There will be a lot of talk about government spending this week, but how does it actually work? Where does the money come from, and where does it go? ... The open letter, signed by the executive ...

You're nearly a good laughAlmost a jokerWith your head down in the pig binSaying, 'Keep on digging.'Pig stain on your fat chinWhat do you hope to findDown in the pig mine?You're nearly a laughYou're ...

One news reporter says "the protest leadership" are apologising for the >week of abuse and threats so far – apparently they were completely unaware such things were going on. Reminds me of my pub days ...

Currently in this world there are two significant protests occurring, both similar but at the same time completely different. In Wellington the Clownvoy protesters: Think they live in a despotic ...

This is politics as it should and could be: human, honest while retaining boundaries, insightful without the need for politicking.

There have been some spectacularly bad takes on Green Party leadership issues by voices on the right and academia which were all shown to be spectacularly wrong after Chloe Swarbrick announced that ...

Halfway up a historic tower in York, we are neither up nor down. At the top you will have views of a city steeped in antiquity, made and remade by Romans, Normans, Vikings, Tescos. Below, you will ...

While social and mainstream media hash out the details of Charlotte Bellis’ situation, her case points to the gross inequity that women still face even in countries like New Zealand.

The problem was always going to be that the Israeli Defence Force has better PR. Here’s what I saw play out on twitter and with a bit of a foray into MSM (Guardian etc). Activists including Greta ...

Gifts can be a source of joy this Christmas even if you hate capitalism. It can get very tiring buying stuff and yet giving people gifts is also a joy and Christmas is a time when one is expected to ...

Open access notables The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves, Rodrigues et al.,Marine heatwaves can amplify the vulnerabilities of regional marine ...

Back in the days when I blogged on my own rather obscure website I started to receive attention because I talked about the internal workings of the Labour Party. Then one day I received an email from ...