Hipkins Drags Out Phoney War With Coalition
If Labour leads the next government, He Puapua will undoubtedly be back at full throttle – even though Hipkins will undoubtedly not mention it by name.
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A Giant Leap Forward
Texas Attorney General Paxton forces Texas Children’s Hospital to open the nation’s first detransition clinic, pay $10 million, and fire the doctors who harmed kids.
Winston Peters Goes Full Nationalist with Bold Kiwisaver and Bank Plans
Whether you love it or loathe it, this is Nationalist policy with a capital N. The election just got a whole lot more interesting.
Silly Girl Wants Special Rules for Fragile Female MPs While Demanding Fewer Cops
Having your ideas and rank hypocrisy called out is not racist, misogynistic or dangerous. It is called free speech.
Is He Sniffing the Winds?
The joke at the moment across the Western democracies is that you’re often seeing coalitions in all but name via the so-called “uni-party” where parties simply exchange power but maintain the same overall policies. People have had a gutsful of their votes changing nothing in their lives.
TPM Is Failing Its People
The people walking out are the ones who tried to challenge that axis and lost.
The Sting in the India Trade Deal
That is the real issue raised by this agreement: not trade, but whether constitutional change in New Zealand will occur by democratic choice or by political stealth.
National Flat-Lining at 29 Per Cent as Winston Closes on Luxon
National has run out of time. They cannot keep hoping the polls will turn.
Quick Hit FTA: Dairy Demands Nearly Blew Up Talks, NZ Official Admits
New Zealand went into these talks wanting dairy and came out with crumbs and a migration side-door.
National Flatlining at 25.5 Percent: Luxon Has Made His Bed and the Country is Paying for It
The clock is ticking. November is not far away. National can keep telling itself things will turn around or it can face the facts staring at it in every poll. Right now the facts say Luxon is the problem.