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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Do you agree with this statement: good government is preferable to misgovernment? If you say yes, then you are a monarchist, and you didn’t even know it. Welcome to the club!
Election 2026: I Feel Your Pain
Australians have been shafted plenty, at the last few elections.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… loath (adjective) - : unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Many usage commentators point out that the spelling of loath, the adjective, is distinct from loathe, the verb that means "to dislike greatly." Dictionaries
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Not long after the introduction, memes and increasingly bizarre posts about the sheep began appearing on social media.
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;