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Transcript: Ben Thomas & Michelle Boag on Simon Bridge’s leadership
Guyon: Well rumours continue to swirl about a possible challenge to Simon Bridge’s leadership by senior MP Judith Collins. Caucus met yesterday for the first time after a two-week break. Arriving at the meeting National MPs were asked if they were still putting their support behind Mr Bridges. (Recording
Transcript: Simon Bridges on leadership, slushy machines, National party & government’s performance
Mike: Simon Bridges met with his caucus yesterday for the first time since a whole bunch of stuff seemed to rark them all up. The review into the party culture, the Jami-Lee Ross shambles, the so-called emotional staff issue around a poll. Soper says it was raucous. A raucous caucus
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Compare two 16-year-olds
Greta Thunberg (16) described herself as having been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, OCD and selective mutism. She has been pushed by her parents it seems, to be the focus of adoration by the left and the ground she walks on is being worshipped by the Extinction Rebellion idiots. Let’
Protecting sensitive Iranians from buffalo bums & wolf wobblies
One of the best arguments against censorship is just how bloody ridiculous it inevitably becomes. The absurd conclusion of censorship is inevitable the instant moralising busy-bodies decide that adults are, in fact, children. Having ruled that the hoi polloi are unable to decide for themselves what they should or shouldn?
Keep calm and carry on
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Our journey towards an Orwellian Police state
Lindsay Perigo believes that New Zealand has become an Orwellian Police state. I don’t think that we are there yet, but we are certainly well on our way. We are following in the footsteps of countries like the UK who now criminalise little old ladies for liking or sharing
Leighton Smith calls out the war on Christianity
The dominant narrative of the media-political elite in the West is one of Islamophobia. No matter the escalating violence and horror that Islamic extremists perpetrate in the West, the great and good remain utterly convinced that it is Muslims who are shivering in abject terror of slavering Westerners. In the
Donald the friend & Jacinda the kind and fair
Both leaders signalled their virtues in the lead up to possible re-election in 2020. If you’ve watched Donald Trump in front of a crowd, he invariably describes those close to him as friends. He?s a friend of fellow politicians, colleagues, staff and other world leaders. Important people are
Yeah, let’s dismantle the system
Presumably the above picture illustrates an example of the ‘system that deliberately perpetuates poverty’ as it doesn’t appear to be an actual picture of ‘poverty’, which is the other subject of the sentence. How is poverty measured? Where better to start than at Ghahraman’s alma mater, Oxford University?
If Sonny Bill Williams was treated like Israel Folau
The way Israel Folau has been treated has been shocking. But just like the American news story of the Christian bakers who didn’t want to bake a cake for a gay wedding, the media is not interested in shining the same spotlight on Muslims. Many Muslim bakeries did not
Aussie Election Roundup week 3: ‘Sco-Mo’ back in the race
The Phony War is over, the Easter/Anzac break is behind us, and the Australian federal election 2019 is on for real. Labor have had a shocking campaign so far, especially with Bill Shorten?s fumbling, dodging performance, which has drawn unfavourable comparisons (not just from me) with the hapless
Please don’t hand in your guns…yet
The New Zealand police have made an astonishing request. They have asked the gun owning public to delay handing in their guns. Their request is clearly an acknowledgement that right now, guns are safer in the hands of their current owners than in the custody of the police. This is