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Tag Archives: MMP
The 1% are fighting back – Resist !
Jacinda watch your back ! First the attack on the electoral system Before the final votes were even counted the defenders of the status quo had already started attacking MMP. Their discontent was the fact that under proportional representation the biggest party … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Trotter, Jacinda Adern, MMP, Neo-liberalism, Richard Prebble
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Media attack on New Zealand’s democracy
MMP in New Zealand Twenty five years ago New Zealand voted in a first referendum for the (more) democratic proportional voting system called MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) as recommended by the Royal Commission after the most thorough investigation into all electoral … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, MMP, NZ election 2017, Winston Peters
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Labour – Green : Was that so hard ?
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) A couple of weeks back I got the heads up from a Green Party insider to look out for an announcement / press conference that afternoon, which would make the news that day. And did it … Continue reading
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Tagged David Lange, Helen Clank, John Key, Michael Joseph Savage, MMP, neoliberalism
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