Frederick Forsyth, a writer and author whose name you may be familiar with, writes a weekly opinion piece in the Express newspaper. The Express is available here in a weekly edition and there’s more reading in that than there is in a week’s worth of a local rag.
I buy a newspaper on the weekend as it is about the only one the stable produces that has something of journalistic substance to it. The weekday one often resembles a reincarnation of the NZ Truth which was aiming at a particular market. The paper I’m referring to is,
I have just read a very good article on Breitbart News entitled ‘Greta the teenage puppet goes full Marxist.’ According to Greta the climate crisis is not just about the environment. Surprise, surprise, it’s a crisis of human rights, justice and political will. Colonial, racist and patriarchal systems have
It appears if you were born with a nasty side to your personality you are destined for the left side of politics. Politicians on the left have a propensity to be anti-democratic, unwilling to listen to the other side of a discussion and have a mantra that it’s okay
On reading that the Government was going to give “people in care” for less than three years the vote, my 39-year-old daughter said, quite correctly, that this Government is a joke. It is, in fact, more than that. It is a collection of disparate people who were enabled to be
It is of some considerable relief that Grace Millane’s killer was found guilty. In my opinion, with the evidence that was produced, it would have been difficult for the jury to find otherwise. Every time a case like this comes up and a guilty verdict is given there is
Our dearly beloved Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, will be taking a few days off after having a wisdom tooth removed. It caused me to reflect on my young neighbour who recently had four out but, with a two year old and no nanny, kept calm and carried on under some
Politicians of all shades appear to be having a brain fade when it comes to recognising the critical part agriculture plays in the economy and therefore the overall wealth of the country. Last Thursday hundreds of farmers held a protest at Parliament organised by the farming lobby group 50 Shades
An article on Politik on Monday under the heading “Bridges uses the Zero Carbon Bill to redefine National” made for very interesting reading. Perusing the information in the article was like putting the pieces of a jigsaw together. According to Richard Harman, the decision by National to support the Bill,
I have just returned from a very pleasant week away starting at the Taranaki Rhododendron Festival and then going to Wellington to meet with staff at the Taxpayers Union and catch up with friends. The time away was made more pleasant as there was only time for a cursory glance
It would appear that a number of those writing for A Weekend Newspaper thought that, presumably because it was a long weekend, we needed a few laughs. Pages 18 to 23 provided plenty of those, many from the usual contributors. The first enforced guffaw came very early on page 18
Watching Parliament’s Question Time on Thursday was akin to having been given a free ticket to the Barnum and Bailey Circus. The Speaker was at his pedantic best doing all he could to get under the skin of the Opposition. Michael Woodhouse, in the absence of Gerry Brownlee, had
Richard Harman has a very good article on Politik reviewing the NZ First Party Conference. It would appear from reading it there is something of a disconnect happening between Winston and his party. The party appears to be attracting a broad-based demographic including the younger age group. These people represent
The two polls out this week have provoked a wide range of reactions and opinions. The dust now having settled, what is there for the political parties and political tragics like us to take from them? First, the wild swings in the Newshub Reid Research Poll lead one to question
I emailed a friend saying this lot were an apology for a Government. His reply was along the lines of: They certainly couldn’t be called a Government, in fact, they are so useless they could barely be called a committee. Well, let’s look at the past week the
This Government is leaderless, out of control and a disgrace. The reason they’re out of control and a disgrace is a direct result of being leaderless. The supposed leader of this ramshackle collection of disparates couldn’t run a cake stall at a bring and buy. Her leadership skills
