Dragging New Zealand Left
New Zealand First and National are not right-wing parties. Their willingness to engage in economic interventionism and steal each other’s policies places them both firmly left-of-centre.
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If politicians must pal around with thugs and crims, they should at least know how to behave.
A Promise at Eberswalde
A democratic nation that fails to offer its crisis-stricken people a coherent choice between left and right will struggle to remain one.
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Albaher is sought by police and is under a border alert, facing charges including possession of execution videos as well as assault and threatening to kill. He left NZ while on bail. Khalaf is facing charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice by providing false documents to the court.