It seems that the National party is the only political party that is taking any notice of the fact that thousands of people are losing their jobs. By the time the election comes around, there will be many more redundancies and the government, still concentrating on the health perspectives of
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the NZ First Party: Save Tiwai Public Meeting in Invercargill Please
I’ve previously examined the curious phenomenon of the Woke Corporation. How is it, I wondered, that the Marxists and the Globalists have so gotten in each others’ beds. I pointed to Communications (a discipline almost completely dominated by Marxist academics) graduates infiltrating PR departments, as well as left-educated
Once again, a gutless corporation has caved to a professional whinger, and one of Australia’s most iconic brand names has been cancelled. Aboriginal activist Stephen Hagan says “common sense has prevailed” with the decision of Canadian conglomerate Saputo to dump the “Coon” cheese brand after he complained to company
Sir Stephen Tindall signed a letter to governments, asking them to tax millionaires more. His timing in signing that letter could not have been worse. Now everyone that knows about it will call him out for the hypocrite that he is, asking to be taxed more while workers in his
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National’s transport infrastructure package is just the first part of the Delivering Infrastructure theme of its Plan to Get New Zealand Working. Today initial announcements focus on the Upper North Island with announcements planned for across the rest of the country. What projects are part of National’s Upper
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Being that rarity, namely a politician (former) who’d actually started and managed a business, I was disappointed to read Stephen Joyce’s criticism of the government for not trying to save the Tiwai Smelter. First, he accused them of “conveniently hiding behind the skirts
Don’t you just love it when mega-rich people start demanding higher taxes? They just can’t help themselves. They have to rub everyone’s noses in the fact that they are so wealthy that they really REALLY should be taxed more because they can afford it. Ignoring the
The glibness of Ministers Woods and Robertson’s announcements following news of the closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter show the pair up to be not only chinless but gutless too. The whole ‘air of inevitability’ throwaway to the destruction of the far-South economy and Meridian Energy profits belies
Dr David Law nzinitiative.org.nz The Green Party’s “Poverty Action Plan” is all about tackling poverty, although the outcomes may differ from what the party expects. While it is meant to help struggling Kiwis, the plan will instead provoke emigration, disincentivise work and saving and stifle investment in
As Michelle Boag cancelled her National Party membership, she carried out one final act of spite for the party that has feathered her nest for so long; she implicated Michael Woodhouse in the appalling saga over the leaked COVID patient information. She did not need to do this, as she
I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories. I prefer incompetency theories and corruption theories. My experiences of government organisations tell me that the CIA is more likely to have ignored the credible threat warnings of Jihadi hijackers than to have planted demolition charges in the twin towers without something
Greg Moore Yesterday we found out that the Tiwai Point smelter will be finally closing late next year. This was always going to happen one day, so where to from here? The Greens are wetting their chinos and getting sweaty sandals imagining all that renewable energy somehow ending up in
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m pleased to see the appeal by the Mainzeal directors has a fixture next month. The guts of their prosecution was for trading while insolvent, for which they were fined a total of $36million. The conviction reflected the Court’s total failure to understand
