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Tag Archives: Dirty Politics
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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Creep
Prime Minister Key is on his way to Gallipoli, New Zealand’s troops are on their way to just another jolly war in the region and a Facebook play on words picture/comment takes on an altogether different meaning. The story broke … Continue reading
100 years after Gallipoli New Zealand’s ‘freedom and democracy’ will be decided in Northland
100 ago New Zealanders fought at Gallipoli for ‘freedom and democracy’ so we are told. Now our freedom and democracy hang in the balance depending on the result of the Northland by-election. Stuff reports that John Key is warning voters there is no “free … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Politics, ISDS, John Key, Noam Chomsky, TPPA
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Sky City and the magic potion, which lets JK get away with it
The “free” Sky City Convention Centre has always been a bum deal. The old casino rule applies : The house always wins. That how the roulette wheel or the poky machines are programmed. The initial deal was packaged as “We … Continue reading
No prophet is accepted in her own country
Booker Price winner Eleanor Catton has done us all a favour with her criticism of New Zealand’s “neoliberal, profit-obsessed, very shallow, very money-hungry politicians who do not care about culture. They care about short-term gains. They would destroy the planet in order to … Continue reading
Rod Oram : Defend the right to debate
If you haven’t read Rod Oram’s latest column yet please do ! It hasn’t stopped to amaze me how brilliantly the government spin worked in the lead-up to the recent election. It had almost an Orwellian quality of turning the meaning of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Politics, government spin, John Key, Nicky Hager, Orwellian words, Rod Oram
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