"For all the US' problems, this could never have happened in the US. Because of their First Amendment rights. But in our [UK] system, Parliament is sovereign, and it can basically do what it likes."

#LewisGoodall, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNRFTfK0fw

... and the same is true of the NZ Parliament.

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@cupofteasocial
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Good morning lovely people 💕💕
Welcome to Monday again 😀

Another Christmas gift this morning, a new #greenparty #boldpolitics mug

I think today will be a slow day, but we are hoping for a visit from Mr & Mrs S and Bobby later today 😁

Sending massive love and hugs to you all
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@cupofteasocial
#mugshot

Good morning lovely people 💕💕
Welcome to Monday again 😀

Another Christmas gift this morning, a new #greenparty #boldpolitics mug

I think today will be a slow day, but we are hoping for a visit from Mr & Mrs S and Bobby later today 😁

Sending massive love and hugs to you all
🥰 🥰 🤗🤗

"A nation doesn't have to balance its books. In fact, you can almost say with certainty that the worst thing a nation can do is balance its books, because there wouldn't be enough money to go around, and that's pretty serious."

#RichardMurphy, 2025

https://shows.acast.com/bold-politics-with-zack-polanski/episodes/68f7f3528125b849f840aa4a

#podcasts #BoldPolitics #PoliticalEconomy

"... add up the value of everything you own and minus your debts. Could you live on that for the rest of your life? ... If not, you're part of the big we, right? You're part of the movement, you're the 99%. If you can live off it for the rest of your life, we're coming for you."

#AshSarkar, 2025
https://shows.acast.com/bold-politics-with-zack-polanski/episodes/68b71504093397eb05dee4e5

This is a great interview. Lot's of insights I think are relevant to the social democratic left here too.

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Listening to Chlöe Swarbrick talking with Zack Polanski on his Bold Politics podcast;

https://shows.acast.com/bold-politics-with-zack-polanski/episodes/68eeb23658893bb6e3e57b1a

When they talked about the post-war welfare state and the neoliberal coup, it got me a bit weepy.

Anyone born from 1980 on, has one advantage over the rest of us; for them, this state of decay is how it's always been. They haven't had to watch successive govts take a wrecking ball to the caring society and close-knit communities they grew up with.

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