Everything about politics
Well, well, well… no, that was not intended as a pun. The fact that we have closed down future oil and gas permits has already started to have an effect on the economy, at a time when things are definitely turning downwards. The departure of Chevron and Equinor from New
Questions to Ministers 1.Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions? 2.MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister of Health: Is he concerned about the potential health implications of nitrate levels in Canterbury’s aquifers, including in drinking-water
By The Blonde Memory is a strange thing. It can be very selective and it can be very fickle, as we all know. I was casting my mind over the years of politics that I have lived through or have been told about, mainly by my maternal grandmother. As a
Rushed law is bad law and yesterday just how bad the rushed New Zealand gun legislation actually was has been revealed in an article on Newsie. In the days following the Christchurch terror attacks, politicians rushing to pass new laws mistakenly agreed to ban magazines for all firearms. Could this
A very interesting discussion. (The interview runs for an hour.) While the first part discusses the fake dossier, AG Barr etc, the middle to end discusses political aspects of conservatism and liberal philosophy. Many of the ideas discussed have direct parallels to what we see in NZ. There is a
Kiwibuild was always a disaster waiting to happen. It was clear in the 2017 election campaign that Labour had no understanding of the issues affecting the home building industry, and in fact they, and their buddies the Greens, were a big part of the problem, constantly voting against proposed changes
David Seymour and the ACT party are currently grabbing the headlines with a new look, new policies and a meaty issue that resonates with the public: freedom of speech. This one issue has the potential to get the party over the 5% hurdle, because there is a significant bloc of
For those of us who remember the events of 1989, the escalating events in Hong Kong are starting to sound horribly familiar. When Hong Kong was handed over to Beijing twenty years ago, the great worry was that the Western-style democratic freedoms its people enjoyed would be trampled by
Questions to Ministers 1.CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: What recent Provincial Growth Fund announcements have been made? 2.Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions? 3.Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister:
Judith Collins is poised to make a bid for the leadership of the National party in a time when, in my opinion, we need a Kiwi Trump. One of the reasons that Trump has been so successful is that he is what we now call an “alpha male” – a blokey
It is a shame to see National going through the same painful process that Labour went through after losing the 2008 election. Phil Goff took the poisoned chalice and became leader of the opposition, but he didn’t last long. Things spiralled downwards from there for Labour, until Andrew Little
By Patriot Realm “I promise you if I’m elected president you’re going to see the single most important thing that changes America. We’re going to cure cancer.” Joe Biden I have heard some big promises made by politicians, but this one is a whopper. The tragedy is
There is currently only one party in parliament fighting to defend our free speech, and that is the ACT party. If National do not stand up and back most of the ACT party’s bill, I will wash my hands of them in complete disgust. “A new member’s bill
New leader Anthony Albanese is driving Labor’s clown car over its first mine after detonating a bunfight with the militant CFMEU and its controversial leader, John Setka. Not since the days of Norm Gallagher has a ratbag union leader posed such a headache for the Labor leadership. “Big Norm”
ACT Leader David Seymour has called for Jacinda Ardern to “come clean on the murky details of the lobbyist who once worked as her chief of staff” “Jacinda Ardern told ACT in answers to written parliamentary questions that GJ Thompson took a leave of absence from his roles as a
