I listened on Tuesday to Heather du Plessis-Allan interviewing Health Minister Chris Hipkins on the testing at the border. Chris started off confidently enough but when Heather started to drill down he was at sixes and sevens. He was finding it hard to stay on message. Then we got
Dear Prime Minister, You have well and truly blown it. There is now a palpable sense of anger in the country, particularly in Auckland. You might not be aware of it, living as you do in your own little global celebrity bubble, but the silent majority of people are well
The chickens are now coming home to roost. The Government setting out to eliminate COVID was a huge miscalculation. This was never a realistic option. It’s on a par with their Kiwibuild pledge. The Labour politicians seem divorced from reality, even the three or four that have something resembling
We now find out there is every chance we have been locked down again because Ardern didn’t act hard and early with regard to testing of those working at the border. According to Michael Morrah from Newshub, as of a week ago, nearly two-thirds of Auckland’s COVID-
In May I penned an article on the Prime Minister entitled A Piece of Work. You don’t expect a leopard to change its spots and in my view, she hasn’t. Her modus operandi leaves a lot to be desired. This is a woman who has no regard for
It appears Ardern is nothing more than a puppeteer. As such she should probably be in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest number of puppets on a string – five million of them. The team of five million is the slogan she likes to use. It’s beyond
This Government, after three years in office and virtually nothing to show for it, have, as a result, decided to fight this election on a platform of fear. This is cowardice in its worst form. This is the modus operandi of bullies. The only ammunition they have in their arsenal
Leading into the election the lyrics to this song are sounding more pertinent than ever. You’ve got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between Listening to the leaders of both major parties it is becoming increasingly obvious
Jacinda Ardern is digging a COVID hole for herself, a hole that gets bigger with each passing day. The strategies she has put in place for eliminating the virus are not sustainable in the longer term. The reality is that at some point, she is going to have to face
Audrey Young, in her article in the Weekend Herald, sought to highlight the divide in the National caucus. Her view is that the liberals leaving the party were a gain for the religious right. She expects the exit of a swag of socially liberal women will mean a balance between
Christie wrote an excellent article on Saturday regarding the latest polls, so I won’t endeavour to cover the same ground. I do wish though, to support the main tenor of her article which is: while a quick glance at the polls reveals National has an uphill battle, all is
On Wednesday Judith Collins launched National’s Business Start policy whereby unemployed workers could access their KiwiSaver retirement fund to start a small business. Collins said she had started three small businesses and all had been successful. This was probably during the time her opponent in the election was struggling
If you are a hard worker and do your best to get ahead in life, then may I state the obvious: don’t vote Green at this election. I don’t know what these people are smoking but their major overarching policy is to burn a hole in your back
They say laughter is the best form of medicine. That was certainly true of the Sunday night Newshub poll and Tova O’Brien’s reaction to it. I think the most apt description of the poll came from Cameron Slater who called it “a complete joke”. It was a joke
Last week in Parliament both Judith Collins and Gerry Brownlee called on the Government to release their list of the 800 projects they say are “shovel ready”. As I pointed out in my previous article, petty squabbling in the Cabinet Room, otherwise known as the Coalition Childcare Centre, plus red
It has become increasingly obvious over the term of this coalition government that politics has played a bigger role than the need to progress economic growth and prosperity. Not that it matters it is sad to say because this Government, even if it were united, bar one or two MPs,
