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The Ghost of Elections Past!

The Ghost of Elections Past!

If you think this year’s election involves lots of fun and games the video below shows the campaign trail nearly fifty years ago at the 1975 election. There are a few things which you may find rather interesting to view: 1. How awkward Sir Robert Muldoon was in “social”

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‘Back to Black Responsibly’

‘Back to Black Responsibly’

Rt Hon Winston Peters The Pre-Election Fiscal Update Changes Everything Within an hour of this speech, there is going to be a debate between the political parties that the media, under MMP, still think are the only parties that matter in this campaign. Both of those parties are riddled

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Farewell Herr Chopkins

Führer Klouse (the K is silent) Swab; he of the WEF (Wicked Eugenicist Fascists), a group which pines to control the world as the self-appointed holy ones, sat regally in his office, apparently deep in thought. These people are such fine examples of righteousness, leadership and trustworthiness that there

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Come See the Big Bunghole!

Come See the Big Bunghole!

Australia is renowned as the Land of Big Things. The Big Pineapple, the Big Banana, the Big Lobster. Here in Tasmania, we have the slightly less salubrious Big Potato, at Spreyton. It’s not Australia’s only Big Potato, of course — but even the one at Spreyton isn’t as

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What the NZ Govt Signed Up to with Pfizer

What the NZ Govt Signed Up to with Pfizer

nzcovidresponse.substack.com There’s now been a few releases of what government’s around the world signed up to with Covid vaccine manufacturers. In mid-August the Health Justice Initiative won their case in South Africa and secured the release of all Covid vaccine contracts (in stages). So far

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Labour Continues to Spend Our Money Hand over Fist

Labour Continues to Spend Our Money Hand over Fist

David Seymour has another Ministry to blow up, or to put it more kindly, dispense with. Oh, wait, no he hasn’t, it’s the same one he targeted last time. The Ministry of Pacific Islands Peoples. I have to admit it’s not needed, along with a number of

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Who Won the Leaders’ Debate

Who Won the Leaders’ Debate

Who cares? If you were able to watch it, you probably need a rethink about your state of mind and perhaps should consider counselling. I tried to do my civic duty by tuning in. I lasted almost thirty seconds watching the highly affectatious introduction from the arm-waving host with

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There Is an Angry Mood for Change

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. democracyproject.nz The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is

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Latest Poll: Labour Getting Cleaned Out

The latest 1News/Verian Poll is out and Labour’s poll disaster continues. This is now the eighth poll in a row showing them being bundled out in a blood bath. National has shed a bit of support too, but that is entirely consistent with normal polling patterns. National and

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Questions Raised about Buffer Zones
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Questions Raised about Buffer Zones

Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has reminded police in the UK that “silent prayer, within itself, is not unlawful”, raising questions about legislation passed earlier this year that makes “influencing” any person who wants to access abortion services at an abortion facility illegal.

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What They Won’t Say about Crime

What They Won’t Say about Crime

There’s been a notable surge in murders in the US, especially in the big cities. Nobody wants to talk about the multiple elephants at the crime scene, though. It started with a fight over sweet and sour sauce outside a busy McDonald’s. It ended with one teenage girl

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Wind Farm Revolt Blows Ill for Govt

Wind Farm Revolt Blows Ill for Govt

The rural revolt against Labor’s “Net Zero” plans is a gathering storm that threatens to swamp the government in country seats. It’s hardly surprising that country people are arking up against this insanity, of course: after all, it’s country people who face the prospect of seeing their

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Polling Shows Surge in Support for Shaun Johnson –

Polling Shows Surge in Support for Shaun Johnson –

Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz MAN OF THE PEOPLE A recent political poll has revealed a huge surge in support for Warriors playmaker Shaun Johnson, who is now among some of the top people as preferred Prime Minister of New Zealand. The 33-year-old who is in the middle of

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Why I Oppose the Voice

Why I Oppose the Voice

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is Senator for the Northern Territory and the former deputy mayor of Alice Springs. mercatornet.com I oppose the Voice because it will divide Australians Division, division, division. That’s been the story of the referendum on the Voice to Parliament since day one.

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Is This the ‘Unity’ and ‘Love’ They Promised?

Is This the ‘Unity’ and ‘Love’ They Promised?

They really can’t help themselves, can they? Every time the left warn us that the latest culture war they’ve ignited will cause division and hate, what they leave out is that it’s them bringing it. And every time they blatherskite about “love”, what they really mean is

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