Christopher Luxon, from what I have observed so far, looks to have made an instant impact. In his first outings, he has packed a few punches. I’m talking verbally of course, not in the sense of a bar room brawl. He seems too congenial for that even if he
It is becoming increasingly obvious that this government’s been all about control. The best way to get control is to divide and rule. This is their strategy along with a good dollop of deliberately misleading the population of their intentions. The most recent example is the traffic light system.
I first got involved with politics at the tender age of fifteen. In the ensuing sixty years, I cannot recall such an incompetent hopeless bunch of losers as this lot. They have reached a level of incompetence that not only presents a danger to the country but also to themselves.
I have read and agreed with many of the comments on Backchat regarding the machinations playing out in the National Party. In light of the mess National are currently in, the comments are justified. If I had been in a position to advise Judith Collins I would have cautioned against
I don’t think this country has ever had a Prime Minister as devious and dishonest as Jacinda Ardern. Her claims of being the most transparent and open government are at best platitudes and at worst downright lies. Due to her complete incompetence, it is impossible for her to work
Jacinda Ardern and her Government would have you believe they are all about kindness. Well, they are but not in a pleasant way. They actually reek of it. In their world kindness = control. ‘By being controlling we are being kind’ is their unwritten motto. This is the reality of how
If there’s one thing Covid has increasingly illustrated it is how different Auckland is to the rest of the country. Without wishing to be insulting to those outside of Auckland they could probably be best described as our country cousins. This was very apparent in the current lockdown. Most
Three polls in the last week and they all carry the same message. The tidal wave of support for Jacinda Ardern is receding. If the trend continues it threatens to become something of a dangerous rip. One poll was conducted by a left-leaning organisation, one by an organisation on the
Jacinda Ardern is hell-bent on killing off democracy in this country, aided and abetted by a compliant media she has bought using our money. I noted there was nothing on One News about the very large protest in the Domain on Saturday. Ardern is displaying all the hallmarks of a
Right from the outset Labour’s approach to the Covid pandemic has been laboured and divisive. Jacinda Ardern has adopted the philosophy of divide and rule, black against white, the vaccinated against the unvaccinated, area against area. I can only assume the rationale is that it’s better to have
This government, like any other democratically elected government, was elected by the people to govern for the people. If the polls are to be believed, Ardern and her Government are performing this fundamental task pretty well. The polls however, do not paint a true picture of people’s universal opinion
This government seems oblivious to what is going on in Auckland. We are supposed to be in level three but the reality is quite the opposite. There is no level three, apart from the closure of businesses, not even remotely level two. In my neck of the woods around the
New Zealand’s economy is being trashed by the latest “short and sharp” lockdown. Even if Jacinda Ardern is too scared to open up the borders she should at least let the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors restart their businesses. It doesn’t matter how many times she comes on
4pm last Monday and the big announcement. Well, what we thought would be a big announcement. Instead, we were informed that Auckland would remain at level three. The real news was that the government had eliminated their elimination of Covid strategy. Another giant cock-up by this government. The elimination lasted
After Monday’s Covid announcement every Minister in this apology for a Government should do the honourable thing and knock on the front door of Government House. They should say to whomsoever opens the door, “I wish to see the Governor-General. I wish to hand in my warrant as I
The only people who think level 3 is being observed in Auckland must be the Labour Government and its health advisors. The number of hospitalisations and deaths predicted if we loosen up were about the same as the cars that passed me on my 45-minute walk in rural east Auckland
