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This government is unreformable. But will Labour learn anything from Kamala Harris's defeat? Will Labour acknowledge that woke is dead? Forget ethnicity and gender. What people care about is the cost of housing, the cost of eating, the cost of schooling, the cost of health care, the cost of living.

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I'm not sure Kamala Harris lost because she didn't offer good policies to combat the cost of housing etc. I think she lost because angry people wanted to have someone to blame and punish.

So many all of a sudden realizing they have no idea what tariffs are and how they work & now having buyer's regret when they find out things are going to be even more expensive.

The Americans have fucked around and are about to find out. Just like the British with Brexit.

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I'm trying to remember what Labour offered last election besides GST off fresh fruit and veges.

Bernie Sanders:

https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1854271157135941698

and Bernie again:

https://youtu.be/QVlum0tUsTs

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Crazy bridges and unnecessarily underground trains for Auckland

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