Let me conclude with a challenge to the critics: if you have a proper argument, do the hard work and produce it. However, let me also venture a hypothesis. They won’t put forward any counter-argument. There’s a reason for that. They don’t have one.
Combat does not care about slogans. The battlefield does not care about politics. It only cares whether people are trained, prepared, capable, and trusted.
The vice president’s comments, published on the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence from the UK, come after months of unusually blunt criticism of London from Washington.
The impossible challenge of piercing a special kind of darkness.
Governments love holding productivity summits. They commission reviews, establish taskforces and release glossy discussion papers asking why productivity growth has stalled. Perhaps they should begin by reading their own procurement policies.
It’s worth remembering the clarion cry of the American Founding Fathers – no taxation without representation.
Albo’s crass podcast stunt only confirms voters’ vomit reaction.
The policy could flood markets with low-cost competition that would erode domestic industries, accelerate demographic shifts, deepen inequality and strain infrastructure.
A putative One Nation Government would be a lightning-bolt of chaotic liberation.
If, as an immigrant, you are required to know English, is knowing Hindi or Punjabi an advantage? And why?
Contrary to the pearl-clutching in the media, this policy will deliver a solid stack of votes to NZ First. People are sick of it. They want their country back, starting with control over who gets a say in how it is run.
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