I was surprised to see Judith Collins on Newshub Nation. I understood that she had decided not to appear because the interviews rarely cover issues important to the viewers. I am now aware that subsequent to that decision, Judith’s chief press secretary was contacted by the producer of Newshub
I rarely watch the 6 o’clock edition of news on TV1 or particularly TV3 as I try to avoid the risk of visually running into ‘Toxic Tova’. This hallmark to describe her seems to have been picked up by those of us on the right of politics and it
Jacinda Ardern continues to demonstrate her inability to handle the Covid situation in a way that shows an understanding of business, an empathy with those wanting to return home and an admission that both their MIQ booking system and the facilities are dogs. As we got no apology concerning the
It’s always good to start the weekend with a good piece of humour, and page C4 of the Business Section of the Weekend Herald provided it. The page was devoted to a typically well-written opinion piece by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill was commenting that any chance of the media
To put the headline into context they have yet to locate the tap. If they found it you can bet it would be the cold one. Their next problem would be wondering how to turn it on. In their four years in office the only things they’ve come close
Since becoming familiar with Covid, and constantly being regaled with fear of it, I have been musing as to how similar to the annual flu it might be. I thought a good place to start would be the Ministry of Health’s website. What better place to go than the
Two articles appeared in the Weekend Herald from Fran O’Sullivan and Claire Trevett. Both concerned Judith Collins and both were written along similar lines. A cynic might say that we are looking at a coordinated attack. I don’t think that was the case but two such articles appearing
BREAKING NEWS – it’s official folks, we are living in Te Tai Tokerau Korea. Or at least that is what it feels like. From the Prime Minister down it seems like the whole population is being put through a brainwashing exercise of epic proportions. In fact, I’m starting to
When one digests the events of the last couple of weeks the question seems not an unreasonable one. Things have happened and decisions have been made that are out of step with what one would expect in a true Western democracy. There are traits in the Prime Minister’s demeanour
Yet again we have the insufferable sight of Dear Leader performing her amateur theatrics at the podium of misinformation! Her presentation consists of an entree reminding us we are a team of five million, a main course consisting of a good serving of fear, while dessert is a sweetener of
With the latest lockdown, Jacinda Ardern is effectively holding this country and therefore its people to ransom. She is holding businesses and livelihoods to ransom. She is holding the economy to ransom. She is, by her actions, pretty much holding the share market to ransom. None of this bothers Ardern
There are two common types of greens. We have the ones that are found in the garden or at the supermarket and then there are the ones in Parliament. The former we are told are healthy, contain lots of goodness and we are encouraged to eat them. The ones to
The National Party Conference last weekend has produced a range of reactions. The media, predictably, were overwhelmingly negative as the last thing they want is a National government. Their bias has been repaid handsomely by the government in return for which they are required to toe the party line. This
As expected the media were at their anti-National, anti-Collins best reporting on the National Party Conference. Tova was as toxic as ever repeating her effort from the aftermath of her Newshub poll, running around like a headless chook desperately trying to find an MP or conference attendee who
Jacinda Ardern is leading a government that is now so far out of touch with public sentiment that, as the polls are starting to show, they have all but burnt their bridges. Their ministers seem ever more incompetent to the point where they look like they have no understanding of
The two most recent polls are good news for the right of centre parties in the sense that both show the gloss is coming off Ardern and Labour. The slide is on and, like Mallard’s one in Parliament’s grounds, it could prove to be expensive. In further good
