Yesterday Paula Bennett was interviewed by Simon Shepherd who grilled her on why she has alleged that there has been a serious coverup in the prime minister’s office. This week Bennett used parliamentary privilege to name three of the prime minister’s closest advisors who, she says, knew about
First, the youth camp and now the staffer. My, what a tangled sexual web we weave. The predicament that both the administrative and political wings of the Labour party find themselves in is entirely of their own making. They are without peer as organisations which appear unable to see red
It all kicked off with a great opinion piece in the Herald. https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/nz-herald-tells-the-truth/ Peter Williams followed up on his radio show with an interview with Genter where she was totally outclassed as she deflected, distracted and denied. https://thebfd.co.
The 89-page report, written by Dame Margaret Bazley, on the sexual harassment at law firm Russell McVeigh was released a year ago, and it made grim reading. Dame Margaret Bazley yesterday released the report after interviewing 250 people to get to the bottom of allegations including that five clerks
Today’s face of the day was worried that his PM was being defamed and did all he could to deflect from the hard questions about Ardern’s accountability and honesty. He said that there was Aroha for the person who had made the accusation and then went on to
Earlier this week TUC (Trade Union Congress) in the UK voted for an extensive boycott of everything Israel. The motion was submitted by Artists’ Union England. One of the keynote speakers at the congress and sounding like a real TUC groupie was Jacinda Ardern via video. She says in the
In a previous series of articles (here and here), I examined the “hard strategic choices facing New Zealand” (and Australia), as outlined by national security academic Hugh White. As I noted in those articles, while many of White’s assumptions were dubious at best, he at least brings into sharp
Hobson’s Pledge Late in 2017 Councillors in five regions voted, without seeking prior public approval, to establish separate Maori wards. As a result, dedicated locals, supported by Hobson’s Pledge, were forced to collect the required number of signatures to force binding referenda to see what the public actually
Dear Editor, I am one of 13 Mayoral candidates in the Local Authority election for the Christchurch City Council. I took my policy brochure into The Press‘s office. I also sent my photograph to the editor Kamala Hayman. There was no response. Two weeks later The Press published a
Three-quarters of the way through this government’s year of delivery and here are some promises Labour made in their 2017 campaign that they have failed to deliver on. This is the first in a series of Labour fails which will continue under various categories. It is not necessarily
Audio from 7:00 onwards. https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.13-07.00.00-S.mp3
The prime minister ‘Jaz’ (I have a communications degree) Ardern see-saws in Obfuscation 101 tactics now. Sorry, Jaz, but we can see straight through it. Ms Ardern: You weren’t asked when you first saw the claims, you were asked when you first knew of them, when the sexual
It is a rhetorical question, because you all know the answer. Either the baby is wheeled out, or there is a puff piece on Jacinda Ardern. I waited for a baby pic on Friday, but this week has been so bad for the government, and for Jacinda in particular, that
