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National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): National Party to examine election campaign and candidate selection process in review of devastating election loss Herald: National Party review of disastrous election result announced Zane Small and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Exit polling, campaign staff feedback and social media to be scrutinised in National
I don’t know where to begin with this nincompoop who I can see is going to fast become the poster boy for 101 reasons why young list MPs are a bad idea. Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March has suggested all MPs should be put in public housing rather
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Danielle van Dalen maxim.org.nz “I remember when President W. Bush was elected and there were protests in the street calling him a war criminal – this is so much worse. People can’t talk to their neighbours anymore.” This was a friend’s response to my question on the
Mark A. DeWeaver mises.org Mark A. DeWeaver, PhD, CFA, is a co-founder of the fund management company Ithaca Advisors, LLC, and the author of “Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics: Investment Booms and Busts in the World’s Emerging Economic Giant.” On October 29, the nineteenth Central Committee of
Michael Cook MercatorNet Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet An expert on women’s issues has rung alarm bells about the potential for eugenics in China’s latest “five-year plan”. Columbia professor Leta Hong Fincher told a panel of China watchers at a virtual conference by the Center
Fraud or human or computer error? Hmm… Very clever young man. pic.twitter.com/dyjNhEdFKL — LocalisedAperture (@local_aperture) November 20, 2020 Please share this post so others can discover The BFD
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Ask Taupo councillors to vote against Maori ward Now is the time to send an email to the mayor and councillors on the Taupo District Council to ask them to vote against a proposal to introduce a Maori ward at an extraordinary council meeting
The Pete Evans Kristallnacht that occurred this week, almost exactly 82 years after the original, was instructive and informative, don’t you think? The torching of the man’s reputation and smashing of his business an episode of ugly mob-rule the type of which the thugs and goons that
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In the week I am writing this, Wellington City Council has announced it is facing a whopping 23% rates rise, and Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell has resigned amidst calls to replace elected councillors with a government commissioner. There is something seriously wrong with our council system. In order to have
National Party Richard Harman: Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for National Claire Trevett (Herald): ‘Reflective’ National Party meets for first time since election drubbing Claire Trevett (Herald): Sir John Key slams in the
