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The latest UMR poll has some dire news for National and Simon Bridges. The exact scenario that Chris Trotter and I discussed in last weeks podcast is now playing out in real life: The National Party has dropped below 30 per cent in a UMR poll while Labour has reached
Don Brash lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com First published in elocal Perhaps it is dangerous to write about such a fast-moving situation as the COVID-19 pandemic when what I write may not be published for 10 days or more, but at time of writing my strong impression is that the
Many commenters have expressed dismay at the rapid expansion of the socialist state in New Zealand, and the government not wasting a crisis to drive through ideological changes to our economy. Matthew Hooton writes at the NZ Herald: There are early signs of megalomania in the Government’s economic response
Economy, recovery, UBI Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The List Candidate: Winston Peters and the Looming Covid-19 Depression Chris Trotter: If The Answer Is “Treasury”, Then Ask Another Question Matthew Hooton (Herald): Into the future — by committee (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Years of pain, difficulty and frustration lie ahead Brian
Something didn’t seem quite right about the government’s address to the nation on Wednesday. Here we had deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, telling us how the Ministry of Health had asked the government to shut the borders to everyone, including Kiwis. I was surprised to hear him say
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At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on September 19th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
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It’s an old saying that “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on”. But when it comes to the mainstream media and President Donald Trump, the lies circle the globe with hypersonic speed while the truth is forbidden a
Yesterday I commented on the very strange case of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, but produced by Stuff writers here in New Zealand. The article, critical of the Fisherman’s Friend, was widely published in Australia but has not appeared here. I found that curious. Perhaps we have
Winston Peters is back, Ministry of Health proposed complete border shutdown Jane Patterson (RNZ): Winston Peters back on his podium with Covid-19 border closure bombshell Henry Cooke (Stuff): Peters takes on officialdom Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters comes back with a splash Richard Harman (Politik): Reminding us that
Last October – just one month before the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan – the World Health Organisation issued advice to governments on “non-pharmaceutical interventions” in the event of a future influenza pandemic. Conspiracy mongers will have a field day with this, but it really does seem
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