The biggest problem with NZ First having scuppered Jacinda’s proposed Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is that the subject will never go away. Even if Jacinda adheres to her promise to never introduce it, the next Labour leader will bring the subject up again. It doesn’t matter what the
Peter Mandelson, one of the architects behind UK Labour’s landslide victory in 1997, echoes what I recently said and many other pundits have said about the UK Election. That you can’t win with a shit-house leader. [40s] He said “…I don’t think the result was entirely
Gone are the days when warfare was open for inspection. Today’s wars are fought in the shadows and in the cloud, both figuratively and literally using drones, so don’t expect reliable media coverage from the MSM. When MSM exclaims “Trump wants war” they forget that Trump is already
Recently when reading a newspaper I came across an article headlined – Why Socialism became a dirty word in 2019. The newspaper declined to give the author of the article so maybe it was from a right-wing source. The paper seems only too happy to publicise its friendly left-wing
The Iranians have been fomenting deadly mischief in the Middle East for decades. They’ve recently ramped up support for terror organisations and were donkey deep in the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad. Trump warned Iran off and promised retribution for the attack. He wasn’t going to
Before Stu Nash became a minister he consulted widely on matters. He gave the impression that he cared to listen, and that he cared about what voters thought. He often went out of his way to show that by posting promotional videos showing him being down with the voters. Since
Something is seriously wrong with our justice system when a brutal child rapist is released into the community after serving just seven years of his light ten year sentence despite an assessment of his likelihood of re-offending being described as “a high risk of violent offending and a moderate
There is an interesting phenomenon on websites whenever someone says they won’t be voting National for whatever reason. You see commenters use lines like “they aren’t as bad as the other lot, so you should vote for them”. A classic example is this one from Rockape: So your
Cycle lanes as we all know are rarely used so when money is spent on creating a Mountain Biking Trail in 2018 for off-road cyclists that is wildly successful and popular you would think that it would be a cause for celebration. Not so it seems in the Bay
Britain’s political Svengali, Dominic Cummings, has big plans to drain the UK’s swamp. The Telegraph outlines precisely which plugs are going to get pulled in the most audacious restructure of the civil service in decades: Public sector reform will be a major focus of the new Government, and
Awareness and voices are raised in criticism of government officials who restricted firebreak cutting and exacerbated the loss of lives, property and animals in Australia’s ferocious bush fires. “We’ve lost two people in my family because you dickheads won’t cut trees down,” Warwick Spooner told Nillumbik Mayor
Was the gun buy-back a success? Unequivocally, no. How do we know it wasn’t a success? Because not a peep has been heard from politicians or Police about how they achieved stunning results through the buy-back. Chris Geddis has his own thoughts on the buy-back in
2020 has arrived and it promises to be one of intense interest, at least for us political tragics. There is our own election, the American election and the ongoing saga of Brexit. No doubt tragics of a different sort will keep banging on about climate change and how death for
