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Patriot Realm by John W Yes, against all predictions, Scott Morrison pulled off the impossible. He won the election. People who had a hunch he might win, and placed bets, cleaned up. The odds were good … bookmakers were certain he could not win. One bookmaker paid out before the election,
By John The debate about whether, when or if Judith Collins should become the leader of the National Party continues, particularly on Whaleoil. It is most important we have it because, if there is to be a change of leadership prior to the next election, Judith is the only logical
For more than a year, right up until election night in May, it was widely assumed that Australia was destined for a Labor government. The UK is in much the same unenviable position: the conservatives are wracked by division, cursed with a weak leader and seemingly determined to be at
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s alleged actions are a reminder of the Clare Curran debacle. When she was the Minister for Broadcasting Clare Curran failed to be both open and transparent. Her meeting with Broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld led to her resignation as she had failed to officially record the meeting.
We say on this blog all the time, that this government would be in a lot more trouble if it did not have a very compliant media. Most of the media in this country let the government off the hook: from the Young Labour camp scandal to the Karel Sroubek
As Clive Hamilton’s Silent Invasion details, the infiltration into Australia by the Chinese communist regime proceeds apace at every level. Chinese nationals studying on Australian campuses are spied on and threatened. Academics are pressured to make their content conform to Beijing’s views. Politicians at the highest levels of
Winston Peters has always loathed the Green party and, when they recently tried to claim a win for the Green party on the back of the government’s decision to pull Kiwi troops out of Iraq, he was not slow to pour them back into their recycled plastic bottle. After
Questions to Ministers 1.Hon AMY ADAMS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions in relation to the alleged unauthorised access of Budget 2019 material? 2. Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: Does Budget 2019 support New Zealand businesses; if
Susie: But Paula and Mark aren’t featuring in this. We are talking about Judith Collins. Simon: And then you look across at Jacinda Ardern and her team. Well she’s supposed to be having a reshuffle here. The reality is she won’t do anything because she isn’t
Denise Lee asked an embarrassing question in the house on Wednesday. It seems that Twyford, Parker and Goff hatched up a secret political meeting specifically excluding officials. Sounds a bit dodgy. DENISE LEE (National—Maungakiekie) to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: Is he confident he is meeting the
Susie: Well two major political polls this week made for grim reading for National’s Simon Bridges. Both have the opposition leader being supported by only one in 20 people and both showed there was more support for his colleague Judith Collins. Asked on morning report yesterday if she thought
Mike: Back to the cannabis referendum and the polls out would suggest the majority of us don’t want it – legalisation that is – the TV1 poll, for example, had the numbers at 52/39 I think, eight were left undecided. My editorial on the in column yesterday got all the
National leader Simon Bridges says the political poll that showed his party had gained support was the most similar to National’s own polling. Two polls released in the weekend had two different results – in one National leapfrogged Labour to take the lead but according to the other, Labour could
When Patrick Gower interviewed Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux, one topic that had him clutching his pearls with particular horror was Molyneux’s temerity in discussing the fact that there are distinct differences in average IQ between different racial groups. I’m not entirely convinced that Molyneux understands this topic
Questions to Ministers 1.KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Associate Minister of Education: What announcements has he made, as part of the Wellbeing Budget, that support k?hanga reo, their teachers, volunteers, tamariki, and wh?nau? 2.Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’
