chris trotter Archive

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    Clowns to the left of me, racists to the right… - by frog



    Something ugly crawled out from under a rock this week. In response to the Government’s proposals to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act, some strange bedfellows have established the Coastal Coalition. It is a blatantly racist campaign, but is unfortunately supported by some who perceive themselves on the left of the political spectrum. They need to think again. read more
    August 19, 2010 6:19 pm - 93 Comments
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    Trotter on Norman: Demise or Debutante? - by frog



    In his usual fashion, Chris Trotter is both cursing and blessing the Greens in almost the same breath. In his article for The Independent this week, entitled Grave Issue for the Greens, Trotter pedals a few tired myths and predicts the demise of the Green Party. He then follows up with a glowing Greens Have [...] read more
    May 8, 2009 1:19 pm - 22 Comments
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    Reflections on Waitangi Day - by frog



    There seems to me to be a change of tone, or tenor today compared to Waitangi days past. Lot’s of people are saying that it is a love fest between John Key and the Maori Party, but I think it goes deeper than that. Chris Trotter, in today’s DomPost but not online, suggests that it [...] read more
    February 6, 2009 4:32 pm - 108 Comments
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    Hooton is half right - by frog



    Matthew Hooton lashes out a Chris Trotter today in the Sunday Star Times. He gets so personal that after I write this, I’ll dig up Trotter’s article from last week and have a read. I don’t know how I missed Trotter being vitriolic!. In the middle of his article, Hooton makes an interesting assertion: The [...] read more
    July 27, 2008 12:32 pm - 24 Comments