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August 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Has the election been saved from becoming another victim of Covid-19? Quite possibly. The issue of when to hold the election had come under serious scrutiny due to the increased restrictions and changed focus necessitated by the outbreak of community transmission of Covid-19. There were major problems with how democratic ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-successful-and-clever-election-date-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Money as an Unfortunate Metaphor for Cost Especially but not only in election years, when any new policy is proposed by a major party, a ubiquitous refrain follows: “what will it cost?”; “where will the money come from?”. The context is that cost is the spending of ‘coin’. Indeed I once ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/keith-rankin-analysis-counting-the-cost-of-government-action-and-inaction/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we postpone this year’s election? Quite frankly, the political parties don’t seem ready for it, and aren’t about to offer voters the necessary policy choices for the unprecedented times we’re in. We’ve ended up with a campaign focused on scandal, personality and leadership, with a policy void that’s worse ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-the-contest-of-ideas-in-the-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Rob Muldoon was a pugnacious and abrasive prime minister of New Zealand who was treated unkindly by commentators – and even historians – in the aftermath of his period in office (1975 to 1984). Hopefully, future historians will treat him in a much more objective way. It is important to note ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Rob Muldoon and Judith Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/keith-rankin-analysis-rob-muldoon-and-judith-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Rob Muldoon and Judith Collins">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Representative Democracy On 26 June, I attended a zoom webinar called ‘Modern politics – 20thC to MMP’, run by Auckland Libraries and Ancestry.com. The speakers were politics’ academics Grant Duncan and Toby Boraman, from Massey University. Duncan is a well-known political scientist, and Boraman is a specialist in Labour History. (An ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-basic-income-left-right-and-centre/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Analysis by Josh Van Veen – The Democracy Project. When Parliament sits next Tuesday, the Prime Minister will finally meet her match. Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern are opposites in just about every respect. Yet they have the same basic appeal. Ardern and Collins are as much cultural icons as they are political leaders. ... <a title="Election 2020 – Josh Van Veen: Don’t give me culture: The appeal of Judith Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/election-20202-josh-van-veen-dont-give-me-culture-the-appeal-of-judith-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2020 – Josh Van Veen: Don’t give me culture: The appeal of Judith Collins">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. New National Party leader Todd Muller has presented his party’s vision for New Zealand as it grapples with the economic cost of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Muller’s vision was unsurprisingly National while surprisingly short on economic detail. And, after a week where sordid privacy breaches plagued the party – leaving Muller ... <a title="UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/leadership-vision-and-combating-a-machiavellian-culture-is-todd-muller-nationals-solution/" aria-label="Read more about UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The Greens have shaken up the election campaign with the announcement of their radical poverty and action plan to reform welfare provision and introduce a new wealth tax for millionaires. It’s a big-thinking, controversial policy and has generated a lot of disagreement over how radical it is, whether it could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-greens-zeitgeist-poverty-and-tax-action-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Does National have any chance of winning the election in September? It’s looking very unlikely, especially after National’s change of leadership hasn’t exactly produced Mullermania in the first two weeks. Quite the opposite, in fact, as I summarised in Tuesday’s Political Roundup column: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader. Even ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-theres-still-hope-for-national-at-the-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The latest opinion poll is out, and it’s more bad news for the National Party, with Roy Morgan putting them on only 26.5% support, against Labour’s 56.5%. You can see the details here: Roy Morgan May opinion poll. Roy Morgan is regarded as less accurate than other polling companies, and the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-todd-mullers-torrid-start-as-national-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2020
Is Todd Muller the Ned Flanders of the National Party? This is how he’s been characterised by political commentator Gordon Campbell, who suggests the change in leadership is, in Simpsons terms, akin to swapping the scary and cruel Monty Burns for Homer Simpson’s compassionate but conservative neighbour. There’s almost a consensus amongst political commentators that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-todd-muller-taking-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. From an interview with Geoff Bertram, on The Panel, RNZ 22 May 2020 Wallace Chapman: “Are we setting up our future generations, our future children, to be born into a life of national debt?” [He mentions the on-line Fabian Society discussion, held on 23 May, and introduces Geoff Bertram.] Wallace Chapman: ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/keith-rankin-analysis-government-and-money-during-a-major-economic-downturn/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn">Read more</a>
