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To The Front - Why is Labour struggling in the campaign?
Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:21 am | To The Front - John Minto
One would think that with a global recession caused by corporate greed and stupidity and with persistent high unemployment and families struggling, a Tory government which had just increased GST and given massive tax cuts to the wealthy would be easy ... More >>
Time To End Racism In Immigration Policy - John Minto
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 8:38 am | To The Front - John Minto
Before the rugby world cup fades completely from our collective memory there are some aspects which deserve a second thought. More >>
John Minto: Straightjacket Solution To Youth Unemployment
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 10:32 pm | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes that National's big plan for youth unemployment is out and - surprise, surprise - not a single job in sight. Instead just a $20 million arcane system to ensure young people spend benefit money on bills... More >>
John Minto: Why We Need Sleepless Nights In Remuera
Monday, 1 August 2011, 9:31 am | To The Front - John Minto
The annual National Business Review rich list was out last week showing that the wealthiest 151 New Zealanders increased their wealth by $7 billion in the past year to a total value of $45.2 billion. More >>
John Minto: A Date With A War Monger
Friday, 29 July 2011, 10:13 am | To The Front - John Minto
Tony Blair's fleeting visit to Auckland yesterday via private jet was a pathetic affair which exposed the venality of our corporate elites and their media hangers on. More >>
Labour's CGT Policy Bold and game-changing? Sadly, no
Friday, 15 July 2011, 10:55 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: Labour leader Phil Goff was right when he said yesterday that NZ needed bold tax decisions which are game changing rather than tinkering or stop-gap measures. It was time to fight he said. Too right. But then the actual policy details ... More >>
Capital Gains Tax - Too Little Too Late
Friday, 8 July 2011, 8:32 am | To The Front - John Minto
I've frequently been very critical of the Labour Party economic policies because, despite the bluster, it's been impossible to fit a cigarette paper between what John Key decides and what Phil Goff supports. Both are wedded to the same failed neo-liberal ... More >>
John Minto: What the Mana Victory Means
Monday, 27 June 2011, 10:19 am | To The Front - John Minto
I should declare my interest at the outset - I'm a member of the Mana Party and in the last few weeks I've been helping Hone Harawira's campaign team in West Auckland. More >>
'Brain Explosion' Reveals Petrified Grey Matter
Friday, 24 June 2011, 11:41 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: I'm pleased Employers and Manufacturers Association Chief Executive Alasdair Thompson spoke from his heart, rather than his public relations notes, on women in the workplace because his attitudes are common among employers and it's ... More >>
What Paul Henry Tells Us About New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 11:14 am | To The Front - John Minto
Paul Henry tells us a lot about New Zealand. Not that we are losing our freedom of speech or our sense of humour, not that we are over so-called "political correctness" or tired of sticky beak intervention from meddlesome prats. More >>
Zimbabwe and Fiji get the McCully sports treatment
Monday, 13 June 2011, 10:34 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: There hasn't been much violence reported recently so it was no surprise to see Foreign Minister Murray McCully drop opposition to a NZ cricket team touring Zimbabwe in October and accepting a return trip by a Zimbabwean team. More >>
To The Front: Tackling The Aussie Banks
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 11:12 am | To The Front - John Minto
It was good to see Green Party co-leader Russell Norman have a go at the Australian banks in his speech at the Green Party annual conference over the weekend. He pointed to the drain they have on the economy and how they are milking New Zealanders. More >>
To The Front - The Most Selfish Electorate In The Country
Monday, 30 May 2011, 10:41 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: In the leafiest streets of our wealthiest electorate lurks the darkest side of the New Zealand character. Here reside the white male voters of Epsom who have supported and sustained the Act Party through thick and thin these past ... More >>
To The Front: What's Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga Up To?
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 9:43 am | To The Front - John Minto
On Monday last week National MP for Maungakiekie Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga launched a private members bill to "license and regulate moneylenders". It's a bill which aims to puts some brakes on loan sharking. More >>
John Minto: MPs Join Hands In Common Cause With The Wealthy
Monday, 23 May 2011, 9:01 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: Buried in the clamour around the budget was at least one story which deserved greater attention. The latest Register of Pecuniary Interests of our MPs showed 71 of 120 MPs had interest in a trust. More >>
Mana Party - A Decent Option In Election Year
Monday, 9 May 2011, 10:34 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: There have been many parties which sought to offer something more progressive to the left of Labour... Most have failed... The latest is the Mana Party... Some on the left deplore the party... That's not the way I see it. More >>
To The Front: Torture, Terrorism and Tuhoe
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 9:32 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: Whenever we see a concerted government attack on a messenger then more likely than not the message is accurate and embarrassing for politicians. This is the case with the malicious attack on journalist Jon Stephenson by John Key... More >>
John Minto: Dark Shadow Of The State Creeps On...
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 11:07 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: In a blog earlier this week I said I'd give more details of the laws passed since 2001 which extend state power over New Zealanders' lives and threaten our civil liberties. I prepared the summary below at the time of the 2007 Urewera ... More >>
John Minto: Dark Shadow Of The State Creeps On...
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 11:07 am | To The Front - John Minto
John Minto writes: In a blog earlier this week I said I'd give more details of the laws passed since 2001 which extend state power over New Zealanders' lives and threaten our civil liberties. I prepared the summary below at the time of the 2007 Urewera ... More >>
John Minto: The Police Have Already Lost The Case
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 9:59 am | To The Front - John Minto
Last night I saw the film Operation 8: Deep in the forest about the now infamous Urewera terror raids. It tells the story from the defendants point of view and as well as being a very good film, it's a welcome contribution to public debate about ... More >>
