders has been expanding his national vote, from around 30% (averaging the main polls) at the beginning of the year to 42% now. As he goes along he is sweeping thousands of young people into his campaign team.