Right-wing parties around the world have struggled to shed their image of being a predominantly rich, mostly white, and mainly male clique who were born to rule, but not the National Party in New Zealand. Not until now at least.
National spent the best part of the 2000s working to rid themselves of [...]
A bishop, a gay man and bevy of lawyers walked into a court room … It could be the start of a joke, but no one was laughing when a Human Rights Commission hearing began today with the Anglican Bishop of Auckland accused of breaking the law by refusing to allow Geno Sisneros to enter into the selection [...]
At the beginning of this week, making plans in my head as I sometimes do (not often enough), I had decided that I needed to write a blog post. I had been a bit slack of late. One thing or another had taken what spare time I had, but this week I knew that John [...]
A core principle of neoliberalism is the primacy of the market – the prelapsarian place where all people are capable of making their lives better, but only if they take responsibility for themselves and put in the effort. Neoliberal policy is based on this tenant, extracting these market philosophies and functions and applying them to [...]
At the risk of coming across as a sympathiser for one of the most archaic and horrendously racist MPs, an MP who was one of the most fervent supporters of Ruth Richardson’s particularly cruel brand of neoliberalism, one whose achievement list during his 25-plus year parliamentary career is practically barren, and whose lack of [...]
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