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Chris Trotter bassettbrashandhide.com LIKE THE WAR in Ukraine, the war in Gaza is serving as a remarkable litmus test for the Left. It is testing its moral compass, its understanding of international law, its grasp of geopolitical realities and, not least, its awareness of what the PR mavens call
Without the necessary analysis of government ownership of media, the answer is probably ‘yes and no’. There are pros and cons. How they play out very much depends on the guidelines put in place by the government of the day. Other questions come into play. Should there be a level
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com This Friday at 2 pm (12pm AEDT), New Zealanders will find out the final results of the October 14 election. This tally will include the estimated 567,000 special votes not reported in the preliminary results on election night. Special votes tend
There is a saying, “The devil is in the detail”, and so it is with the email sent to Jacinda Ardern’s office prior to the Christchurch massacre. In her first statement following the massacre, the queen of spin misled us (lied) and the information that she withheld we only
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A couple of days ago, K Gurunathan – described as a former mayor of Kapiti – had an article in Stuff under the heading “ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad
Christopher Luxon is trying very hard to be the overbearing boss that everyone hates. He’s yanked Chris Bishop’s chain for a strongly worded email that was 100% correct in every regard, and yet Luxon pulled him into line. National Party leader Christopher Luxon has spoken to a senior
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com Yesterday afternoon, RCR host, Cameron Slater, interviewed
Like all politicians and similar hucksters, the truth comes out, not during the campaign or the hard sell, but once the vote is in and the deal is done. Politicians and used-car salesmen will grease you with all manner of snake oil: it’s only when they’ve got your
Will Jones Will Jones is editor of the Daily Sceptic. brownstone.org In one of the more bizarre moments at the Covid Inquiry so far, Professor Neil Ferguson, the architect of Britain’s lockdown, today denied ever calling for the first national stay-at-home order – in the latest instance of lockdown
It’s disgusting and nauseating, but not exactly surprising, to see the hateful extremists of the Greens proudly marching alongside Muslims chanting “Gas the Jews!” and salivating over the murder of thousands of Israelis. They’re the Greens, after all. Extremism, from Stalinism to Islamic fanaticism, is in their bitter
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com I’m sharing this message on behalf
In a few days, hopefully on Friday when the special votes and the final election result are declared, National and Chris Luxon will take office. This will usher in a new era in New Zealand: an era of common sense and prosperity, and rejecting a lot of the socialist wickedness
Have a wee thought for Chris Hipkins, who seems to be shedding a few tears as he comes to grip with being the feather duster after six years of thinking he was the rooster. Apparently, it’s ‘pretty tough’ to lose their cushy jobs after the voters caned them in
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Brian Tamaki This is yet another history-defining moment we are living in. Will you be on the right side of history? I strongly believe New Zealand has not gone far enough in condemning the actions of Hamas. Hamas supporters and sympathisers should not be tolerated in New Zealand. I have
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org New government data emerged this week showing that food prices in Canada continue to climb. Though year-over-year inflation of consumer prices overall cooled to 3.8% in September, food prices
