Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com I have concluded our new prime minister Jacinda Ardern is clever stupid. She’s quick, has good analytical skills and communicates well. There’s no doubt she’s clever. But she’s stupid on how the world works and lacks thought-through principles and values. She
There are times when criticising the PM becomes spontaneous. Her very presence, addressing any issue, can leave one thinking how this country could be so unfortunate as to be lumbered with such a lamentable simpleton, but there have been a number of occasions when her true character is indisputably exposed.
New Zealanders have been well and truly duped by Labour over Three Waters. From the outset, the primary objective has always been to deliver control of water to the Maori tribal elite. It is only through lies and manipulation, a compliant media and an absolute majority in the House that
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After the violent murder of Janak Patel in Sandringham, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who lives in that community, decided to go ahead with plans to travel to the Chatham Islands. She copped some flak from other parties for her decision and others occupied the space left empty. What to do?
Dear readers Do you want the good news or the bad news? The good news? Okay, here it is… Cam and I changed our names at 10 pm last night. Our gorgeous daughter who you all know as Lady Wellington was last night in labour (giving birth, not the party
Proverbs 28 11 Rich people may think they are wise, but a poor person with discernment can see right through them. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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As our leaders’ gambler’s fallacy – that their bad luck is bound to turn around, they just have to stay at the table – finally falls apart under the avalanche of evidence of terrible harms, establishment commentators are testing the waters of our restraint with the beginning of a mainstream pivot.
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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. When I was young, kids appeared before a magistrate (a district court judge before 1978) sufficiently rarely that
