This Country Needs Strong Leadership
This situation can largely be laid at the door of the current prime minister. Real enthusiasm is lacking. The spark, whereby the good feeling might be lit, is just not there.
This situation can largely be laid at the door of the current prime minister. Real enthusiasm is lacking. The spark, whereby the good feeling might be lit, is just not there.
The American public are being fed a dialogue that smells of a cover up. Right-wing supporters are not buying it. If there’s nothing to see here, why is Ghislaine Maxwell languishing in jail for 20 years? Something doesn’t add up.
If they can’t deal with reality then they are of little use when it comes to running the country and they are more of a hindrance than a help. We don’t need their war dance theatrics and we don’t need their insults.
This is to the detriment of politics in general, as every government needs an effective opposition, but I don’t see this happening in the foreseeable future without a change in direction.
Time waits for no man and, as the polls indicate, there is frustration and impatience in voter land.
This sort of stupidity will not be solved until the principles are tightened up. We cannot have numerous interpretations of the articles of the Treaty: this is precisely what has created the mess we find ourselves in.
If world leaders aren’t brave enough take the steps required to end conflicts in whatever way necessary then they will be played by the terrorists for the fools they are.
If National doesn’t start listening to its voter base then the damage it is inflicting on itself will only get worse.
You have to ask yourself why is Willie taking on something that must inevitably end up as a lost cause.
The Māori Party will be licking their lips at this scenario because they know that the tail will easily be able to wag the dog.
They’re not going to change their ways unless directed to do so. Nothing will change unless Minister Goldsmith is prepared to act. Unfortunately, that looks unlikely and so he is wasting his time.
We might have had some problems with Winston in the past but right now we need him, and his right hand man, Shane Jones, more than ever. They are not afraid to tell it like it is. They are a rare breed in today’s political landscape.
I call it a budget suitable to the part of the election cycle we are in and it was presented with next year’s pre-election one firmly in mind.
Bishop and the coalition are to be congratulated for getting themselves out of a tricky situation.
It became increasingly obvious throughout the interview that, like the budget Rachel Reeves produced, it is based purely on ideology with no work whatsoever done as to what the consequences might be and how they might be mitigated.