Election 2020
Blatant Electioneering
I didn’t cover this subject yesterday because I was sure one of our other esteemed writers would do it and was surprised to find that no one did. I guess we are all so accustomed to this government making promises they don’t keep that we find the latest
1News Poll Analysis
1News/Colmar Brunton have released their latest poll: Labour: 53% up 3% – 67 seats National: 32% down 6% – 41 seats Greens: 5% – six seats NZ First: 2% Act: 5% – six seats Preferred Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: 54% Judith Collins: 20% and net positive +27% approval rating Clearly Newshub’s poll
Latest 1News Poll
1News/Colmar Brunton have released their latest poll: Labour: 53% up 3% – 67 seats National: 32% down 6 – 41 seats Greens: 5% – six seats NZ First: 2% Act: 5% – six seats Preferred Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: 54% Judith Collins: 20% and net positive +27% approval rating Judith Collins is still
On Kindness: Part 3
Jacinda Ardern – ‘contemporary comrade’, speaker in platitudes, and recipient of a degree in communications from Waikato University under Marx and Nietzsche – views kindness as nothing more than a ‘curative agent’. In her ‘Economics of Kindness’ statement piece on the government website, she says that “her country hopes to … lead the
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Is New Zealand’s COVID-19 Story Past Its Use-By Date?
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz Most New Zealanders believe now that we are in an exalted position on the COVID road. We are world leaders who have beaten a deadly virus thanks to a tough lockdown. Our only threat now remains from overseas travellers who are quarantined at the border.
Free Speech Dividing Lines
As election rumblings grow louder it’s worth reviewing some of the key fault lines of the last three years. Some of these cracks in the public square will inevitably re-open in the next term, especially in the (unlikely!) event that the current government is returned. Among the most significant
Working or Welfare, Aspiration or Apathy
On Wednesday Judith Collins launched National’s Business Start policy whereby unemployed workers could access their KiwiSaver retirement fund to start a small business. Collins said she had started three small businesses and all had been successful. This was probably during the time her opponent in the election was struggling
American Doctors Say COVID-19 Is Treatable but We Are Supposed to Be “Riveted by Fear”
A YouTube video was taken down within hours with the explanation “This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s community guidelines”. What was so dangerous that it had to be censored? A group of doctors meeting in Washington to share their experiences treating COVID-19. We have a lot of
Leaders Lead; Judith’s Got Your Back
True leaders lead intuitively. They don’t need courses, gurus or management courses, they just lead. Judith Collins, with one simple statement, has told her MPs that she’s got their back: National leader Collins says [sic] is shocked by the “nasty and dirty” bullying of a teen National candidate
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Another Sex Scandal Erupts in Parliament
Information Satire A survey conducted amongst all serving MPs has shown over half of them are missing out on secret affairs, a bit on the side and general hanky-panky. In a special 11am news conference, the Prime Minister and the Speaker Trevor Mallard lamented the disparity within parliament and said
