“Family package” something to look forward to? Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the latest comments from Prime Minister John Key around shaping budget surpluses into better…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – #FJK Agent of Finance Capital
what are the hidden assumptions behind the evaluations of political reputations? Unless these assumptions are tested and critiqued, John Key’s actual historic role as an agent of the international finance capital cannot be understood.
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GUEST BLOG: Laila Harre – What Key’s resignation means for Labour + the Greens
John Key’s resignation just made the 2017 election a battleground that Labour and the Greens can win on. Forget the National Party spin that it’s business as usual. John Key just took a big breath and blew away the house of cards.
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A (Concerned) New Zealand First Perspective On Key’s Resignation
Understandably, most of the New Zealand Left is giddily euphoric as the result of yesterday’s bolt-from-the-blue-brigade news. Some of us have spent virtually the entirety of our adult lives awaiting this moment – so a certain level of enthusiasm is to be anticipated.
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The actual reason why Key has resigned
The rumour as to why John Key has actually stood down is so large it swamps all other news stories.
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Watch Simon Bridges and Maggie Barry to decide who is National’s next leader
The real sign as to who will become leader will be who Simon Bridges and Maggie Barry support. Barry has worked hard to build networks in the backbencher while Bridges is seen as the future of the Party.
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What A Way To Go! Some Initial Thoughts On John Key’s Resignation
RELINQUISHING POWER holds almost as many dangers for a political leader as the risky business of acquiring it. If John Key had chosen December 2015 to announce his intention of retiring from politics in December 2016, then the past twelve months would have been a messy combination of House of Cards and Game of Thrones.
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The true legacy of John Key
As the mainstream media go into collective shock as their Political Master announces his resignation, many of his corporate media pundits are quickly painting his 8 years in power as some of NZs greatest years.
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BREAKING NEWS: John Key shock resignation – we suggest why
In a shock announcement, John Key, Prime Minister of NZ has announced his resignation.
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Don’t buy National’s spin on by-election result
I was disappointed that the mass media largely bought the National Party’s spin on the Mt Roskill by-election. National said a loss would be catastrophic for Labour (and Andrew Little would be toast) but a loss for National wouldn’t mean a thing.