Posts by Sacha
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Access: Who Are Disabled New Zealanders?, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
It makes me cross when people building new houses don’t just automatically make at least the main "public" spaces (i.e. entry, access to living space) wheelchair accessible
And you have to wonder why that isn't a basic requirement of building regulations like it is in the UK, despite decades of lobbying. Not that expensive either, so it has to be something else.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
there is only about 9 list MPs. The rest were put there by the voting public
All MPs are put in place by the voting public. If voters do not like a party's list, they do not vote for them.
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Access: I Can’t See You, But You Should…, in reply to oga,
Firstly, great to see you here. Hope all is going well.
Most people don't know that the separate Act of parliament governing the Foundation of the Blind means its members are allowed to keep receiving income support payments even if they work - unlike all other disabled people.
When the last Labour government was designing the 'single core benefiit' system that they dropped as too hard, one stream of work was about income support for disabled people. It would actually have extended that same approach to all disabled people, recognising that we face some extra costs whether or not we are working.
There didn't seem to be any appetite for going the other way and taking benefits from blind people just to level up the playing field. However, it's certainly an historic accident that has no rational basis.
For me, an interesting broader issue is how much more prominent blind people are, given their low proportion of disabled New Zealanders.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to Pete George,
His response:
I am actually impressed with the calibre of the people handling the media strategy.Unimpressed with that statement myself.
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Access: Defective, deficient, deviant…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Troublingly, even though the institutional model is gone, I’m not sure if the mindset is.
It affects the expectations of some senior disabled leaders as well.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to Russell Brown,
Jones’ mode of speech is “no frills’? In what parallel reality?
Even Braunias got that one right.
Oh man, Guyon's just about eaten me out of house and home! It's got so bad that here I am sneaking out to the nearest KFC for a feed. But that's alright. It means I can spend time with the people.
I wind down the window, and say, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Greeting O surly bro, whose interests I wish to represent!"
He says, "What?"
I say, "I'll have a 12-pack of Fiery Wings and a Deluxe Quarter Pack."
He says, "Anything else?"
"Yes, there is something else, now you mention it," I tell him. "Something on my mind. Listen. It's like this. When I go round the regions of New Zealand, I struggle to find people at marae, workplaces, hotels, and RSAs, who say, 'Jonesy, the first vote of choice for us is Labour'. Yet their economic circumstances mean they should be Labour. Their dreams for their kids mean they should be Labour. So I ask, why are those people not naturally choosing the red waka?"
The youth says, "What?"
I say, "A BBQ Bacon Zinger, please."
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Bryce Edwards provides a comprehensive list of the coverage (several dozen links).
Comparing the headlines with the same list from yesterday is interesting.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to BenWilson,
how does one prepare for a sucker punch?
Like any competent political party or movement does. By constantly working to shape the terrain.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to BenWilson,
Many moves, including the one you and bmk suggested above. It's a dance marathon, though. They've been outside having a smoke for way too long.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to BenWilson,
It's a dance. Parties have to work to set the tone and feed the discourse or toes get trodden on.
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