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Opinion: The PM Never Promised to Cut the Number of Children Living on Benefits
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The Prime Minister promised to cut the number of children living in poverty but she never promised to reduce the number of children living on benefits. And it’s a good job she didn’t or she’d have failed on that score too. Before
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Faces of the Day
Ardern never came back from that burst eardrum in the 1st round. Stumbled around. Discombobulated. Deontayesque. That socialist cloak she wore to the ring sapped all her energy. Double duty, double duty, double duty what does that mean? I think she was saying Double, Judy…as in “Give me double,
Live Leaders Debate: 7 pm-8.30 pm
The first live Leaders’ Debate is between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins tonight at 7 pm on TVNZ 1. This is the first-time voters will see the leaders of the country’s two biggest parties going head-to-head in a primetime debate. John Campbell is the moderator
Latest 1News Poll
The latest 1News/Colmar Brunton poll is out and shows that the slide in the polls for National has at least been halted. It also shows that Labour has lost 5 points, and whilst they can still govern alone the slide is on for them as often happens in the
Be Very Worried, New Zealand
Hypocrisy, incompetence and blame-shifting, while Wuhan virus infections just keep climbing – I’m talking, of course, about the Australian state of Victoria, aka “Dandrewstan”. But the deadly lessons of Victoria ought to send a shiver down the spines of New Zealanders – because the Ardern government seems to be following
This Is Not a Fair Election
Some time ago Donald Trump mistook Jacinda Ardern for the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister. The way she’s now using COVID to orchestrate the election campaign to her advantage he could just as easily mistake her for the wife of Putin. She is blatantly attempting to steal an
Daily News Roundup – 22 September 2020
Election 1News: Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins to face off as first party leaders debate airs tonight on TVNZ Irra Lee (1News): Expert’s guide on what to look for in first TVNZ leaders’ debate Thomas Manch (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins to go head-to-head in first leaders’
Labour’s List of Failure
David Farrar has provided a handy list of Labour’s massive policy and delivery failures from the past three years. The promiseThe deliveryBuild 100,000 affordable homes over 10 years548 built (0.5%)Fund the planting of one billion trees over 10 years36.8 million trees funded (3.7%)Govt
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Andrew Little – Naïve, Ignorant or Both?
JustTinkering Small businesses are getting slugged again by this government because Andrew Little believes that employees deserve more sick days and a higher minimum wage. He says he understands the pressure on small businesses, but clearly he does not have a clue. Where staff are on the minimum wage the