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Jacinda Ardern is certainly racking up the achievements on her trip to Australia. She has triumphed where few brave souls have ever succeeded: uniting Australia’s two major parties… Against her. In these days of hyper-partisanship especially, there are usually not many issues that bring Labor and the Liberals
Owen Jennings The ‘transformational’ government of the coalition has taken some heavy, self-inflicted hits including the inability to institute a capital gains tax, dropping the Kermadec Island sanctuary, walking back Kiwibuild housing numbers, ousting Curran and Whaitiri and loss of business confidence to name a few. The most consequential
Matthew Hooton nails it once again. For those still committed to reality-based politics, Ardern’s “year of delivery” is as credible as her earlier promise to be “transformational”. KiwiBuild, the Billion Trees programme and the Provincial Growth Fund handing out only 3 per cent of the money Shane Jones
The following two screenshots are from the wife of the singer for Slayer. They (the Araya’s, Tom and Sandra) are Trump-supporting Republicans who live in Texas. From what I can tell she is being prevented from “liking” pro-Republican things most likely due to her prominence and because
Among my lesser achievements, one I can now notch up on my resume is that I once had a lengthy Facebook argument with an American presidential candidate. This was long before Trump started getting into Twitter fights, so I lay claim that my online barney with a presidential hopeful was
Latin American governments by political leaning (Red=Left, Blue=Right) Dark red = Far left, often Marxist, socialist, left-wing populist, pan-Latin-Americanist, Bolivarian Examples: Nicolás Maduro, Evo Morales, Lula da Silva Light red = Centre left, typically moderate socialist or social democrat. Examples: Tabaré Vázquez, Lenín Moreno, Michelle Bachelet (before
According to police, Van Spronsen, 69, was armed with a rifle and an incendiary device when he approached the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday and started hurling “lit objects” at cars in the parking lot, setting one vehicle alight. The authorities believe that his ultimate goal was
Golriz Ghahraman often gets her next attention seeking tweet content from American politicians and activists like “The Squad” and Linda Sarsour. Squad member Ilhan Omar true to her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel roots has this week introduced a resolution to support the Palestinian led BDS. Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan
A teen was reduced to tears after her speech about a friend’s suicide during a Youth Parliament debate was interrupted by senior National MP Anne Tolley. Lily Dorrance, 17, was talking about mental health and describing her loss in Parliament’s debating chamber yesterday when Tolley, presiding as chair,
ACT party Kelvin Davis’s push for compulsory Maori in schools shows Labour is deeply committed to social engineering. The Minister responsible for Maori education has said he wants te reo to become compulsory in state schools as soon as possible. Too many children leave school without having acquired basic
I hate Seven Sharp. I hate Hilary Barry’s supercilious attitude to just about everything, particularly Jeremy Wells, whom she treats like a wayward teenager rather than a journalist (okay, comedian) in his own right. Unfortunately, I’m currently at the house with no smart TV, and therefore no Netflix,
Good afternoon Mr Bridges I am in my 70’s and for most of my voting life I’ve been an ardent National supporter, but that is no more. I’ve transferred my allegiance and support to ACT which is now the only party prepared to stand up for its
