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London’s Green mayoral candidate was under Police surveillance

Labour’s Sadiq Khan won the London mayoralty despite anti-Muslim slanders from his main opponent, Zac Goldsmith.

Why Bernie Sanders isn’t calling it a day

Following Bernie Sanders’ defeat in New York, many pundits are asking why he doesn’t concede the nomination race to Hillary Clinton.

First sell the frigates, not the patrol boats

No New Zealander wants the government to waste money on unnecessary naval capacity, but in that respect the first assets to get rid of are the navy’s two frigates. They are designed for combat operations in a larger (American-led) task force.

Sanders again exceeds expectations, this time in Wisconsin

Hillary Clinton’s backers keep announcing that she has the Democratic presidential nomination in the bag. But Bernie Sanders keeps shrinking her lead.

New Zealand’s shameful role in the Yemen tragedy

We all know the brutal character of the Saudi regime, at home and abroad. So what has been the New Zealand government’s response to this murderous assault on the Yemeni people?

Not a bad result for opponents of the colonial flag

For opponents of our present colonial flag it wasn’t a bad result. We were always unlikely to win, but support for a new flag has substantially increased.

Sanders’ train still picking up speed

The Bernie for President train is still picking up speed. People are still flocking to his rallies: 10,000 in San Diego on Tuesday. His vote is growing despite pundits saying he has no chance.

Cullen and Reddy don’t make a convincing case for the spy agencies

The best way out of this confict of interest is for the government’s cybersecurity unit to be independent of the GCSB and any relevant GCSB personnel and equipment to be transferred to the new unit.

Why the pundits got it wrong in Michigan

The mainstream media pundits just don’t get it. They don’t get it that the Bernie Sanders campaign has never been about “politics as usual”. Rather, it is “the politics of the unusual”.