US Senate nominee Platner halts campaign after assault allegations https://aje.news/epxsxd

The prospect of an increase in mortgage rates is very bad news for any Govt in election year.

SolarSaver is solid social democratic policy. Much more please.

We don't need you to do this job either, mate.

It will be interesting to see whether other polling agencies agree with Roy Morgan's Australian polling, which shows a steep decline in One Nation support from 31.5% to 22.5%.

Enamel silver box,c.1914 by Elizabeth Copeland, a pioneering force in the American Arts and Crafts movement #WomensArt

URGENT UPDATE - Mosgiel residents are being asked not to shower or flush their toilets for the next few hours while a malfunctioning valve at the wastewater pumping system is repaired. Dunedin City Council Emergency Operations Centre 7pm & staff were on site quickly.

The reason that Mr Peters says "woke" and "wokeism" and "woke mind virus" over and over again is because that's all he has to do. Titillating his wedge of public opinion is quite sufficient, he has discovered.

The US Bicentenary occurred in the immediate aftermath of Watergate and Vietnam War. And yet the United States was much more united then than it is at the 250 year mark, with half the population rooting for every celebration to be a disaster.

One of the many things that all the coalition parties have in common is their determination to make New Zealand's liberal democracy less democratic.

Happy 4th of July

If almost half of 'free' school lunches don't meet basic nutrition standards, and tens of thousands are returned uneaten daily, then the changes under this Govt are not saving money, but wasting money. On a huge scale. Austerity is shockingly expensive.

After careful consideration of the contents of Mr Tamaki's speech, I think that the removal of his firearms license is consistent both with the law as written, and is consistent with how the law has been interpreted in the past.

In the midst of a nationwide housing crisis, the PM did not know that Auckland has no emergency night shelter.

Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out

I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I learned that Kat Abughazaleh spent 12 bucks on a basket of fast food shrimp.

Palestinian rights advocates hail 'political earthquake' in New York as progressives beat several pro-Israel candidates https://aje.news/c2mkpz

Thank you to Amnesty International NZ for their very clear denunciation of the 'purge' rhetoric of Brian Tamaki.

"Hasn't put a foot wrong". It is not a good sign for your leadership if your MPs feel they have to outright lie in order to defend you.

I don't know who gives Mr Luxon political advice, but the advice is terrible. He's given The Opportunities Party and one of their policies a great deal of media coverage. If you are losing political support, respond in policy. Don't respond as if you are nothing more than an incompetent PR agent.

Keir Starmer has resigned.

The far-right chant in the European Parliament, intended to be intimidating, is actually a result of their frustration. They can't impose their policies at this point. But it's an educative glimpse into what their attitudes will be like if they govern.

Minor party trainspotting: The Free Palestine Party has applied to be on the ballot elections.nz/media-and-ne... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

1000 people is HUGE in Ōtepoti. What a massive success! It's really clear that this gender bill is not a popular one. My conservative voting father came to his second protest in his life (the first was my first ever marriage equality rally) for this one, it was special. www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Labour should offer to give National the votes required to pass their superannuation policy right now. It should make the same offer after the election, no matter who wins. It should literally adopt the policy. It's the definition of sensible social-democratic policy.

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The surprisingly wide margin for Andy Burnham in Makerfield will pile more pressure on Keir Starmer. The local elections showed that Starmer's Labour could not beat Reform. The lesson of the by-election is that Burnham's Labour could.

If, as appears increasingly likely, Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, it should be remembered that it is not in any way an endorsement of Starmer's Labour. It is a vote for an insurgent, for another vision entirely of what Labour is and what it stands for.

The Guardian is reporting an un-named source in Reform UK, claiming that Labour and Andy Burnham have won Makerfield by about 2500 votes. This is *not* a confirmed result.

The SNP has conceded defeat in the by-election in Aberdeen South. Britain's oil and gas industry is based there, and the successful Tories had campaigned as the industry's champions.

Provoke the voters at your peril, Mr Jones. If you think is going down well with the public, then 'out of touch' would be a gross under-statement.

I'm a huge advocate of basic Govt support that is not means-tested. Things like free Doctor visits and free prescriptions and capped public transport fares that you don't lose access to when you find a job.

So the Mad Butcher is selling Polish pork.

Activist John Minto says he has received $10,000 compensation from police following a watchdog ruling that he was unlawfully arrested and pepper-sprayed at a pro-Palestine protest in February 2024.

Mr Peters says that officials who mislead Ministers should be "put in prison". And what about Ministers who mislead the public, Mr Peters?

Appointing a partisan non-journalist activist PR maven columnist to a media outlet board or c-suite: fine, good, cross-pollination &c &c Appointing a partisan non-journalist activist PR maven columnist as editor-in-chief of a media outlet: a hostile takeover

Swiss voters have rejected a referendum proposal, anti-immigration in intent, to cap the nation's population.

Once again, Brighton and Hove’s brave and inclusive city has massively outnumbered an attempted fascist march on our streets. Love will win. Pics: forward view, backward view, team view, street view. #gohomeracists #Brighton

Really heartened by the antifash protests in Belfast, Glasgow and Brighton. Nice to see the much, much, much larger crowds as a voice for good.

Another invented figure on a fiscal 'gap', this one adjusted for inflation. The inflation that Ms Willis promised to end.

Scotland stands against fascists.

I came out in 1993 and was a teen during Homosexual Law Reform, and at both those times, a rally of 2000+ in support of trans rights was unthinkable. A huge amount of progress has been made by a great many human beings, and we are not going back.

Mr Peters is using silly insults towards today's protesters because he has no answer to their arguments other than vague waffle about women's rights, an issue he does not care about and never has.

When a wing of the ruling class encourages racist violence like the Belfast pogrom, they are not doing it to try and force migrants out. A section of capitalism is completely reliant on cheap migrant labour. They do it to divide working people and distract them from the real causes of poverty.

Ultra-right racism has only arisen in the UK because of immigration, say some of the same media voices which tried to alibi Mosley and his Blackshirts in a similar way, decades before significant immigration.

It is quite educative to be lectured about how $65m for public transport is simply unaffordable, by people who regard it as a matter of course that new billions-dollar roads are easily affordable. The message is extremely clear: the transport that you rely on just doesn't matter.

I condemn the racist pogrom in Belfast.

One of the biggest turning points in the Soviet war in Afghanistan was when the mujahideen gained the ability to shoot down helicopters.

Some good social democratic policy from Labour. But it must be properly funded by central Govt. The cost can't be passed onto local and regional Govt. That bipartisan trick of forcing local Govt to take responsibility for increasing costs must end.