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Hong Kong’s Brave Fight For Basic Human Rights
Avi Yemini from the Rebel Media is currently in Hong Kong seeing up close and personal what fighting for democracy looks like. He says that he has never seen anything quite like it before. In his e-mail to followers he described dodging barricades and diving into enormous gatherings of
Bill Maher Lashes BDS Movement
Bill Maher seems to be making a concerted effort to make me like him against my will, and remind the world that there are still sane people on the left. Maher is a tv host and the sort of typical “liberal” “comedian” who mistakes delivering polemics for comedy. Like most
Trudeau the Elite Faces Oblivion
As I wrote recently for Insight Politics, the leftist “Golden Trio” of Jacinda Ardern, Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau are in more trouble than a hatful of horcruxes. While each has long been protected by their media shield-charms, the spells are beginning to wear thin. While Macron’s political
Oral Questions: 22 August 2019
Questions to Ministers 1.JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What actions has the Government taken to increase the number of New Zealanders participating in vocational education? 2.Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What measures, if any, does he have in place to ensure New Zealanders
More Regulation but No Change to the Cost of Fuel
ACT Party Press Release: The Commerce Commission’s preliminary finding that there is a lack of competition in the fuel market will be used as an excuse for the government to unleash new regulation on yet another industry. The government has already banned offshore oil and gas exploration and plastic
Jacinda on a Hiding to Nothing
The Maori Party were slaughtered at the last election, with all the Maori seats going to Labour. You may be forgiven for thinking that this would mean that Labour looks after Maori, but we all know that is not true. Don’t get me wrong. I like race-based politics
A Flowery Political Stunt
National Party deputy leader Paula Bennett has responded to reports New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called for her head to roll – by sending him flowers. You have to hand it to Paula Bennett she has more front than parliament buildings. Her flowery political stunt reminds me of the
Ardern Forgets Her Fuel Tax
Did our Part-time PM think we would forget her tax contribution to our being “fleeced at the pump” every time we fill up? Ardern’s fuel tax was the first thing that popped into my head when she announced we are paying too much for fuel, which we already
Face of the Day
At the request of Transport Minister Phil Twyford, the chair of the Civil Aviation Authority Nigel Gould resigned after “a Newshub investigation led to multiple current and former employees making complaints about sexual harassment and bullying.” I wonder if Twyford will make the same demands of the Leader of the
#FEELTHETEAL Why I’m Backing Sustainable NZ (Contains Some Swears)
the Greens are not a real environmental party. i’m so ready for a movement that puts the environment first, without the stigma and idealogical lunacy. sustainablenz.org.nz a few of the media clips are lifted straight from C Mccoy’s channel:
Anti-Semitic Omar & Tlaib Didn’t Actually Want to Visit Israel
Lushington D Brady gave these scumbag politicians a roasting saying “the increasingly fringe-left Democrat party can’t defend their anti-Semitic weird sisters strongly enough” asking “given that Tlaib and Omar so obviously hate Israel, why would they even want to visit? What possible motive would they have, other
Time for Leadership on Ihumatao
National Party Press release: After three weeks of inaction, a hikoi to the prime minister’s electorate office this week by the Ihumatao protestors is an opportunity for the prime minister to finally show some leadership. Jacinda Ardern needs to undo the damage she did when she halted construction of
PM Gives Up on Domestic Problems, Lectures Foreigners Instead
ACT Party: Last week, the prime minister was on the international stage and in the glare of global media where she normally excels. But she seriously stumbled by lecturing our friend and closest ally, Australia, about their climate change record. (This follows her earlier criticism of Australia’s immigration laws.
