Really
If he’s back as prime minister after 7 November he’ll just have to put up with yahoos and numpties around the cabinet table. In fact he’s likely to have more of them.
Election 2026
Luxon’s Foot-in-Mouth Disease Hits Terminal Stage
Someone needs to act like the adult in the room. Right now that person is nowhere to be found.
Labour’s Trojan Horse Backfires as TOP Surges and Coalition Hangs On by a Whisker
Ninety days out from the election the race remains tight. The coalition clings to a one-seat majority on paper. Labour has lost ground to a party it hoped would quietly help it.
Ruled Out, Schools Out
Where are the heavyweight political leaders of yesteryear, or is this really what NZ politics has now become: infants squabbling in the playground while the school burns down around them?
Luxon’s Latest Brain Fart: MMP Referendum Catches Everyone Off Guard
Luxon has simply reminded everyone why coalition politics under his leadership remains such a high-wire act. One more brain fart closer to election day.
Opportunity Holds the Cards as Luxon’s Coalition Stumbles Toward a Hung Parliament
Christopher Luxon is running out of time to change the narrative before voters decide whether one term is quite enough.
Peters Plays the Media Like a Fiddle While Luxon Sits on His Hands
Luxon can tut and call the comments offensive. He cannot afford to do much more. That is the reality of MMP and Peters is playing it to perfection.
They Are All Terrible, but Pick One.
Kiwis are being asked to vote in the November 26 election and some don’t trust any party.
Luxon Swallows His Own Foot, Then Chokes on the Other
You cannot go around telling the people who keep the economy running that they need to grow up, then reverse ferret yourself the moment the headlines turn ugly. The apology does not land as sincerity. It lands as calculation.
An Update on the Reform
As the coalition’s first term in government comes to a close, their focus must be on strengthening democracy, not weakening it.
China’s Shills All Come for Winston
Clark and Brash have spent years insisting we must never upset China. They treat any criticism of Beijing as dangerous. Peters said out loud what many New Zealanders think.
Media Hypocrisy Revealed – Appointments Only Become Scandals for Certain People
The media remains flummoxed as to why so many people no longer believe them. A bit of honest self-reflection might help. Until then, expect more of the same: routine governance dressed up as scandal whenever the wrong team scores a goal.
Winston Calls Greens Retards and the Media Has a Spaz Attack
The Greens’ data centre policy remains retarded. The reaction to Peters saying so remains hysterical. And Winston remains, as ever, the man who refuses to play along.
National Is Promising You Other People’s Money
National doesn’t save us from ‘communism by stealth’. It enables it. Only principled opposition, with enough power to be effective, will lead us back towards personal responsibility and prosperity.