In 2024 Palantir paid just £2.1m in UK corporation tax, despite declaring profits of over £25m. The UK corporation tax rate was 25% that year and remains at that level. But Palantir's effective tax rate was just over 8%. That's not right. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss

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New Zealand's unemployment rate was 5.6% in the June 2026 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. Worse than expected- as Coalition forces public services to make more #jobcuts, pushing more Kiwis & businesses into poverty #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/business/une...

'It’s been hard going' - Nicola Willis as unemployment rises to 5.6%

New labour market data shows more people are out of work.

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The economy will recover when actual nation builders not parasitical wealth extractors are on the Treasury Benches Vote Greens to give Labour backbone these elections www.nzherald.co.nz/business/slo...

It’s too late for the economy to save National now

OPINION: The economic recovery has stuttered too much to lift the voter mood by November.

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I say again, "These surveillance regimes will not keep you or your children safe because they are actively preying on you": Rather than the predators, people focus on rigidly controlling children's ability to explore the world, from no third spaces to tracked online life,thus making Them targetable

Achai@achai.bark.how · 2w ago

the push for ID checks online is designed to make children easier to target; Meta is one of the companies lobbying for these types of legislation. the whole idea is to continue to target children as a lucrative market by assuring parents that giving children unmanaged tablets is safe.

From what I've seen of FSU's communications to their members and supporters, they are tilting at windmills. They imagine an intention and operation that simply isn't real. Franks and Douglas Brown have publicly described aspects of the organisation, and what it does, that are totally fictional.

Sacha@sachadylan.bsky.social · 17h ago

'[FSU] chairperson Stephen Franks said its supporters had an opportunity to “vote against wokester rule” and suggested InternetNZ was charging more than it needed for “.nz” registrations while “siphoning off revenue to matey cause groups in Wellington”. (paywalled) #NzPol

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says a bombshell “60 Minutes” segment is “being suppressed.”

MAGA-Curious CBS Accused of Censoring Major Epstein Scoop

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says a bombshell “60 Minutes” segment is “being suppressed.”

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Chloe to Speaker re 'lie' "You have punished me - personally - multiple times for the use of that word. "I'm seeking your guidance as to whether this rule applies universally, or there's one rule for us and another for him" she said, pointing at Peters." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker's 'double standards'

The Greens co-leader has been kicked out of the House, after challenging what she called the Speaker's "double standards".

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“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics

Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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The fast track has created a dependency on political patronage. Individual businesses can only access the fast track if ministers agree. Coincidentally political party donations linked to fast track applications have ballooned.

The outgoing children's commissioner says NZ government policies are an affront to children's rights. Here's our interview from Q+A-Jack Tame #nzpol #SackWinston #SackTheGovt youtu.be/AZHp3dmbCHE

Outgoing Children's Commissioner: Govt policies "an affront to children's rights"

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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Greens being the grownups in the room again, formally requiring Brownlee to act. And we don't need scarequotes around racist. #NzPol

‘I’m not apologising’: Winston Peters stands by ‘racist’ comments

Peters claims his conversation with Christopher Luxon about his remarks is 'private'.

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If your desire and ability to exercise state power is predicated on the state exercising racism, then yes - you are the baddies.

Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch

ALT: Mitchell And Webb: Are We The Baddies Sketch

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henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nicola Willis and Mark Mitchell suggested this morning that firing Winston Peters would bring down the Government. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Take a close look at who funds The Opportunity Party. Whether built on fitness empires, software companies, or bitcoin fortunes, these donors hold vast wealth outside of real estate. That is no accident; it is precisely why the meteoric rise of donor money must be questioned. #nzpol

The pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC has spent a jaw-dropping $30M+ in tomorrow's Democratic primaries in Michigan and Missouri. But if you saw their attack ads, you'd never know it was them. Watch.

Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026

Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou

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🍃🌹🌿Remove Winston Peters as Foreign Minister for racist remarks - Sign the Petition! www.change.org/p/remove-win...?

Sign the Petition

Remove Winston Peters as Foreign Minister for racist remarks

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Why New Zealand won't be getting an earthquake warning system any time soon

Why New Zealand won't be getting an earthquake warning system any time soon

New Zealand won't be getting an earthquake early warning system any time soon, Earth Sciences says.

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Senior #NZFirst youth figure linked to neo-#Nazi group: Nicholas Newport, an executive member of Young New Zealand First, has links to “WhiteAustralia” far-right white supremacist ‘hate’ group #nzpol #enrol. #PartyVoteGreen✅ www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...?

NZ First youth leader linked to neo-Nazi network

A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.

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A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate - citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and identity

‘English is a bastard language’: Māori MP praises Wales' bilingualism in passionate speech

Stephen Price A Māori MP has drawn praise for defending New Zealand’s native language in a heated parliamentary debate – citing Wales as an example of a nation valuing its indigenous language and iden...

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Google has yanked a new feature that allowed AI visualizations to be created on top of satellite imagery, after users easily fabricated misleading images that could be used for disinformation u.afp.com/Srvo

8 out of 10. That's more than the last study! It's increasing lol #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/8...

Most Australian teens still on social media 3 months after under-16 ban began, study finds

More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to im...

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Good piece by @mohanjdutt.bsky.social | We must name racism when it happens e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... #nzpol

‘The Great Replacement’ narratives on New Zealand’s Telegram account constellations: January to June 2026 www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) #nzpol

The wrong, dishonourable MPs: Targeted harassment in New Zealand’s legislature sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrong-... (LinkedIn) #nzpol

Why the unending, targeted harms against specific MPs in parliament, by senior members of the coalition government, is often a harbinger of much worse those targeted have to bear. More in my study, released today. bsky.app/profile/sanj... #nzpol

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa@sanjanah.bsky.social · 2d ago

The wrong, dishonourable MPs: Targeted harassment in New Zealand’s legislature sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/t... (WordPress) www.linkedin.com/pulse/wrong-... (LinkedIn) #nzpol

Fast-Track Minister, Chris Bishop, refuses to say if fast-track application to bulldoze golf course has been filed-yet he is a public servant answerable to us-despite this govt’s attempts to undermine Democracy #AtlasNetwork #Zionist Govt thinks it’s above the Law-it just changes them! #Authoratian

Luxon's spineless. Imo he fears Winston wld call a snap election if demoted. As Goff ptd out he was dismissed for a milder remark abt Trump! The economy's not going to recover in a few months but Luxon's clinging to power hoping. There are consequences already. www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese...

Chinese voters reconsider allegiances after Peters’ ‘racist’ remarks

Members of the country's Chinese community are calling for Foreign Minister Winston Peters to be sacked from Cabinet after telling a Chinese MP to "go back to your own country".

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On 31 July, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called Winston Peters’ 29 July remarks racist, then kept him as Foreign Minister. That is condemnation without consequence. A Prime Minister who names racism only after pressure helps authorise more of the same. #nzpol

The words do not stay in the chamber. After January 2025 remarks about Mexican and migrant MPs, the replies studied carried nativist rhetoric into deportation demands and threats of physical harm. The floor supplies the premise; platforms supply the pile-ons and permanence. #nzpol

Across 2024 and 2025, New Zealand’s Hansard records repeated attempts by NZ First and ACT MPs to make origin, Māori identity, tikanga, ancestry and representative authority tests of belonging. In Parliament, political speech carries institutional authority. #nzpol