If there was one left-wing politician I’ve always had a lot of respect for it was Roy Jenkins. He was a UK Labour MP, albeit on the right wing of the party, a cabinet minister in the Wilson Governments; Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was then
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com When the new Coalition Government was announced little more than three weeks ago, those of us who believe that a democracy where every citizen has equal political rights
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Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Has there ever been a more co-ordinated media attack on a new government in our history? It’s as if
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Labour is in the doldrums in the last poll of the year. It is the Roy Morgan though, but it does show how much Kiwis have fallen out of love with Labour. Today’s Roy Morgan New Zealand Poll for November 2023 shows new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the
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Dear Editor The Commerce Commission this week filed criminal charges against two construction companies and two directors for alleged bid-rigging of publicly funded projects, calling it “the country’s first-ever criminal prosecution for cartel conduct”. Cartel conduct or bid-rigging occurs when bidders collude amongst themselves to fix the prices each
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Steve Kirsch Founder, Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (vacsafety.org) kirschsubstack.com Executive summary Another day, another flawed fact check. This one comes with a bonus about Professor Jeffrey Morris. Morris told the reporter that it is OK to download and analyze the New Zealand data, but not OK to talk
