I believe we get the governments we deserve. We certainly seem to end up with Prime Ministers who never speak for those on the fringes of society. In 70 odd years on this planet there have only ever been a handful of politicians who have consistently spoken truth to power; Anthony Wedgewood Benn, and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain and Chloe Swarbrick in New Zealand. Absolutely ALL the rest have been compromised by their failure to champion economic policies that would redistribute wealth from the few to the many
Thanks Mike I agree with you. I think the MPs will be justifying their entitlement when their salaries again rise this month. We are well past the days of this being a left/right struggle. It really is the working class/capital class struggle. And believe it or not. We have the numbers and therefore the power. Which unsurprisingly is why the capital class spends so much trying to get us to vote against our own best interests. With success unfortunately. Lastly. Bill Birch the Minister of Everything as he was sometimes known did pass The Employment Contracts act. NACT have demonstrated repeatedly how easy it is to change the law. Or repeal. Its a complete doddle.
And yet Peter, if the pundits are to be believed,( and they often are) it is a very close race between three more years of this outrageous coalition or a transition to another government, that whilst it may not be quite so insidious in its public presentation, will offer very little by way of a systemic change to the financial status quo. As a septuagenarian I despair of ever witnessing a substantial move towards an egalitarian society.
I am a Labour voter and financial member, but I am seriously concerned that should Labour win in November we will just get another form of neo liberalism. Chippy has said, and I agree, that we should be more bilateral, but how much of this disaster is going to be reversed?
I was a tribal Labour voter for most of my adult life, a card carrying member as well. Finally I realised The Labour Party was NEVER going to return to its socialist roots nor stand for basic principles on which it was originally formed. When I read the manifestos of both The NZ Greens and Te Pari Māori they both espouse core principles of collectively sharing the wealth of this country in a fairer way. It has been very easy to cast my votes accordingly. Christopher Hitchens does not come close to fulfilling where I want to see this country move towards.
I'm concerned that come the election we will be still stuck with them. I hear and read so many comments supporting a selfish greedy system. I really hope that the people will rise against it all come election day.
I believe we get the governments we deserve. We certainly seem to end up with Prime Ministers who never speak for those on the fringes of society. In 70 odd years on this planet there have only ever been a handful of politicians who have consistently spoken truth to power; Anthony Wedgewood Benn, and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain and Chloe Swarbrick in New Zealand. Absolutely ALL the rest have been compromised by their failure to champion economic policies that would redistribute wealth from the few to the many
Thanks Mike I agree with you. I think the MPs will be justifying their entitlement when their salaries again rise this month. We are well past the days of this being a left/right struggle. It really is the working class/capital class struggle. And believe it or not. We have the numbers and therefore the power. Which unsurprisingly is why the capital class spends so much trying to get us to vote against our own best interests. With success unfortunately. Lastly. Bill Birch the Minister of Everything as he was sometimes known did pass The Employment Contracts act. NACT have demonstrated repeatedly how easy it is to change the law. Or repeal. Its a complete doddle.
And yet Peter, if the pundits are to be believed,( and they often are) it is a very close race between three more years of this outrageous coalition or a transition to another government, that whilst it may not be quite so insidious in its public presentation, will offer very little by way of a systemic change to the financial status quo. As a septuagenarian I despair of ever witnessing a substantial move towards an egalitarian society.
I am a Labour voter and financial member, but I am seriously concerned that should Labour win in November we will just get another form of neo liberalism. Chippy has said, and I agree, that we should be more bilateral, but how much of this disaster is going to be reversed?
I was a tribal Labour voter for most of my adult life, a card carrying member as well. Finally I realised The Labour Party was NEVER going to return to its socialist roots nor stand for basic principles on which it was originally formed. When I read the manifestos of both The NZ Greens and Te Pari Māori they both espouse core principles of collectively sharing the wealth of this country in a fairer way. It has been very easy to cast my votes accordingly. Christopher Hitchens does not come close to fulfilling where I want to see this country move towards.
I'm concerned that come the election we will be still stuck with them. I hear and read so many comments supporting a selfish greedy system. I really hope that the people will rise against it all come election day.
Birch has a lot to answer for.
A man who could stare into a live broadcast camera and lie through his back teeth. A most despicable person
Marx would be proud. I often wonder what the last human left on earth would have to say about entitlement.