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Posted in: New Zealand's Ardern credits virus response for election win See in context
Her government's largely successful response to COVID-19 is what won them the election.
That is the crux of the matter ... in the last opinion poll before Covid hit her party was trailing 46% to 41% ... and she was looking at getting voted out of office ... after Covid it all changed and Labour went up to 60% and settled at the election with 49% ... meanwhile the opposition National party imploded with 3 leaders in the space of 3 months and went from 46% to just 27% at the election
Domestically her government has been a shambolic failure with a litany of broken/fulfilled promises and scandals galore yet due to Covid gets rewarded with majority government now
Ironically after 3 weeks of no local Covid cases, a day after the election it is announced a new Covid case reported in the community
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 88 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 331 See in context
8.7% positive rate
One of the worst in the world
France is reporting 5% positive rate
Heaven knows what the "real" number is ....
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Posted in: Tourist spots in Tokyo busy during Silver Week holidays See in context
88 new cases in Tokyo today ... but but but ... 1014 tests
8.7% positive rate
Would like to see Tokyo do a test level like what Australian cities (Sydney,Melbourne) have done, 20,000 a day the normal
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 220 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 570 See in context
4.2% positive rate is not good
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Posted in: Suga gets word out: He supports Tokyo Olympics See in context
What a strange article ... do you expect Suga to say "Sorry, we hate the Olympics now, please IOC go away"
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Posted in: Osaka's third Grand Slam, anti-racism stand, hailed in Japan See in context
Has she officially withdrawn her US citizenship yet?
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 146 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 436 See in context
A 3% positive test rate is still pretty poor compared to world standards
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Posted in: Osaka using U.S. Open as platform for activism See in context
Breonna Taylor was a drug dealer
Jacob Blake is a rapist
George Floyd was a violent criminal
Clebes/Sportspeople hitching their Social Justice Warrior bandwagon to the wrong types
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Posted in: Abe set to resign, citing worsening health See in context
Farewell Super Abe, time to bring in the young blood ... time to step up Mr. Taro Also
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Posted in: 'West Wing' reunion episode to boost Michelle Obama's voter drive See in context
Will only drive more voters to Trump
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Posted in: How possible successors stack up if Abe resigns See in context
Need some fresh young blood ... so Aso it is
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Posted in: What do we know about the health of Shinzo Abe? See in context
Abe drinks Tiger Blood, he will live to 150
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Posted in: Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections See in context
Premier Andrews created this mess ... his government employed untrained security guards in charge of overseas returning travellers ... untrained security guards who then traded sexual favours to allow travellers to leave the hotel illegally... and 49 security guards then contracted the virus and then went home and spread it to their families and friends ... meanwhile in every other state the Australian Army was in charge of hotel security and surprise surprise ... no cases in any other state
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Posted in: The Dixie Chicks officially change their name to The Chicks See in context
I'm offended by the name "Chicks"
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Posted in: 'Lord of the Rings' TV series seeks burns victims, amputees as extras See in context
Sounds like a Freak Show
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Posted in: Australia-NZ favored for 2023 Women's World Cup after Japan withdraws bid See in context
The two examples you post, the Australian Rules Final .... tickets were free and with the T20 final they were giving tickets away left, right and centre also
FIFA won't do that
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Posted in: Tokyo Olympics to be followed up by 3 mega-events -- all in China See in context
China should be stripped of all these events as punishment for unleashing Covid on the planet
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Posted in: Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen — but in 2021, not 2020 See in context
So does this mean Japan can now post their real Covid infection numbers?
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Posted in: Experts foresee Tokyo Games without spectators if virus lingers See in context
Half the US team will be virus infected by then even as will all the European teams
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