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‘Prevent’ Does Everything But
The UK’s ‘counter-terrorism’ group is as useful as welcome home party for a suicide bomber.




The Woke Right and Hoopleheads
Hoopleheads miss the core of conservatism and classical liberalism: liberty of conscience, with its hard-won place in Western history, fiercely battled for intellectually by figures such as the Jew, Spinoza, the Christian, John Locke and the atheist, Ayn Rand.
Prebs Is Right
A four-year parliamentary term is no panacea to NZ’s stagnation. The problem is neither the Nats nor Labour have had a plan since 1993.
The Green Carousel of Freaks
If the Greens have any sense, they’ll turf Doyle out of their party as quickly as possible to eviscerate any suggestion of paedophiliac apologism.
The Time Is Now
The media provide the spin but the politicians need to provide the spine. The question is: will they?
Willis and the Supermarket Showdown
It would be naïve to think that the supermarket giants will roll over. The lobbying machine is already moving. This is where Willis’ resolve will be tested.


Te Pāti Māori’s Tantrum: Thumbing Their Noses at Parliament and Dreaming of Apartheid
They’re not just thumbing their noses at Parliament: they’re thumbing their noses at reality. And history says that never ends well.

Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
The Top Gun star was very frail at the end and his death from pneumonia came after a steep decline over the past week.