Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com According to Agnes Loheni, National List MP, after another domestic murder of a female by a male: “If you are a man stand up for the mums, the wives, the daughters, the grand-daughters in your lives and demand accountability of yourselves,” she said. “I
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com “100 reasons to vote Labour” just arrived in my email inbox. Here’s number 30: Here’s number 99: It really should be titled, “100 99 reasons you are going to be paying a shitload of tax in the coming decades.”
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Social Security benefits were legislated in 1938. The Labour government harnessed the collective financial power of all workers to provide for those who fell on hard times through no fault of their own (quite removed from today’s premise where own-fault is ignored). Participation
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Simplicity of idea is always desirable. But the idea still has to make sense. A professor reported on RNZ says: “I think the pandemic spells the end of the neoliberal era and I think the idea that government should be small and inactive and everything
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Released last month from the Family Violence Death Review Committee. Sixth report | Te Purongo tuaono Men who use violence Nga tane ka whakamahi i te whakarekereke The report looks at 97 men, from between 2009 and 2017, whose family violence resulted in death (not theirs)
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Here’s another viewpoint on COVID-19 from a retired English professor. “Robert Watson: A comparison of the relative magnitude of ‘COVID-19’ and ‘All other causes’ of deaths per 1,000 for age and sex cohorts The analysis indicates that: (i) whilst COVID-19
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The police are running around ordering people off Christchurch beaches. Their message: “If you’re not exercising, clear out.” So you can skip on a beach but not sit on it. It’s a revolting and indefensible state of affairs. But it set me off
Don Brash lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com First published in elocal Perhaps it is dangerous to write about such a fast-moving situation as the COVID-19 pandemic when what I write may not be published for 10 days or more, but at time of writing my strong impression is that the
I recently wrote a piece about the forced feminization of society. Here’s another blow for the boys. The death of Radio Sport, much to the delight of someone called Zoe George who, if the internet links are up-to-date, is paid by the state via RNZ. She must
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com New Zealand has always been ‘the little engine that could.’ It’s endearing imagery but also powerfully symbolic. But thanks to our leadership and their reckless decision-making now compounded by dogmatic digging-in, we are fast becoming the little engine that couldn’t. Today
Apparently our leader is a great communicator. She spells stuff out really clearly. For example ‘Stay home’ and ‘Act like you have COVI- 19’ and ‘Be kind’. All unambiguous instructions. But it isn’t easy to follow instructions if you don’t understand why. Here’s a simple analogy. I’
The feminization of society isn’t the overlay of feminist values. No. It’s the overlay of natural feminine tendencies. Don’t tell me they don’t exist. Most females become mothers. They are biologically designed to nurture. To bond through touch and soft murmurs. To provide their bodies to
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com In the permissive tradition made famous by Metiria Turei, Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says: “It doesn’t matter why you can’t work – you should be able to immediately receive support.” She wants stand-down periods permanently abolished and benefit rates increased substantially. This
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com These are extremely unusual times. ‘Stay calm and carry on’ is my preferred mode of action. A side effect of this flux is the exposure of Labour’s lack of a core, consistent approach to assistance. Under Finance Minister, Bill English, National was developing a
Lindsay Mitchell Welfare Commentator and researcher lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com In 2019 over 6,000 babies were added to an existing benefit. “Information released to me under the OIA shows that 6,190 caregivers had added one or more ‘subsequent children’ aged less than 12 months to their benefit during 2019.
Lindsay Mitchell Welfare commentator and researcher lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Data released under the Official Information Act on Tuesday reveals almost 12,000 more children are dependent on welfare benefits since December 2017. “At 31 December 2019 there were 206,395 children aged 0-18 reliant on caregiver on a main
