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Comparing the different teams in the Treaty Principles Bill debate.
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 12, 20241 min read
Question Time 12.09.2024
No review today; I'm too pissed off. I honestly couldn't fucking take sitting there yesterday watching Tam while I'm fighting this war...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 12, 20241 min read
Question Time 11.09.2024
Gary's two cents: the opposition should be more like a government-in-waiting. Opened with a celebration of all the Paralympic athletes...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 11, 20243 min read
Question Time 28.08.2024
There's an obvious downside to my arts reforms: if all the focus goes into small movies, then big films like my Shipwrecked on Islands...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 28, 20245 min read
Question Time 27.08.2024
Question 10 was challenged by the opposition, but Brownlee let it stand. 'He's finally done something that I agree with' - Gary Regarding...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 27, 20243 min read
Question Time 21.08.2024
Te Pāti Māori was completely absent today, but I was representing in the team colours. 1. Chippy to Winston C 7, WP 4 Winston as acting...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Question Time 20.08.2024
Half an hour spent congratulating the Olympians, which was obviously warranted, but took bloody ages! 1. Hlöe to Omelette AP 7, PO 3...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 20, 20243 min read
Question Time 08.08.2024
Sat in the Speaker's Gallery, which had a good view of the National Party. It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow - he died six years ago,...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 8, 20243 min read
*crickets*
I was very serious in that video last week. If my reviews of Question Time are hurting the feelings of coalition MPs, then why is it that...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 7, 20241 min read
Question Time 07.08.2024
Tanya Unkovich and Winston Peters received a petition from Family First called "what is a woman?" - 23,000 anti-trans signatures. Woman...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Question Time 06.08.2024
This was a pretty slow, boring day. Brownlee made a speech at the beginning about the need to rein in all the various chaotic things that...
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Amanda Riddell
Aug 6, 20243 min read
Question Time 31.07.2024
Changed my mind and braved the shit weather. Today was full of drama! First up, David Seymour tabled documents between him and the ACT...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 31, 20243 min read
Question Time 25.07.2024
Slightly hungover today. I saw a protest on Parliament Grounds about students being killed in Bangladesh, and Nanaia Mahuta was visiting...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 25, 20243 min read
Gender expression
So, for those who are wondering, altering my gender expression might mean this: Telling me to dye my hair, or to style it in a certain...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 18, 20241 min read
gossip
As for whether Chloe should jump ship... well, I think that's premature and she's panicking! 🤣 Like, it's fairly defensible: 'this was...
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Machine Fatigue thoughts
Blocking the Facebook news feed was a great move. I'd recommend that for all the Green MPs. Gary introduced me to this app called...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Question Time 25.06.2024
Drizzly weather today, which moved a ban live exports protest from outside to inside. I saw Steve Abel and Karen O'Leary in the crowd. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 25, 20244 min read
Scrutiny week
Tbh I had no idea about that until I saw it in the news. I'm hardly a political tragic. I'm listening to Raw Politics and watching Q+A...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 24, 20241 min read
How I see myself
I think politicians putting pressure on me to make something is deeply questionable. Which is probably why I completely ignored their...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 20, 20241 min read
My current protests
So people can keep track: 1. Reviewing Question Time and founding AMPP. 2. Boycotting VUW for their questionable business decisions. 3....
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 15, 20241 min read
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