Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz To understand the risks of ending lockdown, it is useful to think of a worst-case scenario. What would happen if ending lockdown led to a fate like Spain, Italy and New York? A well-known epidemiologist has calculated the answer. For individuals aged less than 65
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We’re about to enter the greatest economic depression in our history. But make no mistake, it’s not been caused by the coronavirus but instead is entirely man-made, singularly attributable to cop-out mismanagement by the government. From time to time we all face difficult
Cautious, self-confessed ‘perfectionist’ Ardern was never going to allow Winston’s Aussie ski bunnies to frolic on our slopes this winter. (But the publicity of attending Morrison’s cabinet meeting by Skype was useful for her global brand building. Never mind that he almost forgot to cover it in his
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Video Transcript: General Debate Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to acknowledge all the people in business who have kept paying the wages, who have kept paying their rent, who have kept their employees employed, and who are not sacking their staff or making
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National’s big plan to assist with recovery in a post-COVID-19 world appears to be an extra big dollop of corporate welfare. Once again the pitch seems to be for people to vote National because they aren’t quite as bad as Labour. National Party leader Simon Bridges has proposed
Scott Morrison is at least showing that he is the bigger person in the trans-Tasman relationship, by throwing Jacinda Ardern a bone she has done little to merit. At every turn in their relationship, Ardern has sniped, cry-bullied and hectored Morrison and Australia. Realistically, Australia is naturally going to open
We all have different ways of protesting when something upsets us. Some of us tell the person where to go verbally, some start a petition, some silently ignore rules they see as dumb, and some just start writing for an online news and views sites ;0) Some people though are
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com When the government compelled New Zealand into lockdown on March 24th most New Zealanders, desperate for any kind of decisive action, were relieved. Whether you believe the government’s decision to lock down the country was justified (I argue here and here it was not)
In the Southern District Health Board area, which is basically most of the lower South Island below about Mt Cook, we have had two people die supposedly as a result of contracting this virus. Yes, both old and both with comorbidities. The last person to be confirmed with the disease
Damien Grant is a liquidator. He drives the ambulance to the bottom of the cliff. His latest piece is an interesting view on the economy from a liquidator’s perspective and his further comments provide food for thought for those who think that National is going down in a screaming
Peter Cresswell pc.blogspot.com A pandemic does not necessarily cause a recession on its own. It needs help. Historically, a pandemic has very rarely caused (or been correlated with) a recession: Did I say “rarely.” For the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, read “never.” So far. Why not? Because, as
Parliament passed the wrong law yesterday. Finance Minister Grant Robertson tried to minimise the error saying that the Government had always intended to bring the loan scheme forward. National Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith disputed Robertson’s version of what went wrong. “Robertson’s story doesn’t seem to tally with
Don Brash lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com First published in elocal Perhaps it is dangerous to write about such a fast-moving situation as the COVID-19 pandemic when what I write may not be published for 10 days or more, but at time of writing my strong impression is that the public believe
