Election 2020
A Question for All Political Parties This Election
Stew The government recently passed a law that allows the police to enter my home without a search warrant. My question for all political parties is this: If your political party is part of the government after the election will your party remove this law and promise never to introduce
Brilliant From Shane Reti
Dr Shane Reti, in my view, is turning out to be one of National’s greatest assets. Anyone who doesn’t vote for his health policy obviously doesn’t rate health as a major concern. Reti has proven he is a thinker and has the qualifications to match. Here is
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
The BFD. Things that make me go Hmm. Jacinda Ardern pictured visiting Massey in Palmerston North. Credit: David Unwin/ Stuff Imagine the outrage if National leader Judith Collins did something similar. Jacinda Ardern should refer to her own guidance document from the Covid-19 website for Level 2. Personal movement At
Know Us By Our Deeds – Light Rail
The Prime Minister has told us that we will know her party by their deeds. At the last election Jacinda Ardern promised light rail to Mt Roskill before 2021. As is becoming an unfortunate habit of Jacinda Ardern that promise was in fact just a slogan and that is where
We Are Officially in Recession
PREFU and the June quarter GDP numbers have been announced this week. Yes, we all knew the numbers were going to be bad. But how bad? Well, the answer is very bad, yet the media, on both occasions, has played it down, saying (quoting the politicians) that things are ‘not
A “Very, Very Deadly” Virus
Editorial Note: The death toll is now 25 Our Coalition Government hasn’t got a lot to choose from when it comes to appointing some of them to Ministerial positions. The situation has been made even worse by some of the original selections having to be fired for sundry reasons.
Satirical Image of the Day
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Ardern’s COVID Rules Are a Joke
Jacinda Ardern needs to get with the implementation of her rules. She does her pathetic little stand up every afternoon, making the Guinness Book of Records for the most facial contortions in half an hour, while using COVID as an electioneering platform. She gets out her little red book of
A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Podcast Episode 22
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TV Political Debate Rules Applied to New Conservative but Not the Maori Party
The New Conservative Party has not been invited to take part in the Election debates on TVNZ. When a member of New Conservative wrote to TVNZ to ask why an invitation had not been received this is the response that they received. The Multi-party Debate criteria for inclusion is as
Unsurprisingly Paula’s Choice of Candidate Takes Diabolical Liberties With His CV
Shelby The National Party’s horror run with young male MPs and candidates continues. The latest is a hitherto unknown bloke by the name of Jake Bezzant. He’s a supposedly bright young tech whizz-kid who was picked to move into Paula Bennett’s seat of Upper Harbour. I am
Fake News by Stuff Targets Napier Candidate Deborah Burnside
Press Release: New Conservative Editors note: Stuff has pulled their fake news report, but at the time of writing there has been no retraction or apology. New Conservative’s candidate for Napier (and cancer survivor), Deborah Burnside, has been the target of a fake news article by Stuff, which has
Daily News Roundup – 17 September 2020
Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, Economy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): High unemployment, high house prices and a social crisis on the books Audrey Young (Herald): Leaders make case for wisdom, honesty, balance and discipline (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): No matter who wins the election, the belt will have to tighten Heather
Know Us By Our Deeds – Fees Free Gone
The Prime Minister has said that we should know her Government by their deeds. So far those deeds haven’t amounted to much more than non-delivery of bumper sticker slogans. But we are implored to “keep moving”. One of their flagship policies at the last election was the fees-free programme