Election 2023
In What? For Who?
Does the Labour Party 2023 Campaign Slogan Work? Well – umm…Quick answer: actually no. It doesn’t work. if you haven’t caught up with it yet – wait till you see it and ask, “What does it mean?” “In it for you” It’s not even original. Mark Easterbrook was
311 Rich Pricks and 8,607 Gang Members
The majority of New Zealanders don’t fit in either of the above demographics; the only political influence they have is on election day. This week saw discussion on Labour’s persistence with taxing ‘rich pricks’. Hipkins can’t extract any more tax from middle income earners because Labour desperately
That 40% Target of National’s Looks Like a Mountain
The latest 1News/Verian poll is out, and it confirms what two other polls last week showed, that the major parties are on a slide, as is normal in most election years. That makes National’s claim of trying to get over 40% in the election look rather like unobtainium.
Face of the Day
Labour’s ad agency is surely a gift to the National Party. While some have commented that National’s slogan for this year’s election is banal and forgettable, Labour’s is worse in many ways. “When times are tough, Kiwis need a government that provides stability and certainty, one
Getting NZ Back on Track
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura I had the pleasure of hosting Chris Luxon at public meetings in Kaikoura and Blenheim on Monday and the feedback has been very positive. He is working hard holding multiple Get NZ Back on Track meetings every week throughout the country. While most people are
How Much Do We Want a Change of Government?
Even the most uninterested-in-politics New Zealanders must be struggling to ignore the higher cost of living, increased crime and excessive government interference in daily lives, but the question is: will we do anything about it? Margaret Thatcher discussed the political motivation required for the public to ditch a socialist government
Where Are Conservative Voters Going?
Some Democracy NZ supporters have scattered. If they manage to get Winston Peters back into Parliament, perhaps there could be a real shake up. National Party leader Christopher Luxon opens his party’s conference at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, on Saturday, 24 June 2023. […] From the onset of
We Can’t Afford to Be Silent
hobsonspledge.nz Recently, the Minister of Local Government, Kieran McAnulty, disregarded democracy as irrelevant in New Zealand. He commented on the undemocratic Three Waters reforms, stating that they “wouldn’t stand up to a purely academic democratic framework, but that’s not how we work”. Further highlighting this Government’s
Being Nice to Gangs Hasn’t Worked
Nicole McKee ACT justice spokesperson Being nice to gangs because they’re victims of colonisation hasn’t worked – Labour’s real-world experiment has proved that. The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s report on gangs blames colonisation, crime against gang members and the idea that society has rejected them.
The Greens and the Coalition of Chaos
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com It’s hard to suppress my feeling that Green Party MPs inhabit another planet. Their policy announcement at the
Roy Morgan Poll: National Still Sliding Away
The latest Roy Morgan Poll has been released and, with just 101 days left before the election, National still is not lifting their polling levels; in fact, they are slip, slip, sliding away. Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll for June 2023 shows a potential right-leaning National/Act NZ coalition has
A Disinclination to Do the Hard Yards
This is a somewhat tricky article to write, as it is difficult not to appear rude or insulting; however, facts are facts. What I am writing about are the individuals who make up this Labour Government. You look at them and the first question that springs to mind is – how