There is an argument to be made about technocracy. The earliest argument was put forward by Plato in his work ‘Against Democracy’ in his book The Republic, in which he argued that ordinary people are unable to make politically competent decisions. In the book, he suggested three characteristics of a
The Parlermaid Information Opinion The Battle of Portaloo, a 23 day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Wellington, was fought valiantly but was ultimately lost on 2 March in an horrific display of gratuitous Police violence so great that the date has been dubbed Black Wednesday. It was sheer luck that,
Helen Houghton (BTchLn) Co-leader New Conservative What should we expect from a leader – to sow discord? The Government has dropped the ball, causing conflict in our families and communities. The Prime Minister is all about blame. Blaming citizens for not wanting to engage in dialogue when it was clear
Colin Parkinson I am writing to you regarding the shameful acts of unlawfulness that many have witnessed outside parliament. We saw protesters accused of “Preventing people from being able to go about their business”. This doesn’t really compare to the disruption caused to their lives by the government. I
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org We had Freedom Village for 23 glorious days and it was magnificent! Its very existence made hearts glow all over this disillusioned country, even if many tried to be circumspect about their secret support of it, owing to ugly government extremism. We have been proud to
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Yvette Tufuga The Land of the Long Dark Cloud As the smoke clears from the fire you started By the light of a new day You survey the grounds ( Now that there is no chance of engagement ) You foolish Blinded Deluded Pathetic woman ( & I say that to ‘be kind
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Do you recognise this Police Officer? He is not putting out a fire. The Police have been asking for video and photographic evidence of criminal behaviour. We have lots of it but the only problem is that it is evidence of Police officers breaking the law. Take today’s face
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The wag who sent this to me says it is a Stuff up because Stuff are claiming they are impartial…. (snort). I would add that it is also a Stuff up because they have forgotten to call our country by its name, New Zealand. Perhaps this is phase two of
The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Regular contributor Lionred in 2020 reported on a disaster in Lostwithiel, Cornwall providing both commentary and photos of what was happening. In 2021 he wrote regular reports on the coup in Myanmar. Myanmar in
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter. Reasons to Riot One Good Riot Is Worth a Million Earnestly Argued Pamphlets THIS WEEK’S RUNNING
