UMR poll Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): Jacinda Ardern’s rising tide Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Poll won’t roll Simon Bridges but that doesn’t mean he’s safe Henry Cooke (stuff): How much has Covid-19 truly changed politics? Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): National has a difficult decision to make
At the start of the Level 4 lockdown, unknown to the public, the Police were flying by the seat of their pants, receiving almost daily updates telling them how to deal with the lockdown. At the start of the lockdown on 25th March, the Medical Officer of Health (MedOH) notice
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Heather du Plessis-Allan has given her verdict on the hapless leadership of Simon Bridges and it isn’t good for him. The pressure on Simon Bridges just went through the roof with the leak of the latest UMR poll today. If you haven’t caught up on the figures here
The National Party’s 29% poll is a disaster for Simon Bridges personally and for the 18 MPs who will lose their seats. It also means that the new National Party leader will only be able to become Prime Minister if a deal is done with New Zealand First. Before
The latest UMR poll has leaked and it shows that National is haemorrhaging support. It is bleeding out, just like 2002, as I predicted in a series of podcasts. The National Party has dropped below 30 per cent in a UMR poll while Labour has reached as high as 55
We are at Level 3 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. New Zealand moved to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm on Monday 27 April. We will stay in Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before Cabinet reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions on 11
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
News: If we’d shut down checkpoints there would’ve been protests – Police Commissioner Some iwi-led checkpoints causing tension as they continue through Alert Level 3 Iwi checkpoints might be polite, but that doesn’t make them legal Maori Party co-leader accuses National of inciting ‘racism’ over iwi checkpoints Driver
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 Fallow
Captain Tom Moore has been promoted to Honorary Colonel by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday after the World War II veteran captured the hearts of the nation by raising £29 million for the NHS by doing laps of his garden.
