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By Dieuwe de Boer Right Minds About a year ago I drafted an obituary for the ACT Party. I didn’t publish it, but with all the flailing about and bizarre antics Seymour was doing trying to stay relevant while being dead in the polls, I thought it was about
MP Alfred Ngaro is by all accounts a thoroughly decent bloke but his plan to form a new faith-based political party is doomed if the real reason for its creation is to create a coalition partner for the National party. For a start, Michelle Boag is lurking in the
A bunch of kids decide to wag school but Auckland Councillor Penny Hulse reckons it’s all good. Quote. On the same day as the nationwide schools strike for climate change action, councillor Penny Hulse has announced the council’s Environment and Community Committee will have the declaration put in
How do you feel about the government passing a law to give police and media control over what you say or post on social media? Pretty soon it will be illegal to say and write anything that anybody considers offensive. No lines will be drawn in the sand, no guidelines
Too Right A regular column by John Black The Black Sheep Blog Rightminds MARIJUANA IS A FILTHY DRUG AND MAKES YOU RETARDED…WHEREAS ALCOHOL AND CIGARS MAKE YOU SMART AND BRAVE A pseudo-scientific inquiry by John Black A year and a half out from the cannabis referendum and the
Aunty Helen’s talking parrot has flown home to perch, no doubt replete with some new and clever French phrases to show off, and happy with her strut upon the ‘World’ stage; À chaque fou plaît sa marotte. (Every fool is happy in their own folly). Now that she’s
The McCarthyite strategy of trawling social media accounts in search of something, anything, that can be remotely pinned on a politician or candidate continues unabated. At the moment, the game is paying off handsomely for all sides, as column inches are dedicated to self-rigtheous outrage and sniffy indignation, and
What seemed just a month ago to be an assured Labor victory in the 2019 Australian election looks to be going right down to the wire. Indicating just how desperate the race is going to be is that the fight has suddenly got very, very dirty even by Australian standards.
The legacy media had an epic meltdown when Pauline Hanson appeared to question the official account of the Port Arthur massacre. Of course, the footage – like everything else about the questionable hack job perpetrated on One Nation last month – was edited so badly that it was difficult to discern what
New video from Carlton McCoy: Politicians and commentators discuss upcoming Hate Speech legislation.
Two weeks out from the Australian general election, there is a new contender for most trusted Australian politician… that is our own prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. Yes, you read that right. Jacinda is Australia’s most trusted politician. Those who say that voting should be restricted to those with an
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the fifth episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson, with special guest Elliot Ikilei, recorded on the evening of Tuesday 7th May 2019. Elliot Ikilei is the deputy leader of the New Conservative Party. What we
Leighton: The fact that the hate crime law review is fast tracking following the Christchurch shootings um, is a very big danger. As… as we said at the very beginning, um… “never waste a good crisis.” And that is what they are doing. Now I read a letter in today’
Leighton: From the Free Speech Coalition is Stephen Franks, hi! Stephen: Gidday. Leighton: And as the saying goes, welcome to the podcast. I want to quote from what you published with regard to this campaign. “Never waste a good crisis” is attributed to Churchill, referring to the political activist’s
