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Corporatisation of political parties

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

Hillary Clinton has just started a new movement called Onwards Together to “resist” Donald Trump. It is similar to her campaign slogan “Stronger Together”, but if you translated it into French you would probably call it something like “En Marche”, which is the name of Emmanuel Macron’s new political party. In turn Macron’s party name […]

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Anna4Qld

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Anna Bligh’s been copping it because she had her website Anna4Qld built by an interstate firm at the same time that the site boosts Bligh’s “plan to protect Queensland jobs”. It’s this sort of parochialism that I hate about Queensland. It’s a bit hypocritical of her to talk about Queensland jobs while having the site […]

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Conservatives know how to put the slipper in

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

With bankruptcies up 125% in Britain, the Tories are hoping to take another out of business. And they know how to put the boot into Gordon Brown. Good example of how you can take one mistake and amplify it. Brown says he has “saved the world” and the Conservatives will never let him forget it. […]

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