Sanders campaign over the first big hurdle
Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the US President is well and truly launched. The media are now treating him as a serious challenger after he held Hillary Clinton to a draw in Iowa yesterday.
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New US visa restriction a sop to Iran deal opponents
I watched 2015’s last Republican Party presidential debate and counted, in absolute amazement, as the word ‘Iran’ was mentioned about 25 times while the word ‘economy’ was mentioned only 9 times. ISIS was mentioned a staggering 108 times!
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John Key said WHAT about waitresses’???
That he can’t even see how damaged his example is by his own weird behaviour is an indictment on his judgment.
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Desperate Key calls off Waitangi Visit and provocatively raises TPPA protest stakes
The manner in which Key is driving towards conflict is alarming.
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‘Neomasculinist’ is a long word for prick
they are attempting to come out on the 6th at these venues with the pass code ‘Do you know of any petshops around here’, with the answer being ‘this is the petshop’. Supporters are then off to a secret location for group discussions of their hatred of women.
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Why Chris Trotter + Real Choice are both right and why you MUST protest on Thursday
However you wish to protest on the 4th, directly from 9am or officially from midday, you simply must, but we also need to be cognitive of how this protest will be spun by the mainstream media and the Government.
We must watch the Police action and record it immediately.
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What can be done to fight inequality?
The explosion in information available about the extent of inequality in the world naturally raises the next question – what can be done to combat it.
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“Show Me The Money!” Filling the hole in Labour’s policy framework
This is why it is strategically vital for Labour to set out its fiscal policies openly and honestly before releasing its key policies relating to education, health and housing. The party first needs to settle upon a revenue target, and then upon the fiscal instruments it will use to achieve it.
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Labour targets the under-sevens with its tertiary education fees policy
This means only those children aged under seven now will get the maximum three years fully funded tertiary education when they leave school in 2025.
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Labour’s Three Free Years Of Tertiary Education – A Critical Appraisal
What’s got me slightly annoyed at present is the number of pro-Labour people I’ve sighted on social media claiming this is some sort of ground-breaking never-before-seen-in-New-Zealand-Political-History moment.