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Information Opinion One of the paradoxical aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was the strong criticism he received from the Anti-Slavery League (of all people!). Many members of that league had earned a good living and received a great deal of attention, which was unlikely to otherwise be directed
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I suspect most people were happy with the Peter Ellis Supreme Court verdict given some of the alleged victims’ stories were so obviously fantasy. Doubtless, they then thought no more about it. But underlying the verdict which had legal complications due to time lapses and
A new government report to Cabinet, yet again, states Maori are going to be disadvantaged! This time it is Maori farmers. Hello, it’s All things Political with John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m starting my talk with how the Maori Party’s Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion With NZ politicians all apparently under some sort of spell cast by the Wicked Witch of the WEF, we have to look enviously at other countries to see politicians who are responding to, and working for, the people with
October 25th 2022. The situation in the UK makes me more incredulous by the day. Rishi Sunak was crowned leader of the Conservative party by the MPs. This was caused by there being no other candidate left standing at the deadline of 2 pm on Monday 24th October. According to
Words fail me. This has to be both the worst performance by a minister in this failed regime, and the best performance by a Speaker. The whole charade will leave you dumbfounded. Jan Tinetti used to be a teacher and a union hack. This is the sort of imbecile that
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To fix a problem, you first have to acknowledge, truthfully, what it is. But for all the self-serving palaver from the likes of Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, about “truth-telling”, there’s one brutal home truth that none of them will acknowledge. The systemic violence of Aboriginal
Tell me this isn’t a Labor government: inflation spiking, taxes surging and spending blowouts on welfare. Tax and spend, all the way. Jim Chalmers will more than halve the deficit this financial year to $36.9bn but faces a deteriorating budget bottom line in the years leading to the
Anon. Wellesley Student brownstone.org Anon Wellesley student remains that way because she would like to continue as a student. I was appalled, but not surprised, when on Saturday, September 24, the Dean of Students at Wellesley College, where I am a student, buried at the end of an email
Alan Shipman The Open University Alan Shipman is a senior lecturer in economics at the Open University. He returned to research and teaching on the economy after it crashed in 2008, having (mis)spent years as an emerging-markets analyst, consultant and business journalist. As the incoming UK prime minister,
Victoria Honeyman University of Leeds Since completing her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2005, Victoria Honeyman has taught on a wide range of modules. Her primary specialism is British Politics, with a particular specialism in British foreign policy. When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first
A leaked letter shows the effects of this Government’s wait lists as people with bowel cancer are waiting so long that it is too late to cure them, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. A letter signed by every specialist in the previous Bay of Plenty DHB
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
National has today launched a new website outlining Labour’s extensive record of failure over the past five years, says National Party Campaign Chair Chris Bishop. “Today is the fifth anniversary of Labour coming to power and Kiwis are frustrated at the Government’s lack of delivery. Our new website
Information Opinion As the “Noah’s Ark” period of Liz Truss’s UK Prime Ministership (hint: “reigned” for 40 days and 40 nights) draws to its humiliating close, the big question is whether Rishi Sunak is the rainbow: God promising never to do it again. The odds do favour nobody
