Corbyn’s Labour slashes Tory lead to 5 points
If Corbyn can pull this off, it will be a greater political comeback than the second coming of Christ.
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Could Corbyn dream the impossible dream?
Despite being repeatedly mauled, attacked and belittled by his own Party and The Guardian, there have been some tantalising hints that the election isn’t going all the way for Teresa May, could Corbyn pull off the impossible and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?
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Iran’s democracy is a sham but here is why I voted in the Presidential Election
My friend and I cast our votes for the Iranian Presidential Election in Christchurch last Friday knowing full well the election was effectively rigged in advance by unelected clerics who had decided who could and couldn’t run.
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5 stories that need urgent attention from the Mainstream Media
While our glorious corporate mainstream media journalists are all busy nursing hangovers from their annual self-congratulary piss up, aka the Canon Media Awards, here’s 3 news stories that need urgent attention from them, if they can pause long enough from patting themselves on the back of course.
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The hypocrisy of America complaining about Russia hacking their election
Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of Russia or Putin in any way shape or form, but when compared to the last 50 years of the CIA, having to put up with some whining that a Russian Agent hacked the Democratic Party’s emails seems pretty lame.
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Julian Assange; Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.
The Swedish authorities have confirmed that time has run out to prosecute alleged right wing rapist Julian Assange and therefore the charges have been dropped. A jubilant Assange has appeared on the balcony of the Equadorean embassy in London and bizarrely claimed that this is a victory for freedom and, in an Orwellian misuse of language, a blow against the patriarchy.
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TV REVIEW: Q+A – Andrew Little looks Prime Ministerial
Andrew Little was on with Jessica Mutch. She pushed Little on Charter Schools and Maori Prisons because when Maori suggest anything that might be designed by Maori for Maori we know Western Civilisation itself is in the balance and may just tip over the cliff and smash into a trillion pieces that can never be put back together again.
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TWITTER WATCH: Trump openly threatens former FBI Director on Twitter
Fuck me but Trump openly threatening Comey on Twitter is just such an extraordinarily frightening escalation after his last extraordinarily frightening escalation…
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Could British Columbia now get proportional representation?
Electoral reform is not easy. It’s 24 years since New Zealand voted for MMP yet the four other “anglosphere” countries (UK, US, Australia and Canada) remain mired in First-Past-the-Post voting for their lower houses.
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Rave hospitality, but Indonesia fails West Papua with media freedom hypocrisy
“Indonesian hospitality was given a rave notice this week for hosting World Press Freedom Day 2017, but it was also given a huge black mark for its ‘gagging’ of free discussion over West Papua violations.” The author was one of just two New Zealanders among 1300 media people at WPFD2017.