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David Garrett

Good morning from the Kingdom…nice clear morning here…a pleasant 24C
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September 10, 2026 8:06am
Cassandra

UK PM Andy Burnham: “I won’t cut social security to fund national security”.

Sums the left wing approach up rather well.

I’d provide a link but it’s The Times and paywalled. Critics will have to buy their own subscription.
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September 10, 2026 8:06am
- kevn
  
  Lightweight… but he’s there.
  https://dailysceptic.org/2026/09/09/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-andy-burnham/
  
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  September 10, 2026 8:32am
Maggy Wassilieff

Who knows that incidences is not the plural of incident?

Well, clearly RNZ parliamentary reporters don’t.

Speaking to media, Hipkins said he had spoken with Verrall since the incident.
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Asked if he expected more incidences over the election campaign, Hipkins said Labour were “very mindful” that the election would be “heated”.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1310827/labour-s-chris-hipkins-says-his-party-won-t-be-intimidated-by-anti-science
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September 10, 2026 8:10am
- Cassandra
  
  I’ll be the first to expose myself to ridicule. Incidents. The other word relates to frequency.
  
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  September 10, 2026 8:14am
  - David Garrett
    
    Cass: No ridicule mate…You are spot on.
    
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    September 10, 2026 8:26am
Yvette

Stuff executive Joanna Norris hired to lead TVNZ newsroom
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher said she would be missed.
“Jo is not only the most hardworking and outstanding colleague to all of us here and a fierce champion for journalism, but also a totally wonderful human and a dear friend. Jo has been a longterm partner in crime, a collaborator and conspirator and maker of lists,” she posted on LinkedIn.
Norris was also previously head of ChistchurchNZ.
[their spelling of Christchurch – not mine]
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September 10, 2026 8:20am
- Gravelroad
  
  “Partner in crime, collaborator, conspirator and head of ChistchurchNZ”
  Sounds absolutely ideal to head up TVNZ news.
  You would think that some of these media people would read through their comments before hitting the send button.
  Especially if they are up late at night and feeling a bit sad and confused……..
  
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  September 10, 2026 8:30am
  - David Garrett
    
    Gravel: proofreading is so last century mate…and old pedants like us are just…old pedants.
    
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    September 10, 2026 8:34am
- pdm
  
  ` Jo has been a longterm partner in crime,……………..’
  
  I take it that Jo excelled in distorting the truth and promoting the lefty political bias so evident at Stuff for the last 8 years or thereabouts.
  
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  September 10, 2026 8:39am
Tomtoddy

Ani O’Brien is always worth a read. She has some interesting thoughts on tax in her latest blog post https://outlook.live.com/mail/deeplink?exvsurl=1&ItemID=AQMkAGM4YzkwMAItMzgzMS1iNDkwLTAwAi0wMAoARgAAA6g1kZYZRlBMq7ND5WVBp5cHACxNIgANDtFLrBv6rJwHAe8AAAIBDAAAACxNIgANDtFLrBv6rJwHAe8AAAB4P%2BKhAAAA (Hope that is how to refer it??)

Few commentators look at the tax burden on a net basis. It shows 10% of our population pay 100% of our net tax and the top 1% a very big chunk of that. They are the people who could move offshore in a heartbeat.
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September 10, 2026 8:47am
greybeard

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/361031350/new-apple-ceo-unveils-latest-iphone-lineup

There will be plenty of people who will put themselves in hock to have one of these and to be seen to have one of these, at the same time moaning because of the “cost of living”, the price of food and petrol and why they can’t buy a house.
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