Jacinda Ardern and her loyal bunch of sycophants like nothing better than seeing the Covid Queen listed in global rankings. Well, she’s done it again! Steerpike at The Spectator writes: The fall of Afghanistan has provoked much comment and soul-searching on both sides of the Atlantic. Along with
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is once again calling on the Government to bring back the Epidemic Response Committee. Scrutiny of the Government’s response is essential during this pandemic. We have seen how valuable it was when Chris Hipkins made a brief appearance at the Health Select
The Government’s failure to prioritise the vaccination of frontline police officers is putting their safety at risk, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. So far only 2669 frontline police officers are fully vaccinated and just under 3000 have received their first dose. “There are more than 10,000
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the Official Cash Rate at 0.25 per cent is the right one given the economic uncertainty New Zealand now faces as a result of the new Covid-19 lockdown, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “The Bank has done the right
It was back in 2015 that Foreign Policy bluntly described Barack Obama’s foreign policy as a, and I quote, “giant cluster-fuck”. Welcome back to the future, courtesy of Obama’s Veep, Joe Biden. As Foreign Policy noted, Obama might have inherited a diabolical foreign policy situation — but he
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First The Government set a deadline date for submissions on the bill to ban “conversion therapy” of less than 4 weeks – the shortest time possible. They basically don’t want to hear from you, are not actually interested in your view, and are hoping you’
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to tell us what it did to prepare for a Delta outbreak, so there is hope of ending this lockdown in days not weeks. At the Health Committee two weeks ago, Chris Hipkins could not give one example of what the Government has
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Harry Hunt There’s nothing more infuriating than being reminded every day how much the Labour government has let us down. The one letdown that had the most lasting impact on me has been the uncalled-for increases in benefits, which is a pure waste of taxpayer money. Don’t
Information Satire CNN International Awards Correspondent: The president of the CCP, Xi Jinping, announced today he was awarding President Biden the July 1 medal for his harmonious actions over Afghanistan and outstanding contributions to Socialism with Chinese characteristics. When told of his award, Biden made a special thank you to
Dr Martin Lally covidplanb.co.nz Dr Martin Lally Director, Capital Financial Consultants Ltd The government has recently released a report from the Covid-19 Public Health Advisory Group chaired by Prof David Skegg (the “Group”), relating to future Covid-19 policy, and intended to answer various questions. Click to
Inspiration for this week’s column comes from six essays I’ve come across in the past few days. Together they have strengthened my resolve to do whatever little I can to put the earliest possible end to the lasting harm to our national health and well-being, to our
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments In the 1920s and 30s, some Labour Party leaders hoped to insulate New Zealand from the world so
A recent NielsenIQ-run biennial Police Association Member Survey of close to 6,000 constabulary members has revealed that 73 percent of them now believe they should be generally armed. That decision however is not in their hands. Commissioner Andrew Coster concedes the escalation in gun-related incidents is “worrying”
