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Simon Bridges must have sore balls from straddling the fence over man-made climate change. It has turned my stomach to see National MPs going along with the man-made climate change nonsense. National is supposed to be the practical party and the no-nonsense party. By straddling the climate
The trouble with the prime minister making promises is that most of us expect her to actually keep them. When she was in opposition, Ardern’s Poverty Reduction and Eradication Bill languished in the member’s bill ballot for four years, so it was no surprise after becoming government that
Your (potential) questions answered There have been a few questions sent to me since I announced “Stephen Berry’s Guide to Auckland Local Elections.’ Not enough to make a Frequently Asked Questions section. Not enough to make a Questions section actually but I think I can anticipate a few… Who
Darling Clarke Gayford – first de facto husband, first fisherman, first stay-at-home Dad (who doesn’t stay at home much) – has come out on Twitter to defend his beloved, and once again shows that our feminist prime minister is seen by everyone around her to be so hopeless at
Today’s face of the day is National MP Matt King who caused Green party and MSM heads to explode when he posted the following on his Facebook page: Some words ( not all ) of wisdom taken from NZCPR website. If I wanted New Zealand to fail … To suffer, not prosper;
This short video (6 mins) starts by looking at the concluding days of Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the US Supreme Court. It then looks at the wider context of President Trump’s appointments to the Federal Appeals Court (from where the Supreme Court judges are appointed) and the Supreme Court.
Anti-globalisation and climate activists have teamed up with yellow vest protesters and Basque nationalists ahead of a G7 meeting in France this weekend to confront a rich-poor divide they say is growing due to the “cynicism” of world leaders. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video
National party Press Release: It’s been a month since Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stuck her oar in Ihumatao and we still haven’t seen any leadership, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. “Jacinda Ardern is the reason construction was halted at Ihumatao, stopping much-needed houses from being
An article in Stuff is headlined “British migrants flee New Zealand citing expensive rentals and heavy traffic.” Around 6,000 returned home in the year to June 2019. In both cases, rentals and traffic, it was Auckland that was being referred to. In both cases, the government is to blame.
National party Press Release: Documents released by Treasury reveal why vital new roads across the country are being scrapped or stalled – because Labour’s trains have swallowed up the transport budget for the next ten years, National’s Transport spokesman Chris Bishop says. “The next decade will be tough for
When visiting a newspaper online I came across a picture of woman, whose face is unfortunately familiar to me, dressed all in white. I thought for a moment that it was her wedding day as I had heard she was engaged. The thought then occurred to me that, bearing in
Never mind carbon dioxide; the biggest threat to our children’s future is the cluster of economic arsonists creeping through our halls of power, their claws clutching shabby virtue like the awful Tricoteuses of Paris clutched knitting-needles in their crusted fingers while delightfully anticipating Madame Guillotine’s newest victim,
Too Right A regular column by John Black The Black Sheep Blog Rightminds During her recent spat with Scott Morrison, our prime minister revealed something of herself. In claiming Australia had to ‘answer to the Pacific’, she made it plain that she is a Western masochist. It is an odd
Israel Institute of New Zealand: New Zealand has now joined the the Swiss, Dutch, and Belgium governments in suspending donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following an internal report that found “credible and corroborated” allegations of serious ethical abuses including “sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and
