NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

2 months ago | thestandard.org.nz | Nick Rockel |Connor Sharp |Richard Harman |NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

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Jan 12, 2025 | thestandard.org.nz | Nick Rockel |David Farrier |Brian Easton |NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

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Jan 11, 2025 | thestandard.org.nz | Nick Rockel |Brian Easton |David Farrier |NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

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Jan 10, 2025 | thestandard.org.nz | Nick Rockel |Brian Easton |David Farrier |NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

It’s understandable that Labour has been relatively quiet after their brutal election defeat in 2023 followed by a gruelling 2024. The summer break is for rest and reflection and politicians are human too and have friends and family to spend quality time with. However, the Coalition army has not been sitting idle and is continuing its blitzkrieg of flattening the constitutional landscape of New Zealand.

Jan 10, 2025 | thestandard.org.nz | Brian Easton |Nick Rockel |David Farrier |NZCTUBy Stella Whitfield

It’s common these days to see the rapid 2024 exit of multiple global social democrat leaders as just a post-COVID symptom of democratic impatience. But Biden achieved far more than his age-related decline obscures. The first two years of his presidency were all about stabilising the entire country out of crisis, and he and his team wresting with members of Congress, going back and forth.