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Dear Editor The NZ Herald‘s far-left guest columnist, Gwynne Dyer, asked yesterday, “What if Trump wins again? Well, first we all give a mighty cheer, then we have another four years of protection of children in the womb, of protection of US citizens from invaders from the south
Latest US election polling shows Donald Trump and Joe Biden neck and neck with Trump’s trajectory climbing and Joe Biden’s sinking. The trend we have been noting for the last week has accelerated overnight and ‘the streams have crossed’, with the average bookie now seeing it more likely
Remember “flattening the curve”? It seems like a lifetime ago that we were told that the only responsible approach to the Wuhan plague was to delay the spread of infections so that our hospitals and ICUs wouldn’t be overwhelmed. Jacinda Ardern even held up a helpful cartoon graphic for
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Eliora With All Due Respect by Nikki R. Haley – 2019 I recommend this easy to read book. A family member told me she could not put it down and finished it in two sittings. It could be described as lightweight, but the interesting part in Haley’s book is finding
Many of our most long-standing legal rights are being slowly and steadily eroded in the name of “victim’s rights”. For instance, a man charged with rape is forbidden from telling the court that his accuser is a serial false accuser. A father cleared by every court of abusing
Louis Houlbrooke Campaigns Manager New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Labour’s New Tax Is About Envy, Not Slaying the Debt Monster Yesterday Grant Robertson announced the Labour Party’s new tax policy – the headline item being a new personal tax rate of 39 per cent for income over $180,000. It’
Many moons ago, I pondered what would happen if a conservative political candidate or politician was photographed in front of a swastika flag while wearing a Hitler t-shirt. I was referring to Labor candidate John Falzon, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution by posing for a
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Another day (Wednesday), and two more election policies. We often moan about National being Labour lite and with good reason. However, and this is important when you think about it, it is mainly in the social areas where National tends to drift left. We must give National credit for taking
“California today, Australia tomorrow” tweets Malcolm Roberts as Californians are asked to turn off their power this week in the middle of a very hot summer’s day afternoon. Californian fires have been burning for weeks. No air conditioning for you says LA’s mayor. Presumably, hospitals have back up
Labour has finally unveiled its election tax policy. To be honest, I didn’t think that they would; they have already said that this is a COVID election and made it clear they were not going to announce much if any, policy before the election. But they were being called
Napier City Council hit the national news by fining Whangarei’s Ross Salter $200 for “freedom camping”. It is a trivial story, but it shows the endemic problems we face with councils across the country. Salter had driven 600km to pick up a newly-purchased second-hand caravan, and rightly
Labour Party Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Labour’s tax plan framing around Covid-19 both clever and cynical Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour’s ultra-cautious tax policy will be a relief to the wealthy Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Labour’s tax policy will cost those earning $200,000 less than the
