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Jacinda’s New Zealand: All Fantasy and No Substance
Ever since the release of the Lord of the Rings movies, New Zealand has been keen to market itself as a Middle-Earth fantasy-land incarnate. Which apparently includes electing a hobbit-hugging fairy-queen to lead the pixie parade and keep the Dark Lord ‘Rona at bay. But, while
Daily News Roundup – 23 October 2020
Labour government RNZ: Caucus: Explaining The Red Tide: Kiwis hug Jacinda back as Labour breaks records Chris Trotter: “Change That Sticks.” Brent Edwards (NBR): Questions over how far and fast Labour will go (paywalled) AAP: Analysis: Think you know Jacinda Ardern? With ‘handbrake’ now removed, think again Brian Fallow (Herald)
Strategic Voting Part of Labour’s Success
In the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson won a substantial majority at the last election largely on the back of voters from the north of England who wanted Brexit. They were mainly concerned about jobs. Some electorates turned from red to blue for the first time in their history. Boris now
Clearly, Another Border Failure as We Are Softened up for Another Lockdown
We were told that we went “hard and early.” We were told that it was the cost for us to “battle the virus”. Then we were told that we had “eliminated the virus,” that the effort was worth it, that the job losses were worth it and that because we
Australian Media Fail to Sing from the Same Songsheet
Oh, dear. The prattlers at “Cindyhub” are in all a-dither since someone described our prime minister as “a grossly incompetent administrator”, which she is, by any measure. Rather than rely on reason to rebut scribbler Mr Rozner’s opinion, they simply reproduced a couple of emotional rants and abuse
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Sheriff Collins and the Dirty Dozen
The RED TIDE came in and swept away a dozen of our MP’s. BURT from Mary Poppins referred to the “Winds of Change”. Coincidentally the RED QUEEN attended the show very publicly a couple of days before the election. What other sign did you need? It was a no
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Policy Is Dead, Personality Is King
Another election cycle is over and the game begins anew. I’d like to give a personal thank you to the over 36,000 who voted for New Conservative. The results were disappointing but ultimately helpful to provide some insight into where we should put our efforts. I know plenty
Daily News Roundup – 22 October 2020
Labour-Greens talks, Labour govt Henry Cooke (Stuff): There is no evidence National voters backed Labour to keep the Greens out Audrey Young (Herald): Labour holds all the cards as Ardern’s talks with Greens get underway RNZ: Greens better off independent – Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty Heather du Plessis-