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Voting for the New Freedom Parties
Matt L I’ve decided to start a new political party. The Pissant Protest Party will stand for all those people who have looked at the dozens of new parties that split the freedom vote and decided they need one more. I’m not sure why I’m starting the
It Is Willie’s Way of Thinking
Let me say at the outset that it is not my intention to be overly harsh in my critique on Willie Jackson, but it is hard to take the man seriously, except on the issue of Maori rights otherwise known as co-governance: it is important to take him seriously
Sunday Star Times Plans Hit Piece
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com In attempting to smear New Zealand First (NZF) by association in its imminent hit piece, the Sunday Star Times is all excited to report that an NZDSOS member had a meeting with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Dr Matt Shelton
This Is How You Play Political Snooker
Winston Peters dropped a massive policy announcement on the weekend; one that was barely covered by most of the media. It is an announcement that no other serious party can deliver on because their credibility on these issues is all shot to hell. They have handed this playing field over
Faces of the Day
National launched its campaign yesterday, with a pledge card listing commitments including inflation, education, law and order, healthcare and Net Zero by 2050. Discuss it on the BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click
Her Hospital Thinks She’s Better off Dead
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com A future in which the right to life will be profoundly and inhumanely corrupted is on display in a dispute between a British teenager who wants to live and a UK hospital who wants
The CBDC Roll Out in Nigeria
Jan M Fijor Jan M Fijor is a Polish journalist and founder of the Fijorr Publishing, the largest Polish publishing house dedicated to the Austrian School of Economics, which has published nearly 200 major titles. mises.org It is no coincidence that Nigeria, with a population of over two hundred
National’s Tax Policy Is Pure BS
Matthew Hooton writes a scathing review of National’s tax policy. National’s tax policy was much worse than expected. It reveals a party undeserving of being taken seriously. It has no plan to “fix the economy”, nor any idea of what one might look like. It seems uninterested in
Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Climate Narrative
Jarrett Stepman Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/ He is also the author of the book, The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past. PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com The White House and the legacy
Will the Voice Close the Gap?
mercatornet.com Australia’s former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is not convinced that the Voice will close the gap with non-indigenous Australians. In fact, he suggests the Voice will foster division and cynicism rather than unity. Its politics will distract from the very practical challenges of closing the
The Next Labour Leader
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Long serving Audrey Young is justifiably one of our most respected political journalists. In a recent New Zealand Herald article on who would lead Labour after the election, she staggered me with her suggestion it would be Kieran McAnulty, the current MP for Wairarapa. For a
Looking at National’s Back Pocket Boost
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura New Zealand should be a country where, if you work hard, you can get ahead. But after years of economic mismanagement by Labour, topped off by two years of rampant inflation, huge increases in interest rates and a shrinking economy, most Kiwis are going backwards.
Where Have All the Japanese Gone?
As even the CCP can’t hide any more, China’s population is in dramatic and apparently unstoppable decline. Not even a dramatic reversal of the country’s One Child Policy, with government propaganda exhorting Chinese to have more children, is helping. Official data — which, given Beijing’s propensity to
The Media Just Can’t Help Themselves
With the Voice referendum campaign officially underway, the “Yes” shills are doubling down on what’s already failed them: emotional blackmail, and lies. Of all the cheap, emotional tactics tried on by the Yes camp, “But what will the neighbours think?” is one of the most laughable. In recent days,