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Quarantine Chaos on the “Crazy Floor”

Quarantine Chaos on the “Crazy Floor”

Eighties Australian pop group Little Heroes once sang that “Melbourne just isn’t New York”, but in terms of COVID-19 in Australia, Melbourne is not just New York, but Milan and London to boot. The situation in Victoria lurches from disaster to disaster. Disaster almost entirely of the Andrews’ government’

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Lockdown Glasgow Style

Lockdown Glasgow Style

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Our Glasgow office manager David rang the other day. He’s in the office with only one staff member in attendance, she a young Russian girl (the others are in a necessary ‘lockdown’ because the schools are closed and they have children) while another, my

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No Vaccine and No Plan B

No Vaccine and No Plan B

What was Mike Hosking thinking when he asked if this government has a Plan B for getting through COVID? Surely Mike knows they don’t even have a Plan A. Their policy is to cross their fingers and hope for the best, somewhat similar to the women in the 1950s

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Daily News Roundup – 6 August 2020

Daily News Roundup – 6 August 2020

Election John Armstrong (1News): To win, Judith Collins needs to pull off NZ’s biggest upset since politics began Claire Trevett (Herald): The light at the end of National’s tunnel moves further away (paywalled) Taroi Black (Maori TV): Race Relation Commissioner backs Maori Party over TVNZ exclusion 1News: Maori

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A Reality Check

A Reality Check

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com John Key is 100% correct. The economic crisis lying ahead is immensely greater than the health (COVID) threat. The latter can be managed but requires realism which is sadly lacking. For months numerous different experts have claimed a vaccine will be found/won’t be

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Bloomfield’s Dire Warning Means the Government Has Failed Us

Bloomfield’s Dire Warning Means the Government Has Failed Us

The fear-mongering and softening us up for a worsening health situation has begun in earnest. This is how the Prime Minister intends to win the election. Dr Ashley Bloomfield is now echoing the re-emergence of Chinese plague Government adverts bombarding us all by stating we should “brace” for a second

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Letter From the North: Absolute Incompetence

Letter From the North: Absolute Incompetence

I thought that if I left things to settle down for a couple of weeks or so I would be able to report events with a positive note. How wrong can you be? I have previously suggested that the government of the UK was developing into a complete shambles, but

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Daily News Roundup – 5 August 2020

Daily News Roundup – 5 August 2020

Election Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): What can we do to get more good policy? Stuff Editorial: No big policy announcements – arrogance or devotion to duty? Newstalk ZB: Robertson: Now is not the time to be making grand promises on policy Audrey Young (Herald): Judith Collins tells Jacinda Ardern to stop hiding

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