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Ewan

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Happily married to a wonderful wife, dad and step dad o’two wee wonders. Part o’the Glasgow diaspora. ..views ur ma ain. he/him, HMFC HHGH. Nae Pasaran!

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Used cars are cheap because of new cars. Day-old bread it half price because of fresh bread. This has been a housing policy post.
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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
yes in this case Ray Chung seems to have tripped over some clown shoes straight into a trough of horse manure but the internet's weird men have found a lot of success doling out a heady mix of abuse and defamatory rumour, and our media has too often been complicit thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-...
These flimsy scandals were egged on by a braying online crowd which urged journalists to conflate sound with substance. The weird men online have endless reservoirs of psychological dysfunction and large expanses of time to marshall their obsessions into people’s mentions. More often than not, they win. Several former politicians have admitted that being subjected to monotonous daily abuse was a factor in their public breakdowns. Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has moved to the US and still requires security escorts when she re-enters the country.
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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
That thumping sound you hear is Ray Chung’s lawyer concussing himself against his own desk. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-...
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A play-by-play of Ray Chung’s train wreck interview with Sean Plunket
What's even worse than a days-long PR crisis as a mayoral candidate? Getting owned by Sean Plunket.
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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The media is running a scurrilous Dirty Politics campaign against Ray Chung and Independent Together by accurately reporting the things they've done and said
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Windbag: Ray Chung has never been fit for office
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Windbag: Ray Chung has never been fit for office
Recent revelations of Ray Chung spreading sexual rumours about Tory Whanau shouldn’t be a surprise to those who have followed his lone term on council....
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Councillor Chung’s email represents a new low for local politics in this country. I have supported the Mayor through this type of nonsense since she was elected and will continue to do so. Please don’t vote for behaviour like this or anyone associated with it. It’s disgusting.
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I could not be more stoked with the thirty percent increase in Wellington library users since we went fines free. Whatever else I get to do in local government, this will be a real highlight.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
In my current work, I point to the invasion of Iraq 2003 as a moment where the public's trust in the foundational ideals of democracy, verification, deliberation, and accountability were systematically betrayed, destroying their trust in democratic systems.
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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Historical aside: Ruth Richardson became a life member of the Mont Pelerin Society after her infamous run as Minister of Finance in NZ. Deeply, unapologetically committed to the cause of reshaping the state to naturalise markets at the centre of all things, regardless of harm caused.
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Please encourage anybody considering voting for Ray Chung or the IT candidates to read this about their links to extremist groups, or if you can, look at the Better Wellington socials to see what and who is driving this.
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Mayoral hopeful faces scrutiny over conspiracy group links
Ray Chung is under pressure to explain his campaign’s apparent connections to groups linked to anti-trans rhetoric, vaccine conspiracies and the 2022 Parliament occupation.
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Lele | Rere Himiona | #ToitūTeTiriti 🇳🇿 @onecheekymaori.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
#NZPol
Chris Bishop was famously shut down by Don McGlashan at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards and told him to "Shut up, you dickhead". Bravo, Sir, Bravo!
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I think there's a period where a council shouldn't do anything but keep lights on. That period is between ballots being sent out & the new council being sworn in. Genuinely bizarre & no basis in principle to suggest it's improper to continue implementation of decisions made by council *years* ago
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The problem isn't young people online, the problem is adults online. The problem is the 65-year old nanna who's been mainlining right wing conspiracy content for six years. The problem is algorithms designed without human consideration, purely along the lines of advertising and cold numbers.
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Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
“I’m left trying to eat on $50 a week, and that’s for both me and my son,” says one wahine Māori community health support worker who works full time. Her sector’s pay equity claim has been extinguished by the coalition government. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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I’m one of the women ‘saving the budget’ | E-Tangata
"My employer is not a living wage employer. They’re a minimum wage employer. I’ve been with them for four years now, and the money side of things is a struggle. I’m left trying to eat on $50 to $80 a ...
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
New Zealand Government to 100s of thousands of working women: "I acknowledge that your current job needs to be done, but I think whomever does that job deserves to be in poverty." #PayEquity #NzPol
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"If you want a living wage, get a better job" is a fascinating way to spin "I acknowledge that your current job needs to be done, but I think whomever does that job deserves to be in poverty."
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Rebecca for Wharangi team met today for the first time! Join us and support our work for a progressive and constructive voice in Onslow Western here rebeccamatthews.nz
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Together we must be united as a country make the necessary sacrifices during these hard times so we can help pay for these landlord tax cuts! 🫡✊ yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/actively-e...
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
10 min of National MPs supporting the Equal Pay Act #nzpol vimeo.com/1082011586
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10 Minutes of National MPs supporting the Equal Pay Act
This is "10 Minutes of National MPs supporting the Equal Pay Act" by The Bin NZ on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 07/05/2025
Government has announced a timeline, a design and say they have a defined budget, but they've only just shortlisted builders? It really doesn't seem plausible.
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Six shipbuilders shortlisted to deliver new Cook Strait ferries
Ferry Holdings Limited was created by the government to lead contractual negotiations with shipyards and ports.
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Douglas Murray's sourcing for "On Democracies and Death Cults" is extremely sloppy. One paragraph is clearly paraphrased from a New Yorker piece that he does not credit. Murray simply cannot be trusted to be accurate. Here are some receipts. 🧵
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Incoming: positive local government story! Great to chat about the 30 percent increase in Wellington library users and the many years overdue books that are finding their way home, after my move to remove library fines.
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New users of Wellington City libraries up 30 percent
Once upon a time, if someone didn't return a Wellington library book on time they got stung with a fine. But that story has been re-written, with the scrapping of over-due fees in July 2022 and a cost...
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In a woke bar right now where Sean Plunkett is saying he was on a first name basis with every Prime Minister since Muldoon and the least impressive is Christopher Luxon
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Thomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
What is really baffling here is that one of Andrew Little’s most prominent commitments so far is to “make public transport cheaper” and while that is actually impossible for him to do (wrong council), what he could deliver is more bus improvements, including the long overdue ones on the Golden Mile!
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Andrew Little on why we shouldn’t complete Golden Mile contracts. He’s wrong. Yes big decisions taper off after July recess up to the election, but this is not a new decision. This work has been coming for years, through multiple decisions over multiple councils. It’s happening.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Macron shook one hand.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I'm running! With our city (and world) the way it is, there's a need for constructive, pragmatic people at the table. If I'm lucky enough to receive the Greens nomination, I'll be asking for your help - for housing, infrastructure, for a Wellington where everyone can thrive.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
God forbid a man has hobbies
A poster that says “Simon Burns Conservatives”
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Breaking news: Council won in the case taken by Live Wellington over the character areas in the District Plan. As the mover of the amendment to reduce character protections and enable more housing, I am thrilled to bits.
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Finance dudes are bragging Trump made it okay to use slurs in the office and boys are chanting "your body, my choice" to girls in school and we're REALLY having to hand-hold Paddy Gower through the concept that politics MEANS SOMETHING and we don't owe civility to the people trying to hurt us?
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Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz · 16/04/2025
Cr Calvert is either lying or grossly misinformed. The upgrade of our social housing is debt funded but ring fenced. The debt is entirely funded through tenants rents not by rates.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 03/04/2025
Tapping the sign.
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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Love this housing queen. Seriously though @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social is one of the hardest working councillors there. It would be a huge loss to the city if she didn’t run again. We NEED her. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-...
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Windbag: Is Labour trying to freeze out its strongest Yimby?
Wellington City councillor Rebecca Matthews is one of New Zealand’s most effective advocates for housing reform. But it appears the Labour Party doesn't want her any more.
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Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz · 31/03/2025
Rebecca Matthews is the most effective city councillor we’ve seen in a long time. It’s a shame the Labour Party doesn’t appear to want someone who has made the largest impact for working people in Wellington this century thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-...
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Windbag: Is Labour trying to freeze out its strongest Yimby?
Wellington City councillor Rebecca Matthews is one of New Zealand’s most effective advocates for housing reform. But it appears the Labour Party doesn't want her any more.
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey
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	1.	A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos.
	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.Alt for four images:

