Luxon Caught Flat-Footed Again: Opportunity Rule-Out Was on the Hop
Yet another example of a leader caught flat-footed on basic politics, reaching for safe corporate language when a simple ‘no’ would have done.
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National Is Promising You Other People’s Money
National doesn’t save us from ‘communism by stealth’. It enables it. Only principled opposition, with enough power to be effective, will lead us back towards personal responsibility and prosperity.
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After The Goodies, Oddie became one of Britain’s best-known wildlife broadcasters and conservationists through BBC series including Birding with Bill Oddie and Springwatch.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… umami (noun, adjective) - noun : the taste sensation that is produced by several amino acids and nucleotides (such as glutamate and aspartate) and has a rich or meaty flavor characteristic of cheese, cooked meat, mushrooms, soy, and ripe tomatoes adjective : being, inducing, or marked by one