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As reported on Whaleoil recently, the Trump administration’s “Peace to Prosperity” conference in Bahrain attracted the patronage of no less than seven Arab states. The Trump plan is simple: rather than try and enforce peace, build up the prosperity of the Palestinian territories and peace will naturally follow. Unfortunately,
Too Right A regular column by John Black The Black Sheep Blog Rightminds New Zealand politics can often be a dull, tiresome affair. Kind of like my first marriage but with less angry heckling. By contrast, American politics never fails to intrigue. It’s the stakes. If it employed its
Just as Americans did in 2016, and Australians in 2019, Britons are nervously looking down the barrel of seeing a massively disliked and blatantly unfit left-wing opposition leader somehow slither into office, due to a combination of relentless media-elite cheerleading and hopelessly divided conservative opponents. But the shock
When the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, the legacy of billionaire philanthropist Paul Ramsay, attempted to establish a university course in the study of Western civilisation, academics predictably erupted in a sector-wide fit of foaming outrage. Trotting out all their well-worn, right-on epithets, the gibbering loons of
By Beth Houlbrooke ACT party Deputy Leader / Vice President Why on earth would you make the handing in of firearms a media spectacle? Is this to make law-abiding gun owners look like some kind of scourge on the community? There is no need for public “events”. This is just
Leader of the right-wing Alternative For Sweden party Gustav Kasselstrand has been reported by the police for “hate speech”. This after he held a speech talking about deporting migrants who have committed crimes in Sweden. Although the police have not given any details as to exactly what it was
Okay, all you naughty Photoshoppers and Meme creators. Cease and desist forthwith! We cannot have you offending, upsetting and making fun of politicians. They are delicate wee petals that need the full protection of the law. One Florida Democrat is proving just how far government officials are willing to go
Chris Penk put this photo up on Twitter of him and fellow National MP Simeon Brown for a caption competition. I don’t know about you all but I am thinking…Elvis…
Perhaps you caught the report on Putin’s comments in Stuff? Maybe it was behind the Herald paywall? In an interview with Financial Times Putin declares that “the liberal idea… has finally outlived its usefulness” because it no longer serves the needs of the majority of the peoples. Not “people,
According to both the general public and to our readers the government should NOT declare a Climate Emergency. The MSM poll when we last checked had a 77% majority against declaring an emergency. Our blog poll had an even stronger no vote with 98% against an emergency declaration. Our Blog
The Labour party have a not so proud history of creating policies (with the best of intentions), that have unintended negative consequences. They also have a not so proud history of ploughing ahead with these kinds of policies despite wiser heads than theirs warning them what the consequences will be.
