Attempts by NDC to drag Manhyia Palace into partisan politics unfortunate – NPP
09 Jul
Politics

Attempts by NDC to drag Manhyia Palace into partisan politics unfortunate – NPP

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Politics tamfitronics The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it intends to politicise the Manhyia palace. Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mustapha Gbande, had suggested that the NPP intends to use the selection of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, a royal from the Manhyia palace, to drag the revered traditional institution into partisan politics. But in an interview with Citi NewsHaruna Mohammed, the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, described Gbande’s comments as unfortunate.“Unfortunately, when people are identified by where they come from, there is no doubt that Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is from a royal gate and that is a fact. The chief touted this particular angle of which Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh comes.“Where lies the drawing of the Asantehene or the palace...
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Can future Liberals achieve small government?
09 Jul
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Can future Liberals achieve small government?

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Politics tamfitronics This article is an instalment in a new series, Where to for real Liberals?on the future of the Liberal Party under Peter Dutton.The Liberals have never achieved small government in Australia, and they are unlikely to do so because of our political culture and contemporary ideas about the role of government in society. Small government is an ideal that is most obvious when contrasted with Labor’s interventionist approach to markets. But the parties’ ideals rarely get in the way of pragmatism when it comes to electoral politics.Australia has a mixed economy that sits somewhere between the coordinated capitalism of Sweden and the competitive capitalism of the United States. The Australian system focuses on equality of opportunity in education and healthcare. If one has access to universal education and healthcare, then through hard work,...
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Think identity politics is a problem for Labor? Wait ’til you see the Republicans
09 Jul
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Think identity politics is a problem for Labor? Wait ’til you see the Republicans

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Politics tamfitronics If there’s one thing right-wing commentatorsare clear on about Fatima Payman, it’s that she represents a case of identity politics — with all the inevitable condemnation that goes with it, because “identity politics” is thrown about with about as much care as “woke”. Indeed, they may as well be synonyms for the right.According to one right-wing Labor voice, however, the Payman saga illustrates how Labor is the only bulwark between civilization and the chaos of identity politics.“Progressivism worships at the altar of individualism,” Nick Dyrenfurth wrote for the Financial Review. “It cuts against the grain of Labor’s communitarian belief in a society distinguished by relative material equality, of social solidarity, and opposition to dog-eat-dog neoliberalism. Paradoxically, progressivism also fetishises identity politics by pitting one group against another group in a Hobbesian war against...
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Republicans’ 2024 Platform Makes Veiled Threat of “Secure Elections”
09 Jul
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Republicans’ 2024 Platform Makes Veiled Threat of “Secure Elections”

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Politics tamfitronics The Republican National Committee’s policy panel overwhelmingly approved a Trump-crafted platform proposal on Monday ahead of a formal vote later this week, cementing Trump’s particular brand of politics as the official platform of the Republican Party. As part of the 20-point list of “promises” should Republicans win an electoral trifecta in November, the platform promises to “secure our elections,” hinting that the party is prepared to re-elevate conspiracies on election fraud and push renewed restrictions on voting.The proposed platform section on election security states: “We will implement measures to secure our Elections, including Voter ID, highly sophisticated paper ballots, proof of Citizenship, and same day Voting. We will not allow the Democrats to give Voting Rights to illegal Aliens.”Republicans have frequently railed against noncitizen voting, making it a centerpiece of their...
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