Xavier T.R Ordinary has been involved in New Zealand politics for over 40 years as a political activist, commentator and strategist. The name Xavier Theodore Reginald Ordinary has been chosen with ton
The Iranians have been fomenting deadly mischief in the Middle East for decades. They’ve recently ramped up support for terror organisations and were donkey deep in the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad. Trump warned Iran off and promised retribution for the attack. He wasn’t going to
Before Stu Nash became a minister he consulted widely on matters. He gave the impression that he cared to listen, and that he cared about what voters thought. He often went out of his way to show that by posting promotional videos showing him being down with the voters. Since
There is an interesting phenomenon on websites whenever someone says they won’t be voting National for whatever reason. You see commenters use lines like “they aren’t as bad as the other lot, so you should vote for them”. A classic example is this one from Rockape: So your
Britain’s political Svengali, Dominic Cummings, has big plans to drain the UK’s swamp. The Telegraph outlines precisely which plugs are going to get pulled in the most audacious restructure of the civil service in decades: Public sector reform will be a major focus of the new Government, and
Was the gun buy-back a success? Unequivocally, no. How do we know it wasn’t a success? Because not a peep has been heard from politicians or Police about how they achieved stunning results through the buy-back. Chris Geddis has his own thoughts on the buy-back in the Hawkes Bay
I’ve spent the Christmas/New Year period listening to podcasts and looking to see some parallels between the recent UK election and New Zealand politics. The video posted above is a great example of where Labour went wrong. Basically Labour didn’t listen to what was obvious as the
I generally don’t hold much stock in political predictions, but since other commentators are giving it a go then I will too. 1. The Maori ratbags squatting at Ihumatao will be told to piss off, no money or a deal for them. It will cause ructions between NZ First
The Herald and Simon Wilson have been busted for making shit up and worse still is the extremely tardy response from the Herald in rectifying their errors. The Media Council is damning: The Media Council has ruled an article alleging that death threats had been posted on the Community Action
Oh the irony! Imagine if the first person criminalised under the new act was a senior cop in possession of an illegal firearm. I bet he won’t get 5 years imprisonment that the law abiding LFOs are threatened with, especially with an in-house investigation. The officer allegedly assaulted his
With family jetting off to far-flung places for Christmas this year a pre-Christmas get together was held. It was the usual family affair, rather light-hearted and full of off-colour jokes until we got around to talking about this dreadful government. It was at this point my long-suffering father intoned that
During the John Key led government we saw Labour here in New Zealand blame stupid voters for being hoodwinked into voting for that nice Mr Key. That behaviour led to ignominious defeat under Phil Goff and again under David Cunliffe. National is now exhibiting the same delusion, that the voters
The police seem to have become extremely trigger happy of late. They have just shot a man (admittedly from dodgy Flaxmere), but the report of the shooting should set alarm bells ringing at what seems to be becoming a habit: The man who was shot at Flaxmere Primary School yesterday
Paula Bennett went large on the Labour sex-pest story. She said she believed the complainants and demanded that the Prime Minister act. The only problem with all that is that there wasn’t actually a complaint. The review has found that the Labour staffer was a bit of a dick
