The Mandates of the Managerial State
Eventually, people will need digital ID, fingerprints, DNA, vaccine records, and social credit scores to be employed. It’s not coercive, just required for the job.
Politics
Everything about politics
News Briefing: 22 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET RNZ: New Zealanders across political spectrum want increased spending on public services, poll finds Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Budget 2025: Nicola Willis to Labour: ‘Show me the money’ Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): National says Labour divided on fiscal policy - here’s what was said
Heckler’s Free Speech Tantrum Doesn’t Excuse His Employment Blunder
The heckler wasn’t just some random punter exercising his rights. He’s a vociferous DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) spokesman for Tonkin + Taylor, a company that prides itself on ‘inclusivity’ and professionalism, especially when dealing with Government clients like KiwiRail.
News Briefing: 21 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI SUSPENSION DEBATE RNZ: ACT asked for advice on range of punishments for Te Pāti Māori MPs - including imprisonment Kelly Dennett (Post): ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar sought imprisonment advice for Te Pāti Māori haka (paywalled) Russell Palmer (RNZ): Up for debate: Which
Te Pāti Māori’s Tantrum: Parliament’s Patience Wears Thin
Here we are, six months into this farce, with no end in sight. National’s dithering, Labour is hand-wringing and Te Pāti Māori’s still strutting around like they own the place. If this is what passes for leadership in 2025, God help us all.
The State Has a Monopoly on Violence
For the modern left, the state is the conduit through which wealth is accumulated, by expropriating capital created in a marketplace and funnelling it back towards itself.
News Briefing: 20 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI SUSPENSION Matthew Hooton: Can Luxon lead on TPM shambles? Russell Palmer (RNZ): Parliament faces a debate primed for filibuster in Budget week Derek Cheng (Herald): Te Pāti Māori voices in Parliament on Budget Day in doubt after compromise talks fail (paywalled)
Brooke van Velden’s Four-Letter Bomb Exposes the Left’s Hypocrisy and Policy Vacuum
In the end, van Velden’s word wasn’t the scandal. The real scandal is a left so intellectually bankrupt they’d rather debate diction than policy. They’ve lost the plot and, thanks to van Velden’s deft move, everyone can see it.
Why Do We Politicise Science?
Notice how language drifts. No one ever talks about ‘The Politics’. But we do talk about ‘The Science’.
Is the Surveillance State Warping Our Minds?
Being watched constantly is bad for mental health.