On Labour-Greens and Mana in coalition
A comment on coalition options from Populuxe1 at The Standard: I am yet to be convinced that a Labour-Greens coalition would be anything but dysfunctional, and there is no way in hell that Labour will...
View ArticleIs GCSB spying on me?
Ok, I realise they would only do it on behalf of the SIS, or the Police, or John Key, or David Shearer (what politician can you trust?) – but being paranoid seems to be the “Look at ME!” thing to do...
View ArticleMana Party and Socialists
Mana is well known as the Hone Harawira party and as a party promoting Maori interests. Not so well known is the strong socialist connections with Mana. Socialist Mana is not obvious from their...
View ArticlePublic Meeting on GCSB in Auckland tonight
7 pm, Thursday 25th July Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, Auckland Key speakers: Dame Anne Salmond Dr Rodney Harrison QC Kim Dotcom Thomas Beagle Chaired by Sir Edmund Thomas Live Stream for this event:...
View ArticleMinto attacked Mandela in 1995?
John Minto has been openly critical of post-Mandela governmet in South Africa and it There’s been a lot of comment in the leftie blogosphere about whether John Minto should be in New Zealand’s official...
View ArticleJohn Minto: “how vile is Paula Bennett?”
John Minto, co-vice-president of the ‘Mana Movement’ and Auckland mayoral candidate for Mana, has written at The Daily Blog On a scale from one to 10 how vile is Paula Bennett? He writes about he drug...
View ArticleMinto on Mana/IP alliance pros, cons and questions
John Minto has posted at The Daily blog about the conference debate on the proposed alliance between the Internet and Mana Parties. It gives a good outline of party thinking and lays out how he sees...
View ArticleSeeking the youth vote
The Internet Party and MANA Movement is seeking votes from youth currently not interested in voting. …enrolling and encouraging to vote as many new and current non-voters as possible, specifically (but...
View ArticleMedia mauls Minto moans
John Minto’s moans about media coverage of the election were countered strongly on The Nation yesterday. Minto was interviewed by Lisa Owen on a panel including former TV news executive Mark Boyd...
View ArticleThe New Zealand media dictatorship
That’s the headline at News Mana which features: John Minto: We Need Kiwi Socialism Hone Harawira: The fight never dies Is this a spoof site? A recent post:Waitangi a ban on Burgers not Burkha - Mana...
View ArticlePolice versus The Daily Blog, free speech and censorhip
A clash between bloggers and business, with claims of heavy handed attempts at censorship – from a blog renowned for censoring comments. On Thursday Martyn Bradbury posted overdramatically The NZ...
View ArticleMinto’s letter to Dotcom – everyone else’s fault
John Minto has posted an Open letter to Kim Dotcom at The Daily Blog – wishing Dotcom luck in his extradition case and blaming everyone else for everything that’s gone wrong. He prominently promotes...
View ArticleAwards and choking on a Minto
There’s been a lot of frothing over the New Year honours. ‘Natwatch’ at The Standard: Sir Lynton Crosby and Dame Paula Rebstock The British Conservative Government and the New Zealand National...
View ArticleGovernment at risk of revolt against the TPP?
There were large protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership when the then National Government passed the agreement through Parliament. Labour was vocal in it’s opposition to the TPP, and some of...
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