The Paul... The Other One Podcasts. Letting the truth ruin a good story Paul Barlow

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow.

Opinion polls are good for seeing trends but not great for detailed outcomes, especially so far out from the election - but last night’s poll on 1News freaked out a lot of people in Facebook comment sections. So to help them, I thought we should look at what the coalition made headlines for over the last couple of days to see if that may give us some clues as to what they’re doing wrong.



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Last week Local Government Minister Simeon Brown told councils they need to focus on “Need to haves” not “nice to haves”. Right wing politicians would have you believe that means gutting funding to the creative sector, public amenities, road safety and more - but the Local Government Act 2002 is pretty broad in its definition of what Councils can do.



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When it comes to the best times to do make some less than ideal political headlines, there’s few days as good to do them as April 24 - because April 25 automatically knocks them off the front page.



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Something a little different today in the wake of the High Court decision to overturn a Summons from the Waitangi Tribunal - I’ll give you a quick update before Blake Forbes-Gentle shares his feelings on the topic.



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Probably today we will find out if Children’s Minister Karen Chhour will have to front up to a summons from the Waitangi Tribunal about repealing Section 7AA of the Orange Tamariki Act. The right decry this as unfair but the reality is, unlike another Māori led initiative for Māori, this has measurable positive results already happening which raises questions about the reasons behind repealing it.



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The only evidence this government seems to need to pass laws on crime is that people like Family First’s Bob McCroskie saw a spooky ghost and got covered in ectoplasm in excitement at the term “tough on Crime” - especially when all the other evidence says a policy is bad and wont work.



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