	1.	A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos.
	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.Alt for four images:

	1.	A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos.
	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.Alt for four images:

	1.	A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos.
	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com
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A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
It’s the anniversary of one of the great Champions League goals. 25 years ago today Gabriel Batistuta got the ball at Old Trafford… and unleashed Hell. Clive Tyldesley can’t believe the carnage unfolding before his eyes. UN. FUCKING. BELIEVABLE.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
It’s hard to believe this podcast clip isn’t parody and yet it’s not
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Andrew Neil now.... and exactly four months ago. A great example of the British Right finally catching up. Their primary objective of 'owning the libs' has hit brutal reality.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
It’s Dragan Stojkovic’s birthday, so the perfect excuse to watch this tremendous touch vs Spain at Italia 90. Filthier than a badger’s toenails.
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Interesting that The Post gave me all the blame for not granting this funding but in today’s story outlining this as a key point in uncovering concerns, I get none of the credit. Oh well!
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Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz · 03/03/2025
It's important to note that Wellington Water has not released two independent reports. They have released two summaries, written by themselves, that provide their own view of the reports. Given this is all about transparency I have very little confidence we have the full picture
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Kia ora The Post - or there was that time I was described as “sanctimonious” and blamed for our water woes, for not granting every dollar asked for because I lacked confidence on Wellington Water’s ability to deliver, based on advice from our staff?
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This article from Aug 2024 has not aged well. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Put on your dancing shoes PM, the rock star economy is back for an encore
This week might have cemented a coalition victory at the election.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/02/2025
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
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Robert Ofner @robertofner.eurosky.social · 27/02/2025
Seen at a London bus stop
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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars into a house for flowers. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...
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Windbag: Begonia House and the hypocrisy of ‘nice-to-haves’
The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars on a greenhouse for flowers.
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