Leftwin recently posted a piece that looks at some of the detail in TOP policy regarding housing and the Minimum wage. It was noticed, and TOP felt the need to reply. Few quick things: On Housing In the original critique Leftwin raised concerns that you were proposing all state housing be “gifted”to “community providers”. You… Continue reading Opportunities Party- Which side are you on?
Gareth Morgan’s Opportunities Party is working to appear a radical departure from the status quo. Proposals for a dramatic change to taxation policy and the partial roll out of a Universal Basic Income are a welcome political development. It’s good to have a political party seriously calling for the rich to pay more tax. But… Continue reading Gareth Morgans vision for working people – Stay Poor
Global politics is in a state of change. Old orthodoxies are breaking down, and new projects are rising to challenge the status quo. These challenges come from both the left and right. While NZ hasn’t felt the same rupture as we have seen withJeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders or Podemos in Spain, the global resurgence of… Continue reading A Political Review of Constant Radical- the Life and Times of Sue Bradford
