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  1. Strypey @[email protected] ·

    "There's a rule in politics, that when politicians start attacking the media, they know they're losing. They know that they're going down in the polls, and they're trying to find someone to blame."

    #AndrewGeddis, law professor, Otago University, 2026

    rnz.co.nz/news/political/59458

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  2. Strypey @[email protected] ·

    Here's are good example of talking heads who represent the social liberal faction of the wealthy. I often agree with Max Rashbrooke and Andrew Geddis in they criticisms of the conservative right. But like all liberals, they don't really believe in democracy

    “The reality is most of us have got busy lives with lots and lots of things we’ve got to do. We just don't have the time or the energy to spend working out what is the best law for the country."

    #AndrewGeddis, 2023

    i.stuff.co.nz/national/politic

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  3. Strypey @[email protected] ·

    One big sticking point for opponents of Labour's water reform proposal seems to be the Mana Whenua representation, and its perceived incompatibility with one person/ one vote governance. But...

    "... it's not 50/50 in the sense that majority will rule... these boards will have to make decisions by consensus or at least 75% vote. So the idea is that you bring everyone together in a way where they have to talk to each other..."

    #AndrewGeddis, Law Professor, Otago Uni

    rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/

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  4. DrD @[email protected] ·

    @jeremy_pm really good analogy used by #andrewgeddis to explain Maori special rights and deep wairua with water in Aotearoa. Great pity that some recent migrants to Aotearoa choose to remain ignorant of that deep connection, and legally and constitutionally confirmed right.

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  5. Strypey @[email protected] ·

    "... the pro-market revolution in societal governance also has its victims – those who think that a local body’s public spaces should be operated in a way that pays due attention to the citizenry’s expressive rights ... you can’t have organisations that are both designed to take control from politicians and the public to get things done in a business-like manner and also ... [respect] individual speech rights when deciding who to contract with."
    - #AndrewGeddis
    thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-1

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