Everything about politics
I will commence with a fun fact which will go some way to explaining the ‘Ides of Labour’. In Ancient Rome the Ides (the 15th of March, May, July or October) was a day for settling debts and balancing the books. It was the 13th in other months. It is
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Yesterday Labour’s own pollsters, Talbot Mills, released their last poll before the election. This poll confirmed the 1News/Verian Poll from Wednesday night, ACT is slipping, and National is going to need both ACT and NZ First to govern. A new Talbot Mills poll has shown NZ First rising
Christopher Luxon thinks he’s Rocketman. Speaking at Rocket Lab HQ, National leader Christopher Luxon has promised to create the role of Minister for Space if he’s the next prime minister. The National Party’s space policy document said the Minister for Space would “promote space and advanced aviation
Hugh Campbell University of Otago theconversation.com Andrew Hoggard’s resignation in May as president of Federated Farmers, followed swiftly by his appearance high on the ACT Party’s candidate list, might have seemed like just another of the election’s minor subplots. But this abrupt change of political hats
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with 30 years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz I WAS A CAPTAIN COOK MAN, Grant Robertson was a Robbie Burns man. If you know anything about the great student
“Tell me this isn’t a government operation.” My favourite line from Apollo 13, when Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) learns that the vital carbon scrubbers on the Lunar Module are round, while the ones they need to replace on the Command Module are square. I’m not certain whether Kranz
bobmccoskrie.com Last week was the 2nd Leader’s Debate between Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and the person who wants to be the next Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. There were some interesting questions on abortion, gender ideology & policies in schools, and decriminalising cannabis. We check their responses. TRANSCRIPT: Last
This election is very much shaping up to be a vote to rejoin the real world. It’s very much a return to political normality. Many of us have woken up to the con job we enabled the Queen of Lies to execute at the last election and the farmers
David Seymour is currently on the radio telling listeners to ignore promises made by politicians. This is a strange thing for a politician to say, particularly as ACT has a considerable manifesto containing a large number of policies it will be hoping to get past National – and possibly New Zealand
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com This post comes from the other side of the world, the country which – as a hotel receptionist reminded us a
The latest 1News/Verian poll was released yesterday and National and Act’s plans are slipping as Act voters slowly disappear. Although National remained stable, Act has slipped 2%, meaning that National is going to need NZ First in order to govern. It’s desperate times for Labour as New
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that, The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them. Even in his day, Jefferson knew the mainstream media were liars: Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. 150 years later, Dearborn mayor Orville Hubbard
Dictator Dan may be gone, but his legacy lingers on in the smoking rubble of Victoria’s economy. It’s the second time in the past quarter-century that an electorally popular Labor government has left Victoria all but bankrupt. Indeed, Andrew’s legacy of debt outsizes even Cain’s — but
Viv Forbes Saltbush Club Viv Forbes has spent much of a long life working in the North Australian outback in grazing and mining activities. He has employed aboriginal assistants has inspected aboriginal stone tools and cave paintings, and has been involved in legal matters involving native title claimants. Why I
