London allowed diesel cars a reduction in the congestion charge because ‘CO2‘; now they are finding hugely increased particulate pollution levels. Wow! Who’d a thunk it? It seems the unintended consequences are spreading. Quote. The aftermath of the Dieselgate scandal is pushing drivers to switch from diesel to gasoline
Oh dear! When the marxists think the government is failing things must be bad. Measures for child poverty have worsened under Ardern’s ‘leadership’. Don Franks at the left-wing Redline blog has a look at poverty at the other end of one’s lifetime. Quote. Quite rightly, there?s growing
It is going to be a very interesting stoush when the tangata waka want to begin a ceremony with a karakia which mentions Jesus in Te Reo Maori and the tangata hijab object because it is Islamophobic. Quote. A Muslim state lawmaker in Pennsylvania was ?highly offended? by freshman state
The Redline, a Marxist analysis blog, headlines “LGBT Community is Dead, and the T is to Blame“. However, they still have a problem with the ‘B’ as they claim that suggesting only male and female (two options) is hurtful. B stands for Bi – as in two, like bi-cycle has two
Someone wanted to have some freshly brewed beer in a DOC hut and intended to share it with his mates. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Lorraine says that it took the brewer seven trips in and out to get everything set up for his brewing. I say that is
Judith Collins must be really enjoying herself at present. Shooting fish in a barrel has nothing on the rich pickings that Twyford is offering her at present. But, as he asserted in the house on Thursday, he stands by all his answers. Mostly they seem to be a repetition of
With 27 deaths and many injured in the last seven days, is it time to ask the question whether parliament should rush through legislation banning motor vehicle style semi (or full) automatics from our roads? While the untimely death of anyone is a tragedy for the families involved, I don’
Data fudging, infilling, use the actual count, some historical 2013 data, splice in some numbers from admin sources, impute a few more data sets and we will have an answer for you shortly. It may be right, it may be wrong. We really have no idea. Quote. Government Statistician Liz
Good governance involves a clear unbiased investigation and consideration of all the aspects of a situation. This involves open debate, a willingness to listen and to be able to consider aspects that one may not have thought about beforehand. When every side of the issue has been fully canvassed and
It appears that the Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon Dr Megan Woods, has a magic wand hidden away somewhere. It seems that Dr Woods will be able to wave said wand, utter the magic incantation ‘renewables’ and achieve something in New Zealand that the rest of the world
Isn’t it wonderful that the internet never forgets? Here is a little something from two years’ ago when Winston Peters was on the campaign trail and spouting populist mantras in order to win votes. In the speech reported here he talked about the gap between the facade and the
As a precursor to the up coming Zero Carbon Act championed by the co-leader of the Green Party, The Hon James Shaw has announced a new policy initiative as his Captain’s Call. All indications are that he has made this decision on his own initiative as there was no
Unfortunately, this is not an April fools’ joke post. In spite of all the assurances that Winston-war-on-immigration-Peters has made of late, it could be that we have been duped. Those in the EU are certainly feeling that way. Quote. After multiple assurances that it was a voluntary agreement, the EU
