Aunty Helen’s talking parrot has flown home to perch, no doubt replete with some new and clever French phrases to show off, and happy with her strut upon the ‘World’ stage; À chaque fou plaît sa marotte. (Every fool is happy in their own folly). Now that she’s
New video from Carlton McCoy: Politicians and commentators discuss upcoming Hate Speech legislation.
Two weeks out from the Australian general election, there is a new contender for most trusted Australian politician… that is our own prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. Yes, you read that right. Jacinda is Australia’s most trusted politician. Those who say that voting should be restricted to those with an
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the fifth episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson, with special guest Elliot Ikilei, recorded on the evening of Tuesday 7th May 2019. Elliot Ikilei is the deputy leader of the New Conservative Party. What we
Leighton: The fact that the hate crime law review is fast tracking following the Christchurch shootings um, is a very big danger. As… as we said at the very beginning, um… “never waste a good crisis.” And that is what they are doing. Now I read a letter in today’
Leighton: From the Free Speech Coalition is Stephen Franks, hi! Stephen: Gidday. Leighton: And as the saying goes, welcome to the podcast. I want to quote from what you published with regard to this campaign. “Never waste a good crisis” is attributed to Churchill, referring to the political activist’s
The government looks set to decriminalise all drug possession and use. Except they’re not. According to the government. The Government says its bill to make drug use a health issue is not default decriminalisation, even though a select committee was told today that prosecutions for drug use or possession
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the third episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Origen, recorded on the evening of Tuesday 30th April, 2019. Your usual co-host Jesse Anderson was ill, but he sends his regards to his dozens of doting fans.
“When you see it, you know it” Jacinda Ardern said in response to the question “how do you define hate speech that leads to violence?”. She says the Human Rights Act has a gap and fails to protect us from “religious hate speech”. As a Christian of many years, I’
The terror attack on Christchurch has ignited the debate about hate speech and censorship. Quote. The terrorist attacks on two Christchurch mosques, in which 50 people were killed, have brought questions of whether New Zealand is doing enough to legislate against racial and religiously-motivated attacks to the fore. For
Lindsay Perigo believes that New Zealand has become an Orwellian Police state. I don’t think that we are there yet, but we are certainly well on our way. We are following in the footsteps of countries like the UK who now criminalise little old ladies for liking or sharing
Both leaders signalled their virtues in the lead up to possible re-election in 2020. If you’ve watched Donald Trump in front of a crowd, he invariably describes those close to him as friends. He?s a friend of fellow politicians, colleagues, staff and other world leaders. Important people
The New Zealand police have made an astonishing request. They have asked the gun owning public to delay handing in their guns. Their request is clearly an acknowledgement that right now, guns are safer in the hands of their current owners than in the custody of the police. This is
Guyon: And it’s Morning Report. Corrections spent just over a million dollars on 193 ice slushy machines for its staff in prisons to help them combat the heat over summer, National’s leader Simon Bridges says it’s wasteful and extravagant spending, he’s with me in the Auckland
