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Nate Jackson Nate Jackson contributes Posts at The Patriot Post site. His career in political analysis began in arguments about Reaganomics with his eighth grade American History teacher. Kamala Harris’s affair with Willie Brown, 31 years her senior, helped launch her career in the 1990s. He gave her two
The results of the UK election last Thursday threw up some interesting propositions. Sky News Australia provided, largely through Sky News UK, complete coverage of the results and associated commentary. Their own Laura Jayes, a journalist of a higher calibre than anyone we have to offer, complemented their coverage at
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS RNZ: Greens will have 'sensitive' talks on invoking waka-jumping rule Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): So what’s the point of the party-hopping law, again? Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Darleen Tana and Greens destined for waka-jumping showdown after party ejection, leaving
The Greens are looking quite pathetic as they are now literally begging Darleen Tana to resign from parliament, mainly because she’s embarrassed them but also because they want her to resign so the next Green womble can come in on the list. The Green Party has asked MP Darleen
The Green Party has been left pleading with its now-ex member, Darleen Tana, to resign from Parliament after an elongated investigation into the MP’s links with migrant exploitation claims. A Stuff investigation, published in March, revealed links between Tana and migrant exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike
Republished with Permission Author: Chris Trotter IT’S A POLITICAL MYSTERY, this alliance between the Left and well-connected property developers. The Right’s covert dealings with commercial greed-heads has for long been a disreputable feature of its brand. The Left, to its credit, still has to work at
James Fite Editor-at-Large: James is our wordsmith extraordinaire, a legislation hound and lover of all things self-reliant and free. An author of politics and fiction at LibertyNation.com (often one and the same) he homesteads in the Arkansas wilderness. For the last few years, Kamala Harris has
Damon Hayhow Damon is the founder of the National Recomposition Institute and creator and founder of the Recomposer software system. He was also formerly the Australian Ambassador to the International Society of Sports Nutrition, president of the World Powerlifting Congress Australia and an Australian Champion in Bodybuilding and Powerlifting. A
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. It’s intriguing to arrive in a foreign land on the eve of their General Election. Just why the United Kingdom votes on
Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Dissatisfaction with the Wellington City Council has hit new highs. The Council has just released the results of its annual survey of residents, which shows just how much discontent there
Michael Bassett 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. Ever wondered who or what is constantly trying to block the new government’s policies? Why is it that announcements
It’s been nearly eight years since I started publishing political and cultural commentary. One thing that has changed is the danger of labels. It was notably risky even two or three years ago to be labelled as “far-right” or “racist” with a number of other more dangerous labels:
NZCPR What makes a country great? It’s a timely question to ask, because over the last few weeks, with ferries running aground, air force planes breaking down, and electricity pylons falling over, we’ve all had cause to question whether New Zealand can still be regarded as a highly
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HOUSING Luke Malpass (Post): Like it or loathe it, the coalition is cracking on (paywalled) Miriam Bell and Thomas Manch (The Post): The billion-dollar question hanging over housing reforms (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour and National housing policy leaves anti-density backers nowhere
When my kids were little they used to watch Ed, Edd and Eddy, in which there is a line “What’s that? I think it’s the sound of no one caring.” Which perfectly sums up the latest episode of Golriz Ghahraman crying a river of tears over her mental
