Election 2020
Ardern Has Made New Zealanders More Valuable Than Ever!
It’s rather notable that the zealous defenders of brutal lockdowns so often resort to sanctimony in lieu of evidence. Which is understandable, really – because all the evidence is showing that lockdowns are destructive and useless. Cue pious sanctimony, stage left. “You can’t put a cost on human life!
Children’s Commissioner Thinks More Children on Benefits Is Okay
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Since becoming Children’s Commissioner, Andrew Becroft’s strong left leanings have become increasingly apparent. In this interview he gets right into blaming Rogernomics and neoliberalism for child poverty. But this is the soundbite I heard: Becroft says the present Government has done more than
Daily News Roundup – 11 September 2020
Election Audrey Young (Herald): Election battlegrounds – Political parties eye strategic seats (paywalled) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): An introduction to ‘The Outliers’: The political parties who aren’t in the daily headlines Tova O’Brien (Newshub): With two Government parties under threat of political obliteration, is it time to rethink MMP? Tim
The Unashamed Left-wing Bias of Newshub
How biased is Newshub? Pretty biased seems to be the answer if you look at the construction of their website. A vigilant reader noticed that Jacinda Ardern has her own tag on Newshub’s website. And if you click on the tag you get taken to a whole page of
A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Podcast Episode 20
Subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver today. NOTE: Silver subscribers and above also get a full transcript with every podcast. This FREE taste is of the podcast ONLY. If you enjoyed your FREE taste of this Insight: Politics Podcast why
Labour’s New Tax Won’t Slay the Debt Monster
Louis Houlbrooke Campaigns Manager New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Labour’s New Tax Is About Envy, Not Slaying the Debt Monster Yesterday Grant Robertson announced the Labour Party’s new tax policy – the headline item being a new personal tax rate of 39 per cent for income over $180,000. It’
Satirical Image of the Day
The BFD. Photoshopped image credit Wibble If you enjoyed this BFD satirical image please share it.
A Tale of Another Two Policies
Another day (Wednesday), and two more election policies. We often moan about National being Labour lite and with good reason. However, and this is important when you think about it, it is mainly in the social areas where National tends to drift left. We must give National credit for taking
Renewable Energy is an Unmitigated Disaster
“California today, Australia tomorrow” tweets Malcolm Roberts as Californians are asked to turn off their power this week in the middle of a very hot summer’s day afternoon. Californian fires have been burning for weeks. No air conditioning for you says LA’s mayor. Presumably, hospitals have back up
The Non-Existent Tax Policy
Labour has finally unveiled its election tax policy. To be honest, I didn’t think that they would; they have already said that this is a COVID election and made it clear they were not going to announce much if any, policy before the election. But they were being called
Daily News Roundup – 10 September 2020
Labour Party Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Labour’s tax plan framing around Covid-19 both clever and cynical Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour’s ultra-cautious tax policy will be a relief to the wealthy Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Labour’s tax policy will cost those earning $200,000 less than the cost of a
A FREE Taste of Insight: Politics Podcast Episode 21
Subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver today. NOTE: Silver subscribers and above also get a full transcript with every podcast. This FREE taste is of the podcast ONLY. If you enjoyed your FREE taste of this Insight: Politics Podcast why
Trust Us They Say, They’re Our One Source of Truth…
The Prime Minister and her Health Minister are constantly telling us that they are our one source of truth. That when they speak from the podium of truth, it is right and we can believe them. It’s nonsense of course. And so it has proven yet again. Again it