Those of us who watch The Crown will have had their memories refreshed by the episodes featuring Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. With basically an all-male cabinet and inner circle, she ruled with an iron fist, hence her nickname the Iron Lady. She took no nonsense from any of
Jacinda Ardern is not getting the love she is used to, so now she’s fallen back on her old favourite, pimping out her child to get some positive headlines. She’s lost the golden touch, however, after tipping up in Canterbury with a basket of scones, when the locals
Already, New Zealand is seeing the signs of a highly centralised economic and political system reminiscent of the failed Soviet Union under communism in the latter half of the twentieth century. A system openly preferred by New Zealand’s Marxist Prime Minister.
What nonsense. No hate speech law would have prevented the massacre in Christchurch. The only thing that could have prevented it would have been the police doing their job properly and denying him a firearms licence. Kris Faafoi’s Labour government have chosen to go after innocent law-abiding firearms
Jordan Williams Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz I have some great news — we have achieved a comprehensive victory against Palmerston North City Council who tried to de-platform the feminist group Speak Up for Women because the Council did not like their views. This afternoon, the High Court granted
David Seymour ACT Leader What Hate Speech Laws Will Mean for New Zealand The proposed hate speech laws are a win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided country. Tougher hate speech laws will take away a basic right, shut down debate, and make people afraid to
Half of the $10 billion Finance Minister Grant Robertson set aside in the case of a further Covid-19 resurgence has been spent funding Labour’s non-Covid-related ideas, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. The Government allocated a total of $62 billion to support the Covid ‘response
The National Party believe that freedom of speech is a fundamental right, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “We completely oppose the criminalising of speech except in cases of incitement to violence which is already provided for in New Zealand Law. “We are not ruling out supporting sensible changes
News that just three months after funding was confirmed in ATAP 2021-2031 the Eastern Busway will now be delayed is just another sign that Labour can’t manage New Zealand’s transport priorities, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “Auckland Transport told councillors yesterday that walking and cycling
Dear Editor I can see why He Puapua was kept hidden from New Zealand First. It was because it could have changed the election. Winston Peters, Judith Collins and David Seymour would have been all over it. In my mind, Jacinda Ardern and her government should now be taken to
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s proposed hate speech laws are a huge win for cancel culture and will create an even more divided society. What sort of government promotes social cohesion by having the state go around punishing people for unpopular views? This is a solution looking for
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The announcement that prisoners are now going to ‘receive compensation for a crime that’s been committed’ is a slap in the face for the many thousands of victims of crime who struggle to get a cent of reparation from those very
Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. A survey released on Sunday by Newshub suggests there is still plenty of potential support for a Winston Peters comeback. A Reid-Research poll in
Well, this has turned out to be a nice little earner for the NZ Herald and their government shill site, One Roof: nearly $500,000 in non-disclosed advertising revenue from the taxpayer: Housing Minister Megan Woods’ office has blamed a “clerical error” for wrongly claiming the Government was not
David Seymour ACT Leader Under questioning in Parliament today, Michael Wood made a huge confession about his Feebate scheme, it’s really a tax. The policy is promoted as taking money from those who buy higher emission vehicles and giving it to those who buy EVs. But, asked what would
