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Treat Yourself to a Silver Subscription

You don’t know what you are missing out on. Below is what a Silver level subscription will give you. Access to podcasts, podcast transcripts and Insight Politics articles as well as ad-free viewing of the entire site. Access to SonovaMin and BoomSlang’s fantastic cartoons: Access to our

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Rule by Terror

Rule by Terror

I generally listen to Newstalk ZB, on the basis that they are slightly less wet and biased than the other news media. I am a big Hosking fan, but most of the rest of them leave me reasonably cold, or at best only lukewarm. So imagine my surprise when I

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A Treat for Non-subscribers

A Treat for Non-subscribers

Today readers without a Bronze level BFD subscription get a free taste of what they are missing out on. If you like what you see you can grab a Bronze level subscription today. Note: This free taste does not include access to the puzzles which is another feature of a

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Judith Has Ardern and Media Running Scared

Judith Has Ardern and Media Running Scared

Judith has immediately got Ardern and the media on the run. Both are now showing their true colours. It is no surprise that they have immediately implemented their anti-Judith, anti-National strategies. What they appear to be unaware of, or are too thick to see, is that they have

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A FREE Taste of an Insight Politics Article

A FREE Taste of an Insight Politics Article

Today Non- Subscribers get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. Have a read of this Insight Politics article then decide whether or not you would like to subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver. Even Viruses Are

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Trotter Is Worried

Trotter Is Worried

What does a dyed-in-the-wool, cloth capped Labour supporter think about the rise of Judith Collins to National party leader? Chris Trotter is not one to throw nasty barbs or insults; he says what he thinks. And Trotter admits that now that Judith has made it to the

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The King Is Dead, Long Live the Queen

The King Is Dead, Long Live the Queen

I feel very sad for Todd Muller. Clearly he was not up to the job of leader of the opposition, but clearly he is also a very decent person. Judith has been gracious and considerate in giving him a front bench position and the trade portfolio. She has also done

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Judith Collins: The View From Australia

Judith Collins: The View From Australia

Judith Collins’s ascension to the National leadership is, without doubt, the biggest story in New Zealand by far – but, like most news from across the Tasman, local legacy media are slower to catch on. Especially as it’s not (directly) about their sainted socialist fairy princess. On the actual

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Collins vs Ardern in the Credibility Stakes

Collins vs Ardern in the Credibility Stakes

Reputations are made or lost in the court of public opinion, and until now Collins was at the mercy of knives wielded by the members of her own party, but this changed overnight when she was appointed leader. Collins now calls the shots and she has made her aspirations clear:

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