This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.





This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.





Compassion for me, contempt for thee: Chloe Swarbrick and the politics of selective compassion.
What voters on the right are saying by splitting their votes is ‘No, we don’t want a strong National Party: we want ACT and NZ First to have a bigger say in post-election negotiations and also over the next term.’
RNZ-Reid Research shows only 56.9 per cent of National’s 2023 voters still back the party. ACT and NZ First now hold 18.4 per cent of them.
Democracy is not just about electing governments – it’s also about ensuring they can govern. If the coalition wins a second term, it needs to address these barriers as a priority for reform.