It is a habit of mine on a Saturday morning to pick up the Weekend Herald from the local Superette. The owner is always very friendly and after a few minutes of amiable conversation I return home in fairly good humour. Sitting down with a cup of freshly brewed Yorkshire
A few weeks ago I wrote The Best of a Bad Bunch and the overripe banana pic is still relevant when talking about Christopher Luxon. He was very green when he became National Party leader, but I think he is ripening nicely. I am aware that not everyone shares this
Warning Long read: 1,394 words Jacinda Ardern recently implied that in her MPs she has talent to burn, including herself no doubt. This was in relation to Louisa Wall’s resignation as an MP. She said, on One News Breakfast, “there were many other talented MPs who had not
The lead article in the Weekend Herald should have taken nobody by surprise. ‘PERFECT STORM’, it blared. ‘PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE’. Auckland Transport is running out of money to operate its buses, ferries and trains. Who would have thought? The answer is anyone driving around Auckland in a
This Labour Government, right from the outset, has shown itself to be pig-ignorant when it comes to private enterprise. Their members are union-friendly (beholden) and business-antagonistic. Nothing illustrates their attitude better than Covid. They effectively left the tourism and hospitality industries to bleed to death. Their complete
It’s coming up to three weeks since I last put my finger to the keyboard as family circumstances have led me to be somewhat busier than usual. I have however managed to keep tabs on most of the political machinations. The last two words of my headline succinctly cover
I am writing in support of the writer of the Letter to the Editor published on the BFD headed “Why You Shouldn’t Dismiss National and ACT”. The basic tenet of the letter I agree with. The writer is making the point that stating that you cannot give National or
The 120 individuals who occupy their expensive leather seats in what they like to call “this place” have only themselves to blame for the mayhem, chaos and violence that brought the Wellington protest to an end. These are 120 individuals who decided to put themselves above the people they were
This past Tuesday we saw yet another PR stunt from Jacinda Ardern. She held a stand-up about some idiots who are using the protest for other than peaceful means. Like Ardern, they have their own agenda. Both their agenda and Ardern’s are doing nothing to resolve the situation.
We have a Government resembling a cheap set of cutlery. Bought from the Warehouse the set contains spoons, knives and forks. The spoon is to feed, via the experts, misinformation to a compliant Government-run media. The knife is to knife us in the back for what I consider to
First, let me say I am excluding The BFD and Newstalk ZB from this article. My reason why is that these two media outlets have given a true assessment of the happenings at Parliament since the Convoy arrived. Barry Soper has been there daily, even under the threat of consequences
This Government, through its own, incompetence, stupidity, mandates, obsession with control, fixation with fear and dictatorial rule has all but run out of public goodwill. They are showing, as are other political parties, that they cannot read the room. They seem to have trouble connecting with where public opinion is
Information Opinion You’ve got to hand it to this Government. Since gaining the Treasury Benches every idea they’ve had to improve any given situation has had the opposite effect i.e made it worse. Think welfare, housing, education, health, transport, RATs, you name it they’ve made it
When it comes to newspapers my weekly routine is to buy the Weekend Herald. The variety of content makes it a better buy than its weekly counterpart. On the whole, the Herald is a shadow of its former self. On Tuesday, while at the Superette, in a moment of stupidity
Every three years we elect 120 people to become Members of Parliament. Their job is to run the country to the best of their ability. Their pay packets, by most workers standards, reflects the importance of the tasks they have been elected to undertake. For example, Jacinda Ardern receives a
Trevor Mallard has single-handedly made a right duck of himself. People with his type of personality rarely get any given situation correct. They are unable to think in a measured way. Their first instinct is to go for the jugular to, metaphorically speaking, beat your opponent up. Although, if
