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David Seymour ACT Party Leader Abandoning people to a life on welfare is a waste of human potential – but that’s what Labour is doing to thousands of New Zealanders right now. ACT will provide hope and opportunity by helping sick and drug-addicted beneficiaries who can get off the
The sludge of justice moves slow through the sewers of Washington. If Hunter Biden were just the crackhead son of an unemployed former auto worker in a trailer park, he’d have been in an orange jumpsuit years ago. But, he’s a scion of Biden Inc., and the Deep
A vibrant tech sector has the potential to support economic growth in New Zealand with high-paying jobs and high-value exports, and a National government will make changes to help it happen, say National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford and Science Innovation and Technology spokesperson Judith Collins. “Lack of
Kiwis have always appreciated our Queen’s Chain. We could not see it. We didn’t talk about it but, like how a doctor/patient relationship used to be, there was trust. It was always there. 66 feet or 20 meters was set aside, and the length was generally accepted.
Ian Wishart Six days ago, after Greens co-leader James Shaw told Newshub’s Jenna Lynch he had “always been very open” about his academic record, I asked Shaw to provide a “privacy waiver” so that his alleged MSc degree with Bath University in the UK could be fact-checked.
In the space of ten days we have seen seven polls, all saying the same thing: that Labour is dead in the water, listing, and still taking on water. Their goose is cooked. We no longer need to wonder whether Labour can reverse their slide in the polls; we can
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis is sticking by her deadline of introducing tax cuts by July, as the party faces ongoing scepticism about the feasibility of its tax plan. Under her plan, a National Government would have just six months to find $14.6 billion if it is to
Over the last century, the Labour Party has always amounted to nothing more than a huge con game, but now the game is up. One unfortunate aspect of life, in the sense it’s taken about a century, is elections don’t happen very often and nor do Labour Governments.
The smartest move Joe Biden ever made was selecting Kamala Harris as his running mate. After all, who’d impeach even a sleazy, senile con-man, only to see him replaced by President Kamala Harris? But it seems that the magic shield of Kamala is wearing thin. Joe Biden faces
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Staff Writer/Researcher newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021
As I reported for the BFD last week, the UK parliament gave a subtle middle finger to Beijing when it adopted a cross-party report that described Taiwan as “an independent country”. The Sunak government has lent its support to another besieged democracy, with a timely visit to Israel. The
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The most futile job in New Zealand right now is that of a political columnist. With four weeks to go to the election, they pretend the outcome is uncertain when they know full well the election is done and dusted. That’s because this is easily
You almost have to feel sorry for Australian republic activists. Almost. Because then you remember that they’re people like Malcolm Turnbull and Pirate Pete FitzSimons, and you just laugh at them instead. Because, for all their decades of hectoring, bullying, finger-wagging, and swearing that this time — this time
