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What difference did the Tea Party (whatever that really was?) make in the USA?
In New Racialand, keep your eye on the goings on as the 1law4all people do what
they can to appeal to voters of all political persuasions.
I also noticed that there are march in the streets advocates out over the "you
can now legally spy on New Racialand citizens," along with the corporatocracy
rules provided by the gummint to the USA via the TPPA.
Hi, hi, to New Zealander spy
I drove my privacy to the front
but my rights were all shy.
The line that only those with something to hide have anything to fear does
not work in reverse, as the gummint is exempt, it seems.
The police state seems to be drawing slowly but inexorably closer. And the
so-called "information age" does seem to have helped. Maybe Orwell and
the Libertarians were / are on to something, after all?
If they are smart they will give the leadership to Jacinta Ardern - she can learn the ropes as the Labour leader also get experience going through an Election etc and win the following one.
cheers,
Donna
I agree.
She's very photogenic and that's quite rare in the Labour Party!
She could almost topple Key.
If she tones down the left-wing stuff and goes inclusive/consultative then she could end up as Prime Minister.
9:30 AM Friday Jul 12, 2013 Radio host appeared more player than spectator in hinting Labour leadership coup was on the cards Duncan Garner, in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Duncan Garner revealed his Achilles heel this week. On Wednesday he waded into what was said to be a campaign to destabilise David Shearer and his leadership of the Labour party. But on RadioLive and on Twitter he appeared to be a player in the political plot rather than a spectator. The host of RadioLive Drivetime and TV3's 3rd Degree might turn out to be right about an emerging coup. And in commercial journalism it's always best to be first.
... TV3 head of news and current affairs Mark Jennings said he had no view on Garner's comments but he believed they were well-sourced.
Duncan Garner's high and mighty commentary on RadioLive, combined with the implication on Twitter that a move was imminent, was bad, writes John Drinnan.
The pork barrels have been rolled out in the Labour Party leadership battle, with Grant Robertson promising to introduce a "living wage" of more than $18 an hour for all government workers.
He told 350 party members and unionists in Levin yesterday that he would set a timeframe to phase in the living wage, which is currently set at $18.40 an hour for a family to live without suffering poverty.
He also pledged to lift the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour and repeal all of National's industrial relations laws.
Robertson later said he did not yet know the full cost of his promise, and that would determine how soon it could be introduced.
"It will have to happen over time because it will be costly."
Cunliffe declared he, too, would repeal employment relations laws, and introduce a Government-wide living wage over time. "It will be a strong package of policies that will put unions back in the centre of the fight for equality."
Anyone sick of the Labour leadership battle clogging up the news?
Seems like free publicity for two donkeys and a hyena and the media are pushing it along - pretending it's an important issue.
Does anyone care?
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