I am aware of someone ‘in the know’ who has said that the Government has gone ahead with the dopey light rail idea on the basis of ‘it’s their philosophy’. The other reason is that (as Heather du Plessis-Allan pointed out), this was Jacinda Ardern’s promise which
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
The National Party, its leader and its MPs appear still to not have their political antennae in tune with public sentiment when it comes to Covid messaging. This was borne out last Sunday following the special press conference called to make the entire country the same colour as the government
A trip up to town earlier this week led to the discovery of the resealing of a road near our city pad. We were diverted accordingly which had me thinking that the detour of the bus would have made it miss a sizeable chunk of its normal route. Intrigued as
I have been reading the well researched and written book He Puapua. The further into the book you get the more obvious it becomes that this country is basically run out of New York. I suppose we should not be surprised for a number of reasons. The first is that
The Prime Minister appears hell-bent on implementing her Marxist agenda. Like every other agenda of its type, it is glaringly obvious that it isn’t going to work. Fanciful ideas rarely do. It is over two years to the next election, and if they last that long this government
We live, or I thought we did, in a democracy. As far as I am aware we still have two laws to protect the rights and freedoms of the individual: the Human Rights Act and the Bill of Rights. Labour seized the opportunity to use the Covid pandemic for their
Information Opinion The continuing downward slide in the polls should have alarm bells ringing in the hallowed halls of Fraser House and in the offices of Labour MPs in the Beehive but this, in all probability, will not be happening. There are a number of reasons: Firstly, they are so
**This article has been republished. It is one of the most popular articles from 2021. Love for Jacinda was effectively burnt to an ember on Friday. It is fair to say that a large majority of her so-called team of five million have turned against her. For every person
I have just read an article regarding a speech the British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, gave at the Chatham House think tank. She was setting out her vision for future foreign policy. The speech was full of realism and positivity. Truss warned that “woke” attacks on British history are a
The year 2021 will be looked upon as the year the lightweights in the Labour Government shone – as lightweights. I don’t think I can remember a government where not one person in the team has been up to the task. This Labour Government can thank its lucky stars for
Cam’s recent article Police Admit to Surveilling The BFD was a breathtaking revelation of the direction in which this country is being taken. The fact that the Police have admitted to such actions should make the blood of every right-minded person in the country run ice cold. Is
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
