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‘The Most Dangerous People to Have in Charge’
The housing reset announcement revealed quite a lot about this government, confirming much of what we already knew. It illustrated the fact that they didn’t do the required work when in opposition to prepare themselves for government and they’re not doing it now that they are in government.
All Over the Place Like a Mad Woman’s Custard
So the much-anticipated Housing reset has arrived. The first thing it tells you is what a brain dead lot we have running the country. Megan Woods said the target of 100,000 houses in ten years was overly ambitious. Wow! What a eureka moment. It’s taken them all
BFD Transcript: Ardern on Axing the West Coast Dam and $300M Christchurch Funding
https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.45.00-S.mp3 NewstalkZB Transcript first recording starts at 14:40 Mike: David Parker, when he turned down this West coast dam,
Crybaby of the Week
It was difficult this week to work out which of these two was the biggest crybaby. Is it the Vegan misery guts, or the ‘wet’ neighbour who tried and failed to appease her? A Perth woman has taken her neighbours to the Supreme Court to try and stop them smoking,
Victim Blaming and the Booze Made Me Do it
The Young Labour Camp sexual assault trial contains all the usual defences for the alleged actions of the accused. He was very drunk and cannot recall his actions, is one defence ie the booze made me do it. The next defence is the tried and true one of victim-blaming.
BFD Transcript: The PM on Measles, Cancer Funding & Non-performing Hospitals
Newstalk ZB transcript starts at 7:28 https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3 Mike: The prime minister Jacinda Ardern is with us this morning. Good morning. Jacinda: Good morning. Mike: Could I accuse you of being asleep at the wheel
Shh Don’t Mention That Recording
Simon Bridges is visiting both India and China at the moment “to strengthen trade ties and diplomatic relationships.” Sources tell us that in China he has only been able to secure meetings with Provincial Mayors because they do not rate him highly in China. Bridges’ comment about the value of
A Government Like No Other
This government has to rank as the most inept, illogical and idiotic we have had the misfortune to endure. They sit in the House in Question Time like possums in the headlights. Unable to answer questions coherently, they are only saved from the equivalent of daily roadkill by the blatant
The Young Labour Camp Indecent Assault Case: Part Two
The trial of a now 21-year-old charged with five counts of indecent assault against four complainants, two male and two female began yesterday. Media has described the alleged victims as “two men and two women” which obscures the fact that they were all only 16 years old when
The Young Labour Camp Indecent Assault Case: Part One
Before we have a look at the court case let’s first refresh our memories. There were ‘allegedly’ sexual assaults on four underaged youth who were supplied with copious amounts of alcohol and left unsupervised at the Labour party Summer Youth Camp. The Sex Scandal Timeline: * 9/02/18 Day
Setting the Record Straight
I would imagine that Judith Collins’s arm is currently being torn off by a lineup of publishers. Her book will be based on facts, not supposition or half-truths, and will be her opportunity to set the record straight away from the negative spin of the media and other
