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Voter-suppression bill is back; regime says "fuck you" to submitters and ploughs on regardless.
A regime which interferes in elections is illegitimate. So is a parliament which enables it. selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/f6aa2374...
A regime which interferes in elections is illegitimate. So is a parliament which enables it. selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/f6aa2374...
Select Committee Reports
selectcommittees.parliament.nz
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Voter-suppression bill is back; regime says "fuck you" to submitters and ploughs on regardless.
A regime which interferes in elections is illegitimate. So is a parliament which enables it. selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/f6aa2374...
A regime which interferes in elections is illegitimate. So is a parliament which enables it. selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/f6aa2374...
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New post just out:
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
MAGA Meltdown?
Why the Republicans are in serious trouble
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New post just out:
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
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Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
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In my Chorus podcast/email newsletter today…PM's first election policy designed to look like Australian-type KiwiSaver bonus, but actually costs Government nothing & disguises further real cuts; Social Housing policy also disguises real cuts #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-ch...
thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-ch...
Monday's Chorus: Performative politics on KiwiSaver & social housing
PM's first election policy designed to look like Australian-type KiwiSaver bonus, but actually costs Government nothing & disguises further real cuts; Social Housing policy also disguises real cuts
thekaka.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In my Chorus podcast/email newsletter today…PM's first election policy designed to look like Australian-type KiwiSaver bonus, but actually costs Government nothing & disguises further real cuts; Social Housing policy also disguises real cuts #nzpol
thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-ch...
thekaka.substack.com/p/mondays-ch...
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National on various policy areas:
Health: costs too much. Cut it.
Climate action: Costs too much. Cut it.
Pay equity: Costs too much. Cut it.
Prisons. "The cost will be what the cost will be"
Health: costs too much. Cut it.
Climate action: Costs too much. Cut it.
Pay equity: Costs too much. Cut it.
Prisons. "The cost will be what the cost will be"
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
National on various policy areas:
Health: costs too much. Cut it.
Climate action: Costs too much. Cut it.
Pay equity: Costs too much. Cut it.
Prisons. "The cost will be what the cost will be"
Health: costs too much. Cut it.
Climate action: Costs too much. Cut it.
Pay equity: Costs too much. Cut it.
Prisons. "The cost will be what the cost will be"
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IMO the near 40-year old assumptions our economy operates under are no longer relevant or effective. This ABC story is about Australia but it references latest IMF research on inflation targeting which should be compulsory reading for the RBNZ, Treasury & the Govt.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
IMF economists say inflation targeting hasn't performed brilliantly in recent years
IMF economists say inflation-targeting central banks did not achieve better outcomes than others following the 2022 surge.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
IMO the near 40-year old assumptions our economy operates under are no longer relevant or effective. This ABC story is about Australia but it references latest IMF research on inflation targeting which should be compulsory reading for the RBNZ, Treasury & the Govt.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education by Olivia Guest, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/PejHZtj
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
prosyn.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education by Olivia Guest, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/PejHZtj
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New post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
The government’s latest proposed revamp of asylum laws reminds us that Labour have not abandoned their approach of using right wing popul...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
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this should immediately have a commentator REMOVED from their roles, instead it’s a strong signal of just how decrepit and servile to power nz media is
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this should immediately have a commentator REMOVED from their roles, instead it’s a strong signal of just how decrepit and servile to power nz media is
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The Govt's rationing speclialist (aka MSD) is overheating trying to constrain benefit spending, but the number of people on a working-age benefit continues to sail way above forecasts. We are watching a permanently scarring event here. Grim.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Govt's rationing speclialist (aka MSD) is overheating trying to constrain benefit spending, but the number of people on a working-age benefit continues to sail way above forecasts. We are watching a permanently scarring event here. Grim.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Israel's collapse continues:
"Ben-Gvir continues to push to loosen the law’s application even more to give Israeli forces the authority to execute Palestinians in the field"
"Ben-Gvir continues to push to loosen the law’s application even more to give Israeli forces the authority to execute Palestinians in the field"
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Israel's collapse continues:
"Ben-Gvir continues to push to loosen the law’s application even more to give Israeli forces the authority to execute Palestinians in the field"
"Ben-Gvir continues to push to loosen the law’s application even more to give Israeli forces the authority to execute Palestinians in the field"
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Y'days post: Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
Brexit was one of the many manifestations of growing support for right wing populism, and Labour's view is that they must above all else not upset socially conservative Labour voters.
Brexit was one of the many manifestations of growing support for right wing populism, and Labour's view is that they must above all else not upset socially conservative Labour voters.
Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge
In my last post about the prospect of Labour breaking its tax pledge, I did something I don’t often do, which is indulge in some ‘I told y...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Y'days post: Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
Brexit was one of the many manifestations of growing support for right wing populism, and Labour's view is that they must above all else not upset socially conservative Labour voters.
Brexit was one of the many manifestations of growing support for right wing populism, and Labour's view is that they must above all else not upset socially conservative Labour voters.
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I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
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We are destroying the planet because some obscenely rich ppl want to be richer, and to distract us, they want us turning on each other. National media around the globe are happy to play along, and I find this profoundly depressing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are destroying the planet because some obscenely rich ppl want to be richer, and to distract us, they want us turning on each other. National media around the globe are happy to play along, and I find this profoundly depressing.
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I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'll vote for whoever sets a target to get youth unemployment back below 10% in one year. I can't do ten years of centrist, round the next corner drivel. Waiting for businesses to get desperate enough to give young, disengaged or disabled people a job is fkng stupid. There is loads that needs doing.
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*THIS* should go viral.
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
*THIS* should go viral.
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Couldn’t love this more.
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Couldn’t love this more.
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Having been shown a free way to access the KC-formerly-known-as-LADY-Deborah Chambers' views, I can report that the difference is that we currently tax bank interest and not increases in real property values and this is what people accept and changing it would be bad because Singapore doesn't.
I don't have premium access and don't care enough to pay to read reckons like these, but if DC KC can explain why a CGT is "punishing thrift" while taxing the interest paid on a term deposit isn't then she's probably worth whatever hourly rate she charges.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Having been shown a free way to access the KC-formerly-known-as-LADY-Deborah Chambers' views, I can report that the difference is that we currently tax bank interest and not increases in real property values and this is what people accept and changing it would be bad because Singapore doesn't.
union.org.nz
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Well sussed.
everything moves so quickly. even two years ago a sustained cycle of negative media coverage could force a government to change direction. now, nothing. it doesn’t matter. and short form video is too diffuse and ephemeral to shift anything (yet?). an age of impunity
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Well sussed.
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new zealand’s tightly enmeshed social networks make it hard for chief executives and board chairs to fail any direction but upwards, so i’m sympathetic to bryce and robert macculloch point about the failures of the country’s executives and chairs. but surely there’s a structural answer
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
new zealand’s tightly enmeshed social networks make it hard for chief executives and board chairs to fail any direction but upwards, so i’m sympathetic to bryce and robert macculloch point about the failures of the country’s executives and chairs. but surely there’s a structural answer
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October 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM