If the National Party want to win big next year, they need look no further than the American midterm elections. There was supposed to be, according to the polls, a red wave with a substantial Republican majority in the House and a workable majority in the Senate. This turned out
Information Opinion There is a lot to like about Mayor Wayne Brown’s first few weeks in office. Already there is a stark contrast between the incumbent and the man he replaced. Brown, a man of action, has only served to highlight the inertia of the previous wearer of the
For some time it has been obvious to me that the polls have failed to reflect the true mood of the country. There seems to have been a lag between what the poll numbers were throwing up and where the country actually was. The numbers for Labour have seemed on
Information Opinion Winston Peters has predictably made his customary return to the political fray. He has a side I like and a side I dislike. While some (including me, to be honest) would prefer him to go away, he does serve a somewhat useful purpose. Winston when giving an address
From the Maori Party website: “It is a known fact that Maori genetic makeup is stronger than others.” This piece of invented idiocy reflects how far up the mountain of arrogance the Maori Members of Parliament have been allowed to climb. Warning Message to the Maori Party, The Labour Party,
Information Opinion Following on from Cam’s excellent piece on the subject of the broadcasting merger I would like to share my thoughts. As someone who has worked in the media (radio), I find it obvious this dreamed-up self-serving nonsense will never work in practice. The reasons why,
Claire Trevett’s article in the Weekend Herald provided an interesting headline. It read, ‘PM needs dusting of sweet news on stale cake’. The reality, which maybe Claire has yet to realise, is that the PM’s cake is not only stale but also decidedly sour. Many of her cakes,
The death of Queen Elizabeth II, whom many thought would go on forever, got me searching for a magazine article published in This England marking her fifty years on the throne. The article gave a very good account of the week leading up to the momentous moment she learned of
Information Opinion On Wednesday I attended a morning tea hosted by Paul Goldsmith at which the National Party’s deputy leader was the guest speaker. VERY IMPRESSIVE. Nicola, as many will be aware, is National’s finance spokesperson, so her presentation mainly concerned financial and economic matters, but other matters
Information Opinion If we needed further evidence of Labour’s obnoxious behaviour after Dr Sharma’s recent mind-blowing revelations we got it – from Labour themselves conniving a tax on people’s savings in KiwiSaver. This was ‘true to life’ Labour on a number of fronts: * They are hell-bent
Information Opinion A quote from Winston Churchill applies to both Gaurav Sharma and Jacinda Ardern. The first part of the quote says – “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak.” The second part says – “Courage is what it also takes to sit down and listen.” The first part
Do the makers of transport decisions on Auckland Council and Auckland Transport live in the real world? It would seem not. These are presumably highly paid individuals who sit at desks all day in a theoretical (make-believe) world rather than a practical (real) world. These people have power and
Information Opinion Both National and Labour are beset by problems relating to bullying, which brings the party leaders very much into focus. Jacinda Ardern has the bigger problem on two fronts. Firstly, Chris Luxon is dealing with a person’s shameful behaviour occurring more than two decades ago – student behaviour
Information Opinion Hands up if you have done something stupid in your teenage years, something that in later years you’ve lived to regret. If that question was put to a live audience who replied honestly, there would be very few hands that wouldn’t go up. We’ve all
On August 8th Cam wrote an article entitled $137.5m to Get 36 Million Page Views. As Cam pointed out, that sounds impressive but The BFD got 33 million on their own last year. And the mind-blowing difference is, the mainstream media (MSM) got theirs at the taxpayers’ expense
National’s policy of Welfare That Works announced by Christopher Luxon at the Party Conference has all the hallmarks of a well-thought-out approach. The initial reaction is mainly positive. It is certainly preferable to the current policy of doing nothing. Doing nothing is something which has manifested itself
