President Donald Trump’s relentless use of Twitter dismays his enemies and even some of his fans. Even conservative media star Ben Shapiro begged Trump to “STOP TWEETING”. On the contrary, I’ve long regarded Trump’s Twitter usage as a master stroke of modern political communication. “Trump Tweets” are
Jacinda Ardern dangled the prospect of an Australia-NZ travel bubble “before Christmas” as an apparent pre-election carrot. But two Australian states have gazumped her by already offering quarantine-free travel however Ardern seems rather less-than-eager to reciprocate. As a result – and no doubt also due to
Raymond C. Niles aier.org It is now estimated that half of all bars and restaurants in New York City will close forever, as a result of the loss of customers due to fears of COVID transmission, mandatory lockdowns, and the slow pace of reopening. Just a few days ago,
With most of the commentariat describing it as a COVID-19 election, and a mostly compliant news media warmed by Government funding of $50 million to show Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a favourable light, this question may be seen as churlish, but it needs to be asked: has Miss
AIER Staff aier.org From October 1-4, 2020, the American Institute for Economic Research hosted a remarkable meeting of top epidemiologists, economists, and journalists, to discuss the global emergency created by the unprecedented use of state compulsion in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is The
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Press Release: ACT Party “The Government’s decision to ease restrictions in Auckland is welcome, but lockdowns are an unsustainable long-term strategy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Auckland has been under COVID-19 restrictions for almost two months because the Government couldn’t trace and isolate the current outbreak.
Press Release:ACT Party “It’s deeply disappointing that Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has continued to politicise the Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern today delivered an important public health announcement to the nation as the Prime Minister and then immediately began campaigning for the Labour Party.
The howls of glee from haters at hearing the news that President Trump has caught the virus were as predictable as they were vindictive. Never mind the fact that many high profile people, including the British prime minister, have caught the disease, the vitriol has been prolific. I find it
Jacinda has said so. In amongst her 1 pm electioneering stunt, she said Aucklanders and New Zealanders (her team of five million) have stuck to the plan that has worked twice now and beat the virus again. “We put our heads down and we got on with it”. One thing’
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Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com This week’s latest Colmar Brunton poll has Labour on 47 per cent, National on 33 per cent, New Zealand First on 1 per cent, the Greens on 7 per cent, and ACT on 8 per cent. If this translates into election votes, New Zealand
