Stuff had an article yesterday asking how much fat can be trimmed off public sector jobs. I would suggest that the answer is plenty, plus some more. Stuff, however, thinks such thoughts are too simplistic. It is too simplistic to assume that recent large increases in public sector staff numbers
Chloe Swarbrick seems to be showing us she is not one of those cute cuddly Greens who can always find something good to say about everyone. Nope, she’s a whinging, nasty serial complainer, who thinks if she shrieks, scolds and stamps her foot then people will start listening to
It seems day after day we are seeing news about some person who was apparently healthy being diagnosed with cancer and dying within weeks. Yesterday there was one such tragic article at Stuff. Christchurch single mother Naomi Argyle, 45, was told she had weeks to live just days after going
Bold, Focussed and Determined, that’s The BFD and we are proud to announce the buyout and the rescue of Stuff in order to properly protect journalism in New Zealand. Brash and positive are some of the words being used to describe the buyout of Stuff by the BFD. The
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were John Banks, Simon O’Connor and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! JOHN BANKS: On The Performance Of The Coalition So Far And The Important Issues Of Our Future John Banks joins the show
Newshub is stoking the fires against David Seymour and Winston Peters, expressing outrage about what both have said about the appalling segregation occurring at Auckland University. Their headline screams they are facing criticism: But are they? And who is the criticism from? The Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party are
There are some folk who haven’t realised that Kiwis rejected racism, separatism, and segregation at the last election. The parties which promoted those policies, Labour, Green and Maori, got bundled out of office. Now a storm has erupted over a sign at Auckland University. Act got into the debate,
Yesterday the SFO lost their appeal in the Court of Appeal in the long-running NZ First donations case. This is the third case the SFO has lost and it is not surprising as they tried to shoehorn Electoral Act offences into criminal charges. The Court of Appeal was having
Chris Hipkins has suddenly decided that a capital gains tax is a good idea after all. He kept that quiet before the election, actually saying no to it. We can now be under no illusion that had Labour won the election they would have rammed through a capital gains tax
Heather du Plessis-Allan is the only legacy media person who seems to get what it was that Winston Peters was trying to say, even as those around her were losing their collective minds. There is a saying on the internet known as Godwin’s law. Basically everyone misquotes it.
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Winston Peters, Simon Lusk, David Farrar and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! WINSTON PETERS: On The Legacy Media Misrepresentation Of His State Of The Nation Speech And Some Foreign Affairs Winston Peters joins
Chris Hipkins has admitted that Labour’s flagship policies for the 2017 election were “undeliverable”, and yet they blew millions upon millions in trying to deliver the “undeliverable”. This is economic vandalism and proves that any promise they make in the future should be ignored. Worse though is that they
Chris Hipkins seems to have adopted a new strategy since losing the election: being a dork. Worse, he is being a dork dripping with disdain and disrespect. He is also using the tried and true tactic of every opposition leader since forever: chasing every passing car like a proverbial mad
The legacy media, echoing the false attack against Donald Trump with their “bloodbath” lies have done exactly the same thing to Winston Peters with their false and deceptive reporting of his State of the Union speech. Every single legacy media outlet ran deceptive headlines claiming that Winston Peters compared co-
Chris Hipkins really is as politically stupid as he appears. In his infinite wisdom, he decided to have a battle of wits with Winston Peters, a battle that I might add he is singularly ill-equipped to deal with. But he went there. The New Zealand First leader and Cabinet
Grant Robertson reckons he never became Labour leader because of homophobia. Worse still he fingers (excuse the pun) the unions as pooftah haters. Now you may not believe me, but check out what he said in media over the weekend: Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson says being gay was “a
