I don’t often venture over to The Daily Blog (maybe twice a year) and yesterday was the day I donned my raincoat and gumboots (to protect me from all the spittle and muck) and waded in to see what well-know political commentator Martyn Bradbury AKA Wrongly Wrongson had to
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As an ex-high school English teacher I could not resist analysing the Newshub Nation hit job on the New Conservative Party. When I was a teacher I would work with students to analyse advertising as well as films. We would look at subliminal messages and how camera angles could be
Massey University and Stuff are running a pre-election survey that asks about the effects on you of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other topical matters. They want to hear your political opinions – your hopes, fears and expectations. Covid-19 is forging significant social and economic change. Public opinion has shifted dramatically
On Sunday morning I had the privilege of attending the Act Party Election Launch with over 600 other enthusiastic supporters. It was held at the ASB Waterfront Theatre and was a fantastic event. The first thing that caught my eye was the number of young people who were there and
While the decision has already been made and Hamish Walker is the one to go, we might do well to consider the full implications of what transpired, along with a look at what it says of the man who aspires to the highest political office in our country. Without dragging
I was prepared to give National and their new leader a chance, but not now. I find it hard to justify my support for a party, and its leader, when they have shown such ineffectual governance when dealing to the matters of the recently exposed patients’ files. What should have
As Michelle Boag cancelled her National Party membership, she carried out one final act of spite for the party that has feathered her nest for so long; she implicated Michael Woodhouse in the appalling saga over the leaked COVID patient information. She did not need to do this, as she
Election 2020: NZ First’s Shane Jones tells Northland – give me your votes and I’ll bring you recovery Northland voters were told they would benefit financially and socially by returning NZ First to Government while every other party would turn its back on the region. “Matt King – what has
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Leighton Baker New Conservative Party leader. Journalism is known as the fourth estate as its role is to keep the Government honest. If Media is seeking honesty then Media itself must be honest. After reading yesterday’s article on the New Conservatives the question needs to be asked if Newshub
Can someone recommend somewhere that would be suitable for this Government to collectively self isolate? A place far enough away where they could reflect on the stupidity of their current COVID carry on. Is there any suitable accommodation on the Auckland Islands? Perhaps not such a good idea as the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A household leaflet for a new political party called “New Conservative” turned up in my letterbox. It’s leader, a Leighton Baker, would have done himself a favour dressed in a suit and tie, and a bigger one still had he used an editor. In
Australia has had ASIO move in on Chinese linked MPs in the ALP. Here in New Zealand the National Party has a Chinese spy in its midst and is tainted with the stench of Chinese Communist Party connections and money, which is now subject to prosecutions by the Serious Fraud
Their voices are loud; as they decry “the very democracy, the very conscience, our families, our very children’s ideas, being taken away and replaced by a vicious ideology”. The words come not from the United States – but a member of New Zealand’s own conservative right-wing; New Conservative NZ
