I was listening to Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB) at lunchtime on Thursday. He was telling everyone how he took the bus to work that day. It cost $1.95. After work, he was going to walk to his chosen Japanese restaurant, walk from there to the opera by 7.15
She couldn’t make capital gains tax work. She has promised no personal tax increases during this term. She has announced a massive spending programme and is facing the likelihood of falling surpluses – not that she will ever admit it. So what is a poor girl to do? Answer: hit
The lack of rental accommodation is reaching a crisis point. This government has driven so many landlords out of the market that there is nowhere to rent. I have heard stories about 70 people turning up every time a rental becomes available in Blenheim, and there are similar stories told
It is really noticeable with this government that nobody is ever held to account. The speaker can accuse a man of rape and ruin his life and nothing happens. The head of Treasury accused the opposition of a criminal act, and when this was found out to be grossly incorrect,
Yes, we are going to have fun with this one. Today’s wellbeing budget announcement means little for Manurewa mother of nine, Memory Brown. Ahead of today’s opening of the Government’s books, Ms Brown was hoping there would be a bit more money for her to buy food,
Last week was a terrible week for the government, and deservedly so. From Trevor Mallard claiming that a man effectively raped a woman because he hugged her, to a criminal hack that turned out to be a relatively normal web search, to a transformational budget that wasn’t… and then,
Let’s face it, we all know how little we can rely on the mainstream media for truth these days. On this blog, we are famous for ripping into journalists who just cannot resist that element of spin, even when reporting an actual news item. Think about how the first
The leaked document had been read out. Members of the government had all raped hugged each other in congratulation. The opposition had pulled the document to pieces. It was all over bar the shouting… … and then the government put the House into urgency to add another 3.5 cents tax
Remember how the Wellbeing budget was going to be a world leader? How everyone would be wowed by the kindness that Jacinda and her entourage is showing to her subjects? How the world would sit up and take notice? Well, the world did sit up and take notice… but the
Well, it has arrived. The world’s first Wellbeing Budget. The groundbreaking budget format that was supposed to have the world sit up and take notice. I am reeling with the uniqueness and diversity of it all. No, I’m not. I’m completely underwhelmed. First, the basics. * $1.9
I heard Stuart Nash on the radio on Wednesday morning, screaming ‘dirty politics’ over the leak of the budget document. Here we go again. Anything Labour doesn’t like these days is ‘dirty politics’. It is becoming a hackneyed phrase. Funnily enough, we have not heard anything from Nicky Hager
We have been waiting impatiently for the Wellbeing Budget, the one that is going to make us world leaders. The one that will make the rest of the world follow in our footsteps. The one that puts a value not on productivity, but on talking to a neighbour over going
You wouldn’t dream about it. Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, formed just over 6 weeks ago, has scored major victories in the EU elections, thrashing both Labour and most of all the Conservative Party, which has crashed to its lowest vote share since 1834. This is a massive humiliation
I thought May was NZ Music Month, but we seem to have Comedy Week right in the middle of it. Yesterday, I wrote about how Simon Wilson thinks Kiwibuild is not a failure, and now the illustrious Phil Quin tells us how everything is fine and we are well governed.
I am not sure if any of you have come across Simon Wilson, but in my opinion, the best thing about him is that most of his articles are behind a paywall. As I have no intention of paying for content which is generally free elsewhere, it means I don’
This is Budget week. Within a few days, we will hear what the world’s first Wellbeing Budget is all about. Apparently Jacinda thinks it is so marvellous that the world will follow in our footsteps. Somehow I think she will be proved wrong. Socialists like Jacinda live in a